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The Permaculture Research Digest has summaries of newly published permaculture-related research. All items are hyper-linked to the original publication.
The 'January 2013' archive contains 60 items published in 2012.
Items marked with a # have restricted public access, although abstracts are freely available.
The study of ecosystem processes over multiple scales of space and time
is often best achieved using comparable data from multiple sites. Yet,
long-term ecological observatories have often developed their own data
collection protocols. Here, we address this problem by proposing a set
of ecological protocols suitable for widespread adoption. Protocols were
developed by domain experts, and refined through a process of field testing and training.
They address above-ground plant biomass; decomposition; land use and
management; leaf area index; soil mesofaunal diversity; soil C and N
stocks, and greenhouse gas emissions from soils. These complement
existing methods to provide a complete assessment of ecological
integrity.
The study of ecosystem processes over multiple scales of space and time
is often best achieved using comparable data from multiple sites. Yet,
long-term ecological observatories have often developed their own data
collection protocols. Here, we address this problem by proposing a set
of ecological protocols suitable for widespread adoption. Protocols were
developed by domain experts, and refined through a process of field testing and training.
They address above-ground plant biomass; decomposition; land use and
management; leaf area index; soil mesofaunal diversity; soil C and N
stocks, and greenhouse gas emissions from soils. These complement
existing methods to provide a complete assessment of ecological
integrity. 
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