Several research themes and certainly many organisms and specific research approaches have been dropped from NEON compared to early plans. How was the current configuration of NEON selected?
Years of NEON planning produced many excellent ideas. Unfortunately, all ideas could not be accommodated in a reasonably sized NEON design. The team charged with the conceptual design of NEON represented by the peer-reviewed Integrated Science and Education Plan for the National Ecological Observatory Network (ISEP) (http://www.neoninc.org/documents/ISEP_2006Oct23.pdf) selected a sub-set of the best ideas developed in NEON planning to form a cohesive program. Details are discussed in the ISEP.
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