Resources For Participants

Background reading provided prior to the webinar:

Ebert-May et al. 2004 (PDF)

Webinar presentation slides

Christine's slides on EcoTrends (PPT)

Guide to Using Ecotrends (available as a Word DOC and a webpage; also from Christine)

Bruce's slides describing the homework assignment (PPT)

Background reading and references that may be useful between the webinar and workshop:

Peters et. al (PDF), referenced in the homework assignment presentation

NEON summary document (PDF, link to NEON page)

Summary of NRC grand challenges on climate variability and land use dynamics from NRC (Executive summary: link to PDF)

Conceptual framework draft (PDF) from October 2008 workshop

Homework examples from October 2008 workshop

Note: we used 3 different data sources for that workshop, so the examples draw from EcoTrends as well as other sources. As you can see the lengths and formats vary depending on what each participant wanted to do.

Example 1 (DOC; Max Taub, using EcoTrends and Land Use Analysis Package)

Example 2 (DOC; Tom Langen)

Example 3 (PDF; Denny S. Fernandez de Viso, using EcoTrends and Forest Inventory Analysis)

Example 4 (PPT; Jerry Griffith, using USGS data)

Example 5 (PPT; Mary McKenna, using EcoTrends data)