The Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research program advances research and education on urban ecology and urban socio-ecological systems. It is one of two LTER sites funded by the National Science Foundation that specifically studies urban ecology.
CAP LTER has been a leader in interdisciplinary science, bringing together teams of individuals from different fields to investigate the complex dynamics of the Phoenix metropolitan area and surrounding Sonoran Desert.
Educating the next generation of urban ecologists is a core mission of the CAP LTER. The Ecology Explorers program engages K-12 students and teachers, while undergraduate and graduate students are active researchers whose work is published in leading scientific publications.
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Long-term monitoring and experiments are at the core of CAP LTER’s research program. They enable CAP LTER scientists to examine changes over time, particularly in ecological variables that are slow cycling.
The Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research is part of the network of LTER sites funded by the National Science Foundation.
This research was supported by funding from the National Science Foundation Long-term Ecological Research Program. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DEB-2224662, DEB-1832016, DEB-1637590, DEB-0423704, DEB-1026865 and DEB-9714833. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.