Global Litter Invertebrate Decomposition Experiment

Data Synthesis Workshop
Rauischholzhausen Castle, Giessen, Germany
March 28-29, 2003

Data from the standardized litter experiment, that took place in 33 sites around the world, has been flowing into Bio Track for morphological sorting, and to the Natural Resource Ecology Lab (NREL) for litter chemical analysis. Because we are faced with an enormous amount of data on decomposition rates across latitudes and some 30,000 species associated with litter decomposition, this first meeting addressed:

“How do we best utilize and analyze the data sets if we are to understand the relationship of soil biodiversity to an important ecosystem process?”

The workshop, which took place on March 28th and 29th of 2003, was hosted by GLIDE Advisory Board member Dr. Volkmar Wolters at The Castle of Rauischholzhausen Conference Center in Germany. GLIDE meeting organizers and participants would like to acknowledge Dr. Wolters and his institute for the friendly hospitality and financial support that helped make the workshop possible.

GLIDE was a project of the International Biodiversity Observation Year, and is sponsored by the NSF, the Soil Science Society of America, and an anonymous US foundation.

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GLIDE was a project of the International Biodiversity Observation Year 2001-2002

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