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Long-term Intersite Decomposition Experiment Team
LTER and other researchers are testing the degree to which substrate quality and macroclimate control the carbon and nitrogen dynamics of decomposing leaf, wood, and fine-root litter in a 10-year, 28-site team experiment. Researchers at participating sites (17 LTER) have collected litter, placed materials in the field, and provided relevant information about their sites.

The Long-Term Intersite Decomposition Experiment Team (LIDET) is composed of field collaborators who oversee the study at their respective sites; modelers who will predict C, N, and P dynamics and validate models from the field study; and a central analysis group which performs chemical analysis, data management, and preliminary data analysis.

Products:
- Guidelines for Measurements of Woody Detritus in Forest Ecosystem

     Mark E. Harmon and Jay Sexton April 1996

- LIDET Web site
-Proposal for Workshops at NCEAS - Fall 2003


For more information, contact Mark Harmon
mharmon@lternet.edu
503/750-7333

 

 

 
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