processes. LTER Controlled Vocabulary

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NT1 ↓ accumulation ►▼
- NT2 ↓ snow accumulation
NT1 ↓ biogeochemical processes ►▼
- NT2 ↓ decomposition ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ leaf decomposition
  - NT3 ↓ litter decomposition
  - NT3 ↓ log decomposition
  - NT3 ↓ root decomposition
- NT2 ↓ mineralization ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ nitrogen mineralization
- NT2 ↓ nutrient cycling ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ nitrogen cycling ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ denitrification
    - NT4 ↓ nitrification
    - NT4 ↓ nitrogen fixation
    - NT4 ↓ nitrogen mineralization
NT1 ↓ biological processes ►▼
- NT2 ↓ carbon cycling ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ carbon assimilation
  - NT3 ↓ respiration
- NT2 ↓ disease ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ cankers
- NT2 ↓ evolution ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ adaptation
  - NT3 ↓ extinction
  - NT3 ↓ mutation
  - NT3 ↓ natural selection
  - NT3 ↓ speciation
- NT2 ↓ life history ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ colonization
  - NT3 ↓ dispersal ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ seed dispersal
  - NT3 ↓ germination
  - NT3 ↓ growth ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ plant growth
    - NT4 ↓ tree growth
  - NT3 ↓ habitat selection
  - NT3 ↓ incubation
  - NT3 ↓ mortality ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ tree mortality
  - NT3 ↓ regeneration
  - NT3 ↓ reproduction
  - NT3 ↓ survival
- NT2 ↓ litterfall
- NT2 ↓ microbial activity
- NT2 ↓ production ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ aboveground production
  - NT3 ↓ bacterial production
  - NT3 ↓ belowground production ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ fine root production
  - NT3 ↓ photosynthesis
  - NT3 ↓ plant growth
  - NT3 ↓ primary production ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ gross primary production
    - NT4 ↓ net primary production ►
  - NT3 ↓ seed production
- NT2 ↓ species interactions ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ browsing
  - NT3 ↓ competition
  - NT3 ↓ grazing
  - NT3 ↓ herbivory
  - NT3 ↓ parasitism
  - NT3 ↓ predation
  - NT3 ↓ symbiosis
- NT2 ↓ succession
- NT2 ↓ translocation
NT1 ↓ community respiration
NT1 ↓ disturbance ►▼
- NT2 ↓ floods
- NT2 ↓ forest disturbance
- NT2 ↓ human disturbance
NT1 ↓ fertilization
NT1 ↓ harvesting ►▼
- NT2 ↓ browsing
- NT2 ↓ defoliation
- NT2 ↓ grazing
- NT2 ↓ herbivory
- NT2 ↓ mowing
- NT2 ↓ thinning
- NT2 ↓ timber harvest ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ clearcutting
NT1 ↓ landscape change ►▼
- NT2 ↓ desertification
- NT2 ↓ revegetation
NT1 ↓ physical processes ►▼
- NT2 ↓ atmospheric processes ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ advection
  - NT3 ↓ atmospheric deposition
  - NT3 ↓ deposition ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ bulk deposition
    - NT4 ↓ dry deposition
    - NT4 ↓ nitrogen deposition
    - NT4 ↓ wet deposition
  - NT3 ↓ eddy covariance
  - NT3 ↓ evapotranspiration ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ evaporation
    - NT4 ↓ transpiration
  - NT3 ↓ precipitation ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ interception
    - NT4 ↓ rain
    - NT4 ↓ snow accumulation
    - NT4 ↓ throughfall
- NT2 ↓ burning
- NT2 ↓ dispersion
- NT2 ↓ geological processes ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ accretion
  - NT3 ↓ erosion
  - NT3 ↓ sedimentation
  - NT3 ↓ soil disturbance
  - NT3 ↓ soil warming
  - NT3 ↓ subsidence
- NT2 ↓ hydrologic processes ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ discharge ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ stream discharge
  - NT3 ↓ drainage
  - NT3 ↓ evapotranspiration ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ evaporation
    - NT4 ↓ transpiration
  - NT3 ↓ infiltration
  - NT3 ↓ irrigation
  - NT3 ↓ precipitation ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ interception
    - NT4 ↓ rain
    - NT4 ↓ snow accumulation
    - NT4 ↓ throughfall
  - NT3 ↓ streamflow
- NT2 ↓ ocean acidification
- NT2 ↓ ocean currents
- NT2 ↓ scattering
- NT2 ↓ warming
NT1 ↓ physiological processes ►▼
- NT2 ↓ growth ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ plant growth
  - NT3 ↓ tree growth
- NT2 ↓ metabolism
- NT2 ↓ photosynthesis
- NT2 ↓ respiration
- NT2 ↓ transpiration
NT1 ↓ recovery
NT1 ↓ resource management ►▼
- NT2 ↓ fire management
NT1 ↓ restoration
NT1 ↓ scientific activities ►▼
- NT2 ↓ electric exclusion
- NT2 ↓ mapping
- NT2 ↓ mass balance
- NT2 ↓ modeling ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ simulation
- NT2 ↓ monitoring ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ long term monitoring
- NT2 ↓ remote sensing
- NT2 ↓ trapping

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26-Feb-2011

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26-Feb-2011

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