Biodiversity and environmental change : monitoring, challenges and direction / edited by David Lindenmayer, Emma Burns, Nicole Thurgate and Andrew Lowe
Part I. Introductory chapters -- part II. Data chapters -- part III. Synopsis
Summary
This data-rich book demonstrates the value of existing national long-term ecological research in Australia for monitoring environmental change and biodiversity. Long-term ecological data are critical for informing trends in biodiversity and environmental change. The Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) is a major initiative of the Australian Government and one of its key areas of investment is to provide funding for a network of long-term ecological research plots around Australia (LTERN). LTERN researchers and other authors in this book have maintained monitoring sites, often for one
