Structure of the network

The Mexican Long Term Ecological Research Network joins Research Groups  that study terrestrial and aquatic Mexican ecosystems. Contrary to other LTER networks, the Mexican is a group network, not a site network. However, each group is strongly associated to a site, where two main activities are developed:

1) develop of ecological studies following the core research areas
2) long-term monitoring of key ecological and environmental variables.

Each Group in the network is conformed by a staff of researchers that develop at least, four of the seven core research areas. The Mexican Network is also conformed by a  category of members oriented to individual researchers  that develop long-term studies and are interested in conform a new group  in the short-term. Furthermore, the Mexican Network consider the Interested category, integrated by scientist that has recently initiate  their researches with a long-term focus. The Individual and Interested categories represent a strategy to increase the Groups that conform the Network.