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Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) established by NSF to study climate change.
Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) was established in Fairbanks, Alaska in 1987 as part of the National Science Foundation's Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program. It is located in the boreal forest of interior Alaska. Its facilities are centered in the city of Fairbanks. Research at our LTER site focuses on improving understanding of the long-term consequences of changing climate and disturbance regimes in the Alaskan boreal forest. Its overall objective is to document the major controls over forest dynamics, biogeochemistry, and disturbance, and their interactions in the face of a changing climate.
Credit: Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research (LTER).
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