Note

California Ecological Observatory (CALEON)

Regional boundaries

CalEON includes all of California: the Colorado/Mojave deserts, the Sierra Nevada including its eastern slopes plus the Modoc Plateau and White-Inyo Mountains, and extends in the north to the border of the California Floristic Province — i.e. including the SW corner of Oregon.

Representatives

Michael F. Allen, Center for Conservation Biology, University of California,
Michael P. Hamilton , James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve, University of California-Riverside,
Brent D. Mishler, California Biodiversity Center and University & Jepson Herbaria, University of California-Berkeley,

Organizational Status

A large group of interested faculty has developed across the University of California system (along with colleagues in the California State University system), linked together by the UC Natural Reserve System; several research units such as the California Biodiversity Center and the Berkeley Natural History Museums at UCB; the Center for Conservation Biology at UCR; the Cooperative Ecosystem Study Unit (CESU); as well as the NSF-funded Center for Embedded Networked Sensing.

More Information Available At

http://www.caleon.org/ —website is under construction.

NEON Regions

• High Latitude Ecological Observatory (HLEO)
• Antarctic NEON (AAEON)
• California Ecological Observatory (CALEON)
• Central Plains Grasslands Ecological Observatory (CENTRUS)
• Intermountain Regional Observatory Network (IRON)
• Great Lakes and Central US Ecological Observatory (GLACEO)
• Mid-Atlantic Region Ecological Observatory (MAREO)
• Northeast Ecological Observatory (NEEON)
• Neotropical Ecological Observatory (NEONEON)
• Hawaii and the U.S. Associated Islands in the Pacific Ecological Observatory (PNEON)
• Pacific Northwest Regional Ecological Observatory (PNWREO)
• Rocky Mountain Ecological Observatory (ROMEON)
• Southeast Ecological Observatory (SEEON)
• Southern Appalachians to Ozarks Ecological Observatory (SAPOZEON)
• Southwest Ecological Observatory (SWEON)

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