Looking Ahead: Long-Term Ecological Research and Monitoring in Canada

Table of Contents
Preface

Acknowledgements

Members of the LTERM Panel

Executive Summary

List of Recommendations

CHAPTER 1: THE NEED FOR A CANADIAN LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND MONITORING PROGRAM

The LTERM Approach
The Need for Dedicated LTERM Sites
Locating LTERM Sites

CHAPTER 2: THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH TO LTERM

Ecosystem Change and Integrity
Monitoring Ecosystem Change
Terrestrial Ecotones
Biodiversity
Some Tools of the Trade
Remote Sensing
Paleoecology
Conclusions

CHAPTER 3: GLOBAL CHANGE AND THE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENT: SCENARIOS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

Socioeconomic Sources of Ecological Change
Biophysical Sources of Ecosystem Change
Conclusions

CHAPTER 4: EXISTING LTERM-RELEVANT PROGRAMS

LTERM Activities in Canada
Modified Ecosystems
Unmodified Ecosystems
Federal Initiative on LTERM
Canada's Role as a Participant in International Programs
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
DIVERSITAS
Sustainability of the Biosphere
Critical Environmental Zones
The UNESCO MAB Biosphere Reserve Program
The International Tundra Experiment
Some LTERM-Relevant Studies in Other Countries
The U.S. Long-Term Ecological Research Network
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP)
LTERM-Type Studies in Fenno-Scandinavia
Serengeti: an African Example
Conclusion

CHAPTER 5: A PROPOSED CANADIAN LTERM PROGRAM

Principles of a Canadian LTERM Program
An ecosystem approach
Space and Time Scales
Stressed and Already Degraded Ecosystems
Program Continuity
A Variety of Perspectives
Objectives of a Canadian LTERM Program
Meeting the Objectives: Some Practical Considerations
LTERM Sites and Stations
Key Research Considerations
Collecting and Managing Data
Network Analysis
Some Questions to be Asked When Establishing an LTERM Facility
Environment Canada's Program on LTERM

CHAPTER 6: IMPLEMENTATION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cited References
Further Reading

GLOSSARY

LIST OF KEY CANADIAN MONITORING PROGRAMS

ACRONYMS


Canadian Global Change Program Technical Report No. 95-1
© The Royal Society of Canada, 1995
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