Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.095 |
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| Title (Primary) | Long-term environmental monitoring infrastructures in Europe: observations, measurements, scales, and socio-ecological representativeness |
| Author | Mollenhauer, H.; Kasner, M.; Haase, P.; Peterseil, J.; Wohner, C.; Frenzel, M.
; Schima, R.; Bumberger, J.
; Zacharias, S.
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| Source Titel | Science of the Total Environment |
| Year | 2018 |
| Department | BZF; MET |
| Volume | 624 |
| Page From | 968 |
| Page To | 978 |
| Language | englisch |
| Supplements | Supplement 1 |
| Keywords | Long-term ecological monitoring; Ecosystem integrity; Essential biodiversity variables; Biogeographical representativeness |
| UFZ wide themes | TERENO; RU5; |
| Abstract | The challenges posed by climate and land use change are increasingly complex, with ever-increasing and accelerating impacts on the global environmental system. The establishment of an internationally harmonized, integrated, and long-term operated environmental monitoring infrastructure is one of the major challenges of modern environmental research. Increased efforts are currently being made in Europe to establish such a harmonized pan-European observation infrastructure, and the European network of Long-Term Ecological Research sites – LTER-Europe – is of particular importance. By evaluating 477 formally accredited LTER-Europe sites, this study gives an overview of the current distribution of these infrastructures and the present condition of long-term environmental research in Europe. We compiled information on long-term biotic and abiotic observations and measurements and examined the representativeness in terms of continental biogeographical and socio-ecological gradients. The results were used to identify gaps in both measurements and coverage of the aforementioned gradients. Furthermore, an overview of the current state of the LTER-Europe observation strategies is given. The latter forms the basis for investigating the comparability of existing LTER-Europe monitoring concepts both in terms of observational design as well as in terms of the scope of the environmental compartments, variables and properties covered. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=19783 |
| Mollenhauer, H., Kasner, M., Haase, P., Peterseil, J., Wohner, C., Frenzel, M., Schima, R., Bumberger, J., Zacharias, S. (2018): Long-term environmental monitoring infrastructures in Europe: observations, measurements, scales, and socio-ecological representativeness Sci. Total Environ. 624 , 968 - 978 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.095 |
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