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Researcher(s) from zone

Published data about zone

B B A: 1298

Zone A

B A: 1298

B B: 10660

B C: 116

B B: 10660

Zone B

B EQ: 32

D B: 1

B D: 6

B E: 223

B F: 86

B C: 116

C C: 44

Zone C

C C: 44

D C: 8

B EQ: 32

E EQ: 6

D B: 1

B D: 6

Zone D

D C: 8

D D: 659

D D: 659

E EQ: 6

B E: 223

Zone E

E E: 197

E E: 197

E SH: 1

B F: 86

Zone F

E SH: 1

Fig. 13.4 Directions of LTER research considering the geographical origin of LTER researchers
( left column ) and the geographical region covered in the research outputs ( right column ) in terms
publications, considering meta-data only. For latitudinal ranges and countries included in Zones A
to F see Table 13.1 ; for color matches of the Zones see Fig. 13.2

mostly in the South Temperate region (Zone E). Therefore, in most categories the
proportion of Northern/Southern Hemisphere ILTER publications is 9:1. In addi-
tion, the equatorial zones C and D are the least represented, accounting for less than
5 % of the publications in all categories. 9
Regarding the thematic areas, management and stewardship are the categories
that include higher numbers of ILTER publications; both have more than 5,000
research outputs (Fig. 13.5 ). Location , methods , and monitoring include more
than 3,000 research outputs, and scale more than 2,000. Event and LTER are the
least represented research themes, each including a total of less than 2,000
research outputs.

9 It is important to note that Zone C is not fully represented in the data included in Figs. 13.5 and
13.6 because the data for Mexico LTER are incomplete, and several Asian LTER networks' data-
bases are still in the early stages of work. Also, not all zones had a network with publications about
concepts that were shared by more than seven other networks. (Seven networks as a cutoff is based
on the proposition that ILTER Network-wide research should be defi ned as that which could draw
on work from each of the continents. It is also based on the practical consideration that the
other 99% of the approximately 10,000 possible concepts not represented here is too vast to code
reliably into relevant categories.)