Oct 12, 2025 · Long-term studies of mammals, including long-term monitoring programs, are relatively rare in ecology but vitally important because they provide critical insights that are …

Oct 12, 2022 · In this paper, we briefly outline some of the key reasons why it is critical to invest in long-term, large-scale monitoring in both landscape ecology and conservation biology and …

Aug 30, 2024 · This Research Topic highlights new tools and approaches showing that long-term monitoring remains a useful approach in contemporary ecology and, if properly designed and …

When a clinical trial concludes, the story doesn’t end — it continues through long-term follow-up. While short-term results show whether a treatment works initially, only long-term monitoring …

For more than four decades, the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) has built a robust and well-respected long-term environmental monitoring program in the Northeast.

Here we propose the paradigm of adaptive monitoring, which aims to resolve many of the problems that have undermined previous attempts to establish long-term research and …

Apr 15, 2023 · We measure changes in vegetation and erosion, forest demography and mortality, weekly tree growth, seed production, and detailed ecohydrological information. Many of these …

Long-Term Monitoring, in contrast, seeks to capture these gradual shifts, providing a more accurate picture of the health of our ecosystems and the impact of human activities. This shift …

Long-term ecological research and monitoring is a critical activity that has multiple important values for research, policy and management. Yet long-term studies are not particularly common.

Long-term monitoring helps researchers and decision-makers make informed decisions, develop strategies, and implement interventions to address ongoing issues and challenges.