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Agricultural Landscapes in Transition. LTER SITES. These are the six Long Term Ecological Research Sites we will be studying. Konza Prairie. Coweeta. Kellogg Biological Station. Harvard Forest. Shortgrass Steppe. Central Arizona Phoenix. What is a Biome?.
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Agricultural Landscapes in Transition LTER SITES
These are the six Long Term Ecological Research Sites we will be studying
What is a Biome? • A terrestrial ecosystem, determined largely by climate, classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterized by organisms adapted to the particular environments
Use a map to find out what biome each LTER Site belongs in … Go here to research: http://sunsite.wits.ac.za/eco/vol7/iss2/art7/figure1e.html
This Land is Your LandByWoody Guthrie • (public domain)
Picture Resources • Central Az-Phoenix:http://caplter.asu.edu/ • Coweeta:http://coweeta.ecology.uga.edu/ • Konza Prairie:http://www.konza.ksu.edu/ • Kellogg Biological Station:http://lter.kbs.msu.edu/ • Harvard Forest:http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/ • Shortgrass steppe:http://sgs.cnr.colostate.edu/
Coweeta www.arches.uga.edu/ ~jgreenw/coweeta.JPG http://www.dur.ac.uk/geolsci.www/research/environ/images/coweeta.jpg http://www.ces.clemson.edu/hydro/FieldCamp/FCsettings/COWEETA/99Coweeta-shed.jpg http://128.192.18.3/webdocs/album/html/images/misc2/Coweeta.GIF
Konza Prairie • http://www.strecker-nelsongallery.com/Artists_nu/nedresky/NedreskySlideShow/images/Konza%20Prairie%20in%20late%20fall_jpg.jpg • http://www.naturalkansas.org/images/konza_view.jpg http://www.michaelforsberg.com/portfolios/photo/00314.jpg http://www.weru.ksu.edu/symposium/images/konzat2.gif
Kellogg Biological Station • http://www.vcrlter.virginia.edu/images/lter_network/KBS/KBS_1990/KBS_fields_1995.jpg http://www.umc.pitt.edu/media/pcc020408/images/1ChaseBiodivers.jpg http://www.landandwater.com/features/vol46no2/vol46no2_2A.jpg http://www.glrc.org/story_images/ag-bio.jpg
Shortgrass Steppe • http://sgs.cnr.colostate.edu/About/PhotoGallery/CattleOnSGSPhoto.jpg http://sgs.cnr.colostate.edu/About/PhotoGallery/CowOnSGSPhoto.jpg http://sgs.cnr.colostate.edu/About/SiteDescription/StDscrptFullMoonPhoto.jpg
Harvard Forest • http://www.ma.nrcs.usda.gov/neasoils/images/nefsc10.jpg http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~adk/dis/carbon/HF.carbon.jpg http://al.umces.edu/currie/lysimete.jpg http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/photos/american_west/images/bluebells%20in%20forest.jpg http://www.lib.duke.edu/forest/Education/Curriculum/graphics/diaramc.jpg