Data Use Policies
LTER funded datasets are made available as per the LTER Network Data Access Policy.
Types of Data
LTER dataset are catogorized as one of two types.
Type 1: Public Data
These data are made made public within two years of collection and no later than the publication of the major findings from the data.
Type 2: Restricted Data
Certain, uncommon datasets are not released to the public. They may include the locations of rare or endangered species, human subject data, or data previously covered under copyright or other agreement. These data are released to a restricted audience by the owners of the data.
Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve Data is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)
Publishing guidelines
Any papers or products using data collected at Cedar Creek or using data from the Cedar Creek databases should include the following in their acknowledgments in addition to any project specific acknowledgments.