agricultural landscapes in transition lter sites

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?

• 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 LandBy

Woody 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