@article {KNZ00264,
	title = {Lands for long-term research in conservation biology},
	journal = {Conservation Biology},
	volume = {4},
	year = {1990},
	pages = {301 -308},
	abstract = {<p>Success in conservation biology depends upon a synergistic combination of short-term tactics and long-term strategies. Although the former are often necessary to forestall immediate habitat losses, the latter provide the critical framework of understanding needed to develop effective short-term priorities. Although many conservation biologists now emphasize short-term tactics, prudence dictates the concomitant establishment of long-term research projects aimed at answering fundamental ecological questions. One deterrent to amassing such long-term data bases, aside from time and funding, is a lack of suitable sites where such studies can be conducted on a large scale. We describe two established major land-holding networks in the United States that could serve as appropriate places to develop long-term studies: The National Science Foundation\&$\#$39;s Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites, and the U.S. Department of Energy\&$\#$39;s National Environmental Research Parks (NERPs). Because they consist of established research facilities, both networks can provide conservation biologists with \&quot;low cost\&quot; baseline information on ecological processes, as well as acess to a number of representative terrestrail and acquatic habitats under more or less \&quot;controlled\&quot; conditions suitable for long-term studies. We recommend that conservation biologists explore the possibility of using these or similarly available sites in their research programs</p>},
	keywords = {LTER-KNZ},
	doi = {10.1111/j.1523-1739.1990.tb00292.x},
	author = {Bildstein, K.L. and Brisbin, J.}
}
