agricultural landscapes in transition lter sites
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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?
• 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