Long-Term Ecological Research at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest (LTER7) proposal to the National Science Foundation March 2014 Table of Contents Project Summary 1.0 Results from Prior Support ................................................................................................. 1 2.0 Proposed research ............................................................................................................... 5 2.1 LTER7 Goals ....................................................................................................................... 7 2.2 General Approach .............................................................................................................. 10 2.3 Long-Term Studies: Measurements, Experiments, Models, and Analyses ....................... 10 Climate ................................................................................................................................. 10 Hydrology ............................................................................................................................. 11 Natural disturbance .............................................................................................................. 12 Vegetation dynamics ............................................................................................................ 12 Streams ................................................................................................................................ 13 Biodiversity, phenology, and trophic networks ..................................................................... 13 Carbon and nutrient dynamics ............................................................................................. 14 2.4 New empirical studies, analyses, and short-term mechanistic experiments ...................... 14 Airshed:Exchange of heat and carbon in mountainous terrain ............................................. 14 Soil-Water Vegetation: The role of sub-watershed scale topography and hydrologic connectivity ........................................................................................................................... 15 Trophic dynamics in relation to climate and land-use in a mountain ecosystem .................. 16 Trophic and Ecosystem Responses to Contractions of Stream Networks ........................... 18 Social Science: Forest governance, social networks, and landscape dynamics in the Western Cascades ............................................................................................................... 19 Conservation Ethics: Ecology, forestry, and argument analysis in the Pacific Northwest .... 20 2.5 Cross-Site Collaborations .................................................................................................. 21 2.6 Synthesis ........................................................................................................................... 22 3.0 Related Research Projects ................................................................................................ 23 4.0 Education and Outreach Activities .................................................................................. 24 Schoolyard LTER (sLTER). .................................................................................................. 24 LTER Schoolyard Series Book ............................................................................................. 24 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) ................................................................ 24 Graduate Students ............................................................................................................... 25 Public Outreach .................................................................................................................... 25 Tours and site programs ...................................................................................................... 25 Media interactions ................................................................................................................ 25 Arts and Humanities ............................................................................................................. 25 Citizen Science and Extension ............................................................................................. 25 Applications to policy and management ............................................................................... 25 Figures and Tables ................................................................................................................... 27 5.0 Facilities, Equipment, and Other Resources for the Andrews Forest LTER ................ 34 Research Area ......................................................................................................................... 34 Partnerships and Support ........................................................................................................ 34 Facilities ................................................................................................................................... 35 The Andrews Forest Headquarters Facilities ....................................................................... 35 Laboratories ......................................................................................................................... 35 Information Acquisition and Management ............................................................................ 36 Other Resources ...................................................................................................................... 37 Instrumented Sites and Long-Term Study Plots ................................................................... 37 Additional Research that leverages LTER Funding .............................................................. 38 6.0 Data Management Plan ...................................................................................................... 40 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 40 Objectives ................................................................................................................................ 40 Information Management System ............................................................................................ 40 Cyberinfrastructure: .............................................................................................................. 41 Integration of Information Management with Site Science: ..................................................... 42 Data Access Policy: ................................................................................................................. 42 Downloads: ........................................................................................................................... 43 Information Management Resources ....................................................................................... 43 LTER Network-Level Participation: .......................................................................................... 44 Milestones and deliverable products for LTER 7: .................................................................... 44 7.0 Project Management Plan ................................................................................................. 45 Institutional Partnership ........................................................................................................ 45 Research Community ........................................................................................................... 45 Management Philosophy ...................................................................................................... 45 Program Administration ........................................................................................................ 45 Funding and Research Decisions......................................................................................... 45 Advisory Groups ................................................................................................................... 46 Communications ................................................................................................................... 46 Integrating Non-LTER Scientists into Research Activities .................................................... 46 Recruitment of New Scientists to the Project ....................................................................... 46 Efforts to Increase Diversity Among Site Participants .......................................................... 46 Continuity of Leadership and Succession Planning ............................................................. 47 References Cited ....................................................................................................................... 48 Personnel ................................................................................................................................... 66 Signatory PIs ........................................................................................................................... 66 Senior Personnel ..................................................................................................................... 66 Supplementary Documentation: Publications from LTER6 .................................................. 69 Supplementary Documentation: Data Sets Table .................................................................