<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear LTER investigators--</div><div>I wanted to make you aware of this joint paper initiative with our ILTER colleagues. It seems that my earlier email was not delivered and the organizers have received no data sets from US investigators. </div><div><br></div><div>The initial deadline was February 7, but organizers would very much like to be able to include US data. If you have -- or know of -- an appropriate data set (see requirements below), please respond directly to Peter Haase (<a href="mailto:peter.haase@senckenberg.de">peter.haase@senckenberg.de</a>) as soon as possible.</div><div><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:"normal arial",sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:"normal arial",sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Thank you, </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:"normal arial",sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Marty</span></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Marty Downs</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 11:47 AM<br>Subject: ILTER Joint Paper Initiative<br>To: <a href="mailto:investigators@lternet.edu">investigators@lternet.edu</a><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">I thought some of you might be interested in the attached international joint paper initiative forwarded from Peter Haase at ILTER.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Marty<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Peter Haase <<a href="mailto:Peter.Haase@senckenberg.de" target="_blank">Peter.Haase@senckenberg.de</a>><br>To: <<a href="mailto:ilter@list.ilternet.edu" target="_blank">ilter@list.ilternet.edu</a>><br>Cc: Francesca Pilotto <<a href="mailto:Francesca.Pilotto@senckenberg.de" target="_blank">Francesca.Pilotto@<wbr>senckenberg.de</a>><br>Bcc: <br>Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:15:47 +0100<br>Subject: [ilter] ILTER Joint Paper Initiative<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Dear ILTER friends and colleagues,<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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. <span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">The underlying data were compiled by hobby entomologists over approximately 30 years in different German nature reserves.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_-40649936754345746m_7890787341534600635MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:115%"><span><font face="Calibri">-</font><span style="FONT:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif";LINE-HEIGHT:115%">coverage of at least 25 years<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_-40649936754345746m_7890787341534600635MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:115%"><span><font face="Calibri">-</font><span style="FONT:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif";LINE-HEIGHT:115%">at least 10 sampling events during that time that are evenly distributed within the 25 years<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_-40649936754345746m_7890787341534600635MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:115%"><span><font face="Calibri">-</font><span style="FONT:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif";LINE-HEIGHT:115%">no changes in sampling method, taxonomic resolution and season<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_-40649936754345746m_7890787341534600635MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:115%"><span><font face="Calibri">-</font><span style="FONT:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif";LINE-HEIGHT:115%">the data of a certain time series are from the same site (no space-for-time substitution!)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_-40649936754345746m_7890787341534600635MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:115%"><span><font face="Calibri">-</font><span style="FONT:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif";LINE-HEIGHT:115%">data are digitalized and could be submitted within a few weeks<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_-40649936754345746m_7890787341534600635MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:115%"><span><font face="Calibri">-</font><span style="FONT:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif";LINE-HEIGHT:115%">true number abundance or biomass data on species or genus level<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_-40649936754345746m_7890787341534600635MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:115%"><span><font face="Calibri">-</font><span style="FONT:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif";LINE-HEIGHT:115%">georeferences for all sites where data were sampled from<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">If you may have such data and interested in this joint endeavor, please fill in a few requested information about your dataset in the attached Excel sheet (will not take more than 5 minutes).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">All data contributors will offered to become a co-author.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><u></u>Please send back your information before February 7, 2018.<u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Thank you very much and all the best for 2018!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Peter Haase<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">(ILTER Science Committee Chair)</span></p>
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</div><div class="m_-40649936754345746gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Marty Downs<div>Deputy Director, <span style="font-size:12.8px">Network Communications Office</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://lternet.edu/" target="_blank">Long-Term Ecological Research Network</a></span></div><div><a href="http://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=9c0b9b36a4" target="_blank">LTER Science Update</a></div><div>t: @USLTER</div><div>f: USLTER</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">University of California, Santa Barbara</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:small">Office: 805-893-7549</span></div><div><span style="font-size:small">Cell: 617-833-7930</span></div><div><a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a></div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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