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2. Towards the co-ordination of terrestrial ecosystem protocols across European research infrastructures
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Firbank, L.G., Bertora, C., Blankman, D., Vedove, G.D., Frenzel, Mark, Grignani, C., Groner, E., Kertész, M., Krab, E.J., Matteucci, G., Menta, C., Mueller, C.W., Stadler, Jutta, Kunin, W.E., Firbank, L.G., Bertora, C., Blankman, D., Vedove, G.D., Frenzel, Mark, Grignani, C., Groner, E., Kertész, M., Krab, E.J., Matteucci, G., Menta, C., Mueller, C.W., Stadler, Jutta, and Kunin, W.E.
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The study of ecosystem processes over multiple scales of space and time is often best achieved using comparable data from multiple sites. Yet, long-term ecological observatories have often developed their own data collection protocols. Here, we address this problem by proposing a set of ecological protocols suitable for widespread adoption by the ecological community. Scientists from the European ecological research community prioritized terrestrial ecosystem parameters that could benefit from a more consistent approach to data collection within the resources available at most long-term ecological observatories. Parameters for which standard methods are in widespread use, or for which methods are evolving rapidly, were not selected. Protocols were developed by domain experts, building on existing methods where possible, and refined through a process of field testing and training. They address above-ground plant biomass; decomposition; land use and management; leaf area index; soil mesofaunal diversity; soil C and N stocks, and greenhouse gas emissions from soils. These complement existing methods to provide a complete assessment of ecological integrity. These protocols offer integrated approaches to ecological data collection that are low cost and are starting to be used across the European Long Term Ecological Research community.
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- 2017
3. Framework for information management in an European LTER Network – experiences from ALTER-Net
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Peterseil, J, Magagna, B, Schentz, H, van der Werf, B, Kertész, M, Bertrand, N, Kuitunen, P, van Daele, T, Frenzel, M, Borovec, J, Lieskovský, J, Adamescu, M, Aszalós, R, Karasti, H, Boussard, Hugues, Blankman, D, Federal Environment Agency Austria,Ecosystem Research, Monitoring and 8 Data Policy, Umweltbundesamt, Alterra, Centre for Ecosystem Studies, Federal Environment Agency Austria, Ecosystem Research, Monitoring and 8 Data Policy, Institute for Ecology and Botany [Budapest], Centre for Ecological Research [Budapest], Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)-Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)-Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)-Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Lancaster Environment Centre, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, University of Jyväskylä, Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Kliniekstraat, Czech Acedemy of Science, Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (ASCR), Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Department of Systems Ecology, University of Bucarest, University of Oulu, Department of Information Processing Science, SAD Paysage (SAD Paysage), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AGROCAMPUS OUEST, University 30 Midreshet Ben Gurion, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), auto-saisine, Lancaster University, University of Jyväskylä (JYU), Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS), Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), and Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)
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standard ontology ,seronto ,Long Term Ecological Research Network ,métadonnées ,semantic data 19 integration ,ipr ,information management ,data framework ,lter iInfobase ,[SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society ,metadata 18 framework ,lter ,ontology ,data integration - Abstract
The paper summarizes the work and results of ALTER-Net in the field of information management and knowledge transfer which aimed to facilitate data sharing. Data sharing can broadly be considered through three aspects: technical, content, and legal. Within ALTER-Net the focus of information management was on the technical aspect. The proposed information management framework consists of the following components: metadata collection (LTER InfoBase), definition of a common domain model and ontology (SERONTO) and the technical concept of the data integration framework. The semantic mediation system, as important part of the data integration framework, based on existing tools was successfully tested using SERONTO as the common ontology for integration. The paper highlights the experiences of ALTER-Net in the fields of (1) the technical framework for data management, (2) the support and collection of metadata about the LTER infrastructure, (3) the work on anthologies as the common domain model, and (4) the proof of concept for the semantic mediation system. LTER contributes to the inquiry into how to manage the continuity of digital data and how to create a sustainable information infrastructure for all levels of the LTER Europe network including the site, platform and network level responsibilities.
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- 2010
4. D7.1: Technical Specification
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Peterseil, J., Blankman, D., Gaigalas, G., Magagna, B., Schentz, H., VanAcker, H., Vanhercke, L., and van der Werf, D.C.
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Centre for Ecosystem Studies ,Life Science ,Wageningen Environmental Research ,Centrum Ecosystemen - Published
- 2010
5. Basic Set of Domain Ontologies
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Peterseil, J., Magagna, B., Schentz, H., van der Werf, D.C., Kertész, M., Bertrand, N., Kuitunen, P., Van Daele, T., Frenzel, M., Borovec, J., Lieskovsky, J., Adamescu, M., Aszalós, R., Karasti, H., Boussard, H., and Blankman, D.
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Centre for Ecosystem Studies ,Life Science ,Wageningen Environmental Research ,Centrum Ecosystemen - Published
- 2009
6. Towards the co-ordination of terrestrial ecosystem protocols across European research infrastructures.
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Firbank LG, Bertora C, Blankman D, Delle Vedove G, Frenzel M, Grignani C, Groner E, Kertész M, Krab EJ, Matteucci G, Menta C, Mueller CW, Stadler J, and Kunin WE
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The study of ecosystem processes over multiple scales of space and time is often best achieved using comparable data from multiple sites. Yet, long-term ecological observatories have often developed their own data collection protocols. Here, we address this problem by proposing a set of ecological protocols suitable for widespread adoption by the ecological community. Scientists from the European ecological research community prioritized terrestrial ecosystem parameters that could benefit from a more consistent approach to data collection within the resources available at most long-term ecological observatories. Parameters for which standard methods are in widespread use, or for which methods are evolving rapidly, were not selected. Protocols were developed by domain experts, building on existing methods where possible, and refined through a process of field testing and training. They address above-ground plant biomass; decomposition; land use and management; leaf area index; soil mesofaunal diversity; soil C and N stocks, and greenhouse gas emissions from soils. These complement existing methods to provide a complete assessment of ecological integrity. These protocols offer integrated approaches to ecological data collection that are low cost and are starting to be used across the European Long Term Ecological Research community.
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- 2017
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