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Page 1: Terrestrial Observations

© 2012 National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

The National Ecological Observatory Network is a project sponsored by the National Science

Foundation and managed under cooperative agreement by NEON Inc.

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Integrated Data Sampling

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Fundamental Sentinel Unit (FSU)

Terrestrial Observation System (TOS)

NEON’s Sentinel organisms and biogeochemistry

Designs

Measures

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Terrestrial Observational Sampling

Provide standardized, diverse measurements related to…..

Biodiversity & Invasive Species

Phenology

Population Dynamics

Microbial Diversity & Function

Biogeochemistry & Productivity

Ecohydrology

Infectious Disease

Not easily measured with fixed instruments

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Site BoundarySpatial Balanced and

Random Grid

Stratified by

Vegetation Type Study Locations

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Sentinel organisms and biogeochemistry

Diversity

Phenology

Abundance

Function

Productivity

& Biomass

Pools/fluxes:

Biogeochemistry

Pathogens

Beetles Mosquitoes Mammals Birds Microbes Soil PlantsTicks

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Annual Collections

Terrestrial # samples

Insects 99,000

Plants 21,000

Small Mammals 7,500

Soil Microbes 18,000

Disease 27,000

Total 172,620

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