Abstract

This special section of Environmental Moni-toring and Assessment presents peer-reviewedcontributions from the international conference“Long-term ecosystem research: Understandingthe present to shape the future” that was heldon 7–11 September 2009 in Zurich, Switzerland atthe occasion of the 15th anniversary of the SwissLong-Term Forest Ecosystem Research LWF.Since 1994, the Swiss Long-Term Forest Ecosys-tem Research Programme has been addressingglobal change as a driving force on forest biotaand ecological processes. On this landmark date,the international community was invited to reflecton the current state of long-term (forest) ecosys-tem research and its scientific value.The selected papers compiled in the presentspecial issue highlight important insights into thelatest aspects of long-term ecosystem research.Graf Pannatier et al. (2010) demonstrate the greatvalue of the monitoring data from Swiss Level II

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