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    • International Research Projects
    • Large Experiments and Permanent Plot Studies
    • Regional Studies
  • Major Research Topics
    • Environmental Justice
    • Biodiversity Studies
    • Conservation and Management
    • Climate and Carbon Exchange
    • Ecological Informatics and Modelling
    • Environmental Justice
    • Historical and Retrospective Studies
    • Invasive Plants, Pests and Pathogens
    • Physiological Ecology, Population Dynamics, and Species Interactions
    • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
    • Watershed Ecology

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Since 1907 the Harvard Forest has served as a center for research and education in forest biology and conservation. The Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program, established in 1988 and funded by the National Science Foundation, provides a framework for much of this activity.

Topics include:

  • Biodiversity Studies
  • Conservation and Management
  • Ecological Informatics and Modelling
  • Forest-Atmosphere Exchange
  • Historical and Retrospective Studies
  • Invasive Plants, Pests and Pathogens
  • Physiological Ecology, Population Dynamics, and Species Interactions
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Watershed Ecology

Related Highlights

  • March 30 & 31: Susan Trumbore to Present Inaugural Bullard Lectures
  • Report: New England Forests Can Do More to Combat Climate Change
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The Harvard Forest is a department of Harvard University's Faculty of Arts & Sciences and a member of the U.S. LTER Network supported by the National Science Foundation. Learn More about Our funders.

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