NEON IN THE GREAT BASIN & PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE THROUGH LONG-TERM, OPEN ACCESS ECOLOGICAL DATA

Alison R Dernbach; National Ecological Observatory Network; dernbach@battelleecology.org;

The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is a continental-scale observation facility that collects long-term, open access ecological data to better understand how ecosystems are changing across the United States. NEON will provide 30 years of data from 81 terrestrial and aquatic field sites, including seven sites within the Great Basin and Pacific Southwest. NEON data cover a range of subject areas within ecology, including organismal observations, biogeochemistry, hyperspectral imagery, and micrometeorology. NEON’s observational wildlife data assesses the pathogen status, abundance, diversity, and phenology of organisms across the US. All samples and data collected by NEON are publicly available and can be accessed digitally through the NEON website. This poster will provide an introduction to NEON as well as an overview of NEON’s observational wildlife data collection systems. Additionally, it will highlight research using NEON data with implications for our understanding of climate change impacts on wildlife communities. Lastly, it will highlight the Observatory’s Assignable Assets program, which makes available components of NEON’s infrastructure to outside researchers and community members to support their research or other activities.

Poster Session