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Nation-wide SuperSites support next crop of ecosystem scientists

TERN is strongly committed to furthering our understanding of Australian ecosystems by providing the scientific infrastructure for research, training and educational activities.  In this article ...
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Collaboration between traditional knowledge and contemporary science

Stephen van Leeuwen (right) explaining to Birriliburu Ranger Zareth Long (left) how to establish the preliminary boundary of an AusPlot plot using a compass in ...
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People using TERN: Phil Gibbons

Phil Gibbons releasing a long-nosed bandicoot (right) at a Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN) monitoring site in Booderee National Park A senior ANU researcher ...
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Get involved in forming the Ecosystem Science Council

The development of Australia’s first long-term plan for ecosystem science, Foundations for the future (‘the Plan’), over the last year is just one example of ...
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SPEDDEXES is making waves in spatial data discovery

According to the experts, there are 101 ways to discover and download spatial data on the internet. The problem is that each one is designed ...
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Creating barcodes of Australia’s soils

Imagine if each soil type had a barcode. Researchers could scan their plots to understand why particular flora and fauna exist where they do. Farmers ...
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People using TERN: Siân Howard

An honours student at the University of Adelaide is using TERN’s collaborative data and research infrastructure to progress important national research Meet Siân Howard. Siân ...
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National ecosystem surveillance

TERN’s infrastructure, collaborative networks, and expertise are being put to good use in a new project that will tackle one of the big issues in ...
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Facilitating reproducibility in ecosystem science analyses

Sound science, and the decisions we make based on it, relies on reproducibility. The ability for another researcher to replicate analyses to validate theories and ...
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People using TERN: Tim Hoar

A senior scientist at the USA’s National Centre of Atmospheric Research is using TERN to build international links in ecosystem data and modelling A key ...
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