Netherlands Long-term Ecosystem Research Network (LTER-NL)

The Netherlands has a strong tradition in long-term ecological research, with for instance internationally renowned population studies on tits started in the 1950s by the NIOO, population studies on benthic animals started in the 1970s by the NIOZ and citizen science bird monitoring started by Sovon Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology started in the 1970s. It was however not until 2010 that LTER-NL, the Dutch network for Long-term Ecosystem Research, was developed from scratch, with WaLTER (Wadden Sea Long-Term Ecological Research) as the starting point. In 2014 LTER-NL, consisting of only the LTSER-platform Dutch Wadden Sea, was provisionally admitted to the international umbrella organizations ILTER and LTER-Europe. In 2015, the Veluwe LTSER platform was added along with the Belgium listed LTSER-platform Scheldt Estuary, which includes the Dutch Westerschelde. In 2016 LTER-Netherlands was unconditionally admitted to ILTER and LTER-Europe.

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