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  • Long-term ecological research in Australia: innovative approaches for future benefits

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    Hero, Jean-Marc
    Castley, Guy
    Malone, Mikalah
    Lawson, Ben
    E. Magnusson, William
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Hero, Jean-Marc
    Malone, Mikalah M.
    Castley, Guy G.
    Lawson, Ben E.
    Year published
    2010
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    PPBio (Program for Planned Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research) is a system for long-term ecological research designed to answer integrated multidisciplinary research questions. The system is based on permanent plots (terrestrial and aquatic) that are systematically spaced in grids (e.g. 5 km x 5 km) and modules (e.g. 5 km x 1 km) within a hierarchical long-term ecological research (LTER) network. Modules and grids sample biodiversity and biophysical variation in an unbiased manner across the landscape. Infrastructure includes permanent plots that follow contour lines (survey lines with all measurements recorded on the ...
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    PPBio (Program for Planned Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research) is a system for long-term ecological research designed to answer integrated multidisciplinary research questions. The system is based on permanent plots (terrestrial and aquatic) that are systematically spaced in grids (e.g. 5 km x 5 km) and modules (e.g. 5 km x 1 km) within a hierarchical long-term ecological research (LTER) network. Modules and grids sample biodiversity and biophysical variation in an unbiased manner across the landscape. Infrastructure includes permanent plots that follow contour lines (survey lines with all measurements recorded on the horizontal plane) which facilitates orthorectification and validation of satellite imagery. All research data and accompanying metadata collected are stored and are publicly available to facilitate ongoing integrated multidisciplinary research at local, meso, landscape and global scales. The PPBio system was designed to overcome the problems of idiosyncratic designs and incompatible data arising from 'stand alone' research projects, which are difficult to integrate or continue through time. The sampling design and data sharing arrangements are structured so that PPBio sites serve as hubs for research, building long-term datasets that integrate studies within and among sites, providing the information necessary to understand and respond to complex and dynamic environmental issues.
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    Journal Title
    Australian Zoologist
    Volume
    35
    Issue
    2
    Publisher URI
    https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2010.009
    Copyright Statement
    © 2010 RZS. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Conservation and Biodiversity
    Environmental Monitoring
    Terrestrial Ecology
    Ecology
    Zoology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/37379
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