Ricardo Díaz-Delgado

National Network Coordinator

Spanish Long-term Ecological Research and Monitoring Network

A network of natural sites and platforms to monitor and investigate ecological and biodiversity topics at long-term scale.

Doñana Biological Station

Implicaciones ecológicas del cambio• Estado de no-equilibrio de los ecosistemas• No-linealidad de los procesos ecológicos• Procesos sutiles, de baja frecuencia y complejos• Importancia de las perturbaciones en la configuración de las comunidades ecológicas

Necesidad de Investigación Ecológica a Largo Plazo (LTER)

Historia LTERUS-LTER• Founded in 1980• 24 sites (2 urban)• $18 Millions annual budget• 1100 scientists• Generate $44 Mi. in LTER-

related research

http://www.lternet.edu/

ILTER (International LTER)• Founded in 1993• 40 countries• 5 continents

Historia LTER

http://www.ilternet.edu/

LTER Sites

NationalNetworks

Global Networking of Ecosystem research sites

Regional Networks

Global ILTERwww.ilternet.edu

local

global

Estructura característica LTER

• Collaboration• Comparability and exchange of data• Education and training • Deliver scientific information to policy makers

2001

The ILTER regional network for Europe

LTER-Europa

Ecosystem Socio -econom ic system

“C lass ica l LTER ”

“Extended LTER”

Long-term socia l ecological research, LTS ER

2008

http://www.lter-europe.net/

6th EU FP

ALTER-Net

CCMA

2005-2009. Red de Excelencia Europea

PRESSURES for Change e.g. climate,

land management nutrient enrichment

STATE of biodiversity

socio-economicDRIVERS of biodiversity loss

(e.g. energy use,transport, land use)

TheHuman

RESPONSEPolicy, ecosystem

management

Drivers:Pressure:State:Impact:Response (DPSIR)

IMPACT on ecosystem goods &

services

DPSIRDPSIR

EEA, 1999

El diseño: Propuesta pragmática de sitios LTER

•Estrategia ‘Bottom-Up’•Espacios Protegidos•Programa de Seguimiento•Financiación continuada•Orientada a gestión•Programa científico a través de PPNN y CSIC

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Distance to shoreline

Gradiente ambiental cubierto

IllasAtlánticas

SierraNevada

Aigüestortes

Xurés

Collserola

Doñana LTSER

Umía

BaleiraCastroveArcos

NationalPark

NaturalPark

Traditional

LTER-site

LTSERRegionDoñana

XurésUmia Castrove

Baleira

LTER-SpainNational Coordinator

& Executive Committee

National Network AND LTER-Interest

group

Regional Administrative Stakeholders: JA, XG, GenCat

Key stakeholders (Institutions)

NationalResearch

Stakeholder CSIC

AEET & GlobiMed

SitesColserolla Aigüestortes

Interested Member:

National ParksNetwork (OAPN)

SierraNevada

ROAGA

IllasAtlánticas

Arcos

Estructura de la red

LTER-Spain Executive and Scientific Committee have agreed to promote long-term research at LTER-Spain sites into the next core areas:1. Role of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning (resilience) and structure.2. Disturbance patterns and frequencies.3. Effects of Global Change on ecosystem functioning and structure (ecosystem thresholds).4. Definition of adaptive management criteria and decision-making for conservation and their effects on ecosystems.5. Long-term socio-ecological modeling.

Líneas prioritarias de investigación

LTER-España aceptada en ILTER (Eslovaquia 08)

Beneficios de la red LTER: Meta-análisisIntegrative Science for Society and the Environment (Collins 2007)

11 networks34 sites8 biomes

Workshop during AS meeting US-LTER

Scientific paper

EU COST action proposal

ICRO Hypothesis: Input Change & Community Reorganization

Beneficios de la red LTER: Meta-análisis

Beneficios de ILTER: Gestión de datosIniciativa LTER-Europa: Infobase

Infobase online: eMORIS

https://secure.umweltbundesamt.at/eMORIS/

Estrategia americana (EML, Morpho, MetaCat, ECOTrends)

Beneficios de ILTER: Gestión de datos

EML

METACAT

http://www.lternet.edu

Paneles de expertos: Dar soporte a la comunidad y continuidad a la actividad de la red.Mantener “networking”Promover proyectos

Beneficios de LTER-Europa: Expert Pannels

Res.AgendaCommunicHarmonisat LTSER

Technology Info ManagSite-Manag

LTER-Europe Expert panels

(including ALTER WPs and other expert groups)

Scientific Site Co-ordinatorConference (SSCC)

National NetworksRepresentatives Conference

(NNRC)

Co-ordinatingCommittee

(CC)

EC

Structure? Governance?

6th LTER-Europe ConferenceMallorca, 2008

ALTER-Net II: continuación IDR

21 of 24 partners have signed the MoU or given positive assurances (including CSIC)The MoU annexes cover seven areas:•Common research Strategy•Communication and Knowledge Transfer•Common Training Programme•Data sharing Policy•LTER-Europe•LifeWatch (ESFRI)•Interdisciplinary Research (IDR)

Integración LTER-España y LifeWatch

De LifeWatch a LTER-España• Soporte como Infraestructura europea para biodiversidad• Distribución de datos a una red ampliada• Incremento capacidad analítica y procesamiento datos

Distributed data generationfrom networks and collections

Terrestrial LTER sites Marine reference and focal sites Natural sciencecollections

An ESFRI project on e-Science and Technology

Infrastructure for biodiversity data and observatories

Integración LTER-España y LifeWatch

De LTER-España a LifeWatch• Red de observatorios (sensores y manuales) para investigación ecológica a largo plazo (LTER-Europa)• Bases de datos histórica interoperables y documentadas• Procedimientos estandarizados sobre gestión de la información • Paneles expertos sobre tecnología y protocolos para LTER y seguimiento biodiversidad (multiescala)• Experiencia en meta-análisis y experimentación• Interfaz con responsables en gestión espacios protegidos

Gracias