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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>Dear colleagues,<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>This is a second call for <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">long-term biodiversity data</B></FONT><FONT size=3>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>In June we circulated a call for data for a joint manuscript on biodiversity trends (see below). Many thanks to the people who showed their interest in the project and offered their datasets! <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>Unfortunately we got only a few feedbacks from America so far, compared to Europe, where we have already >120 datasets at the moment and more will come in the next weeks - you can check the enclosed map to get an idea of the current distribution of the datasets (please note that the distribution of American sites is not precise as I haven´t received the site coordinates yet). With such an imbalanced distribution, we would have to exclude American datasets and focus our study on European data only. This is a pity as, we believe, this study has the potential of being of great impact and extending it beyond the continental scale would give it much more strength! Therefore, before settling on the decision to exclude American datasets, we decided to send out this new call.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>Please let me know if you may have additional datasets and may be interested in joining the project. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>Here a short recap of our plans. We aim to gather as many long-term (<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">>15 years</B></FONT><FONT size=3>) biodiversity datasets as possible, from </FONT><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3>LTER sites</FONT></B><FONT size=3>, from a large variety of biomes from the </FONT><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3>freshwater, marine, transitional </FONT></B><FONT size=3>and</FONT><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3> terrestrial </FONT></B><FONT size=3>realms, on </FONT><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3>several biotic groups</FONT></B><FONT size=3> (from plankton, to invertebrates, birds, vegetation...) to write a joint paper on biodiversity trends. All data providers will be invited to contribute to the manuscript and be coauthors. These are the criteria for data selection: <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>coverage of at least 15 years<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>at least 10 sampling events during that time that are evenly distributed within the 15 years<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>no changes in sampling method, taxonomic resolution and season<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>the data of a certain time series are from the same site (no space-for-time substitution!)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>data are digitalized and could be submitted within a few weeks<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>true number abundance or biomass data on species or genus level<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>georeferences for all sites where data were sampled from<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>If you have additional datasets that fulfill the criteria and you wish to join the project, please fill in the enclosed excel file with basic information on your dataset and send it back to me <STRONG>by the 12th August</STRONG>. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>I am looking forward to getting positive feedbacks!<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>Dear ILTER friends and colleagues,<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>As most of you know the decline in insect biomass that was recently published in a paper by Hallmann et al. in PlosOne (October 2017) raised enormous attention across the globe. The underlying data were compiled by hobby entomologists over approximately 30 years in different German nature reserves.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>I believe you all may agree that such a decline is not restricted to nature reserves in Germany but is most likely a common pattern across several parts of the world and also not only restricted to insects. However this has to be proven.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>I wonder if there might be similar long-term datasets from various ILTER sites? If so, we may compile these data and write a joined paper on cross-taxa and cross-realm patterns in global biodiversity decline?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>I am aware that similar studies have been done before (e.g. Bowler et al. 2017 Nature Ecology and Evolution) but I believe that there are still many unanswered questions and many taxa groups that have never been included in such studies.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>I am sure you need to know more about the planned paper project than just a draft title. However, as we currently do not know how many datasets over which time periods, from which ecosystems and countries might be available, we would rather like starting to draft an outline of such a paper after knowing what data might be available.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>Therefore, I would be happy if you could let me know if you may have long-term biodiversity data from an ILTER site that fulfills the following criteria:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>coverage of at least 15 years<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>at least 10 sampling events during that time that are evenly distributed within the 15 years<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>no changes in sampling method, taxonomic resolution and season<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>the data of a certain time series are from the same site (no space-for-time substitution!)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>data are digitalized and could be submitted within a few weeks<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>true number abundance or biomass data on species or genus level<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3>georeferences for all sites where data were sampled from<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>All data contributors will be offered to become co-authors.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>Thank you very much!<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>Peter Haase<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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