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Table 13.1
Distribution of national-scale LTER networks affi liated with ILTER
Number/+
repeated
country
Relative
percentage (%)
Zone
National LTER networks
A
=
Arctic
(> 66°N)
3/+
3
5
Finland, Norway
a
, Sweden/+
Alaska
(
US
)
, Germany-Norway Arctic Ocean
b
B
=
Temperate North
(66°N - 23°N)
26
63
Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech
Republic, France, Germany, Hungary,
Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia,
Lithuania, Mongolia, People's Republic
of China, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South
Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United
Kingdom, United States of America
C
=
North Equator
(23°N - 0°)
6
15
Costa Rica, Mexico, Philippines,
Republic of China (Taiwan), Thailand,
Venezuela
D
=
South Equator
(0° - 23°S)
3
7
Brazil, Malawi, Mozambique
E
=
Temperate South
(23°S - 66°S)
4
10
Australia, Chile, Namibia, South Africa
F
=
Antarctic
(> 66°S)
0/+
1
/+ Palmer Antarctica LTER (US) and
McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER (US)
Total
42/+
3
100
a
Norway is a prospective ILTER member
b
The results of this collaboration are attributed to a distinct network by LTER Europe
Table 13.2
Geographic zones studied by ILTER in terms of published articles and meta-data
Zone
Research outputs (RO)
Meta-data (M-D)
(RO/M-D) ratio
N
Rel. (%)
N
Rel. (%)
A
(
Arctic)
561
5.3
1,310
5.0
0.4
B
(
Temperate North)
4,615
43.7
23,263
89.6
0.2
C
(
North Equator)
801
7.6
185
0.7
4.3
Subtotal Northern
Hemisphere
5,977
56.6
24,758
95.3
0.2
D
(
South Equator)
422
4.0
685
2.6
0.6
E
(
Temperate South)
3,510
33.2
438
1.7
8.0
F
(
Antarctica
)
660
6.2
86
0.3
7.7
Subtotal Southern
Hemisphere
4,592
43.4
1,209
4.7
3.8
Total
10,569
100.0
25,967
100.0
0.4
Within each hemisphere, research outputs and meta-data are concentrated in
temperate zones (B and E; Table
13.2
). Combined, temperate zones of the Northern
and Southern hemispheres account for 76.9 % of the research outputs, and 91.3 %
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