There are currently 28 field sites involved with the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) network. These sites occupy a range of habitats and were started / are renewed on site-specific timelines. To make this information more readily available to interested parties, this data object summarizes the key components of each site in an easy-to-use data format.
Format
Dataframe with 8 columns and 32 rows
- name
Full name of the LTER site
- code
Abbreviation (typically three letters) of the site name
- habitat
Simplified habitat designation of the site (or "mixed" for more complex habitat contexts)
- start_year
Year of initial funding by NSF as an official LTER site
- end_year
End of current funding cycle grant
- latitude
Degrees latitude of site
- longitude
Degrees longitude of site
- site_url
Website URL for the site