Table of Contents
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- Research Context
Weather, elevation, imagery, species lists and other information about the KBS research environment
- GIS data
- Imagery
- Elevation
- Elevation- Baseline Spatial Variability Study (1988)
- LIDAR Elevations of KBS; 5-meter Gridded Data (2008)
- LIDAR Elevations of KBS; Bare-Earth Data (2008)
- LIDAR Elevations of Lux Arbor Reserve; 5-meter Gridded Data (2008)
- LIDAR Elevations of Lux Arbor Reserve; Bare-Earth Data (2008)
- LIDAR Elevations of Marshall Farms; 5-meter Gridded Data (2008)
- LIDAR Elevations of Marshall Farms; Bare-Earth Data (2008)
- Soil properties
- Classification
- Weather
- LTER Weather Station - Daily Precipitation and Air Temperature (1988 to present)
- LTER Weather Station - Daily Weather- All Variates (1988 to present)
- LTER Weather Station - Daily Wind Speed and Direction (1992 to present)
- LTER Weather Station - Data formatted for Salus Model (1988 to present)
- LTER Weather Station - Raw Hourly Weather (1992 to present)
- LTER Aeronet Sun-photometer - Cloud-corrected data (2003 to present)
- LTER Aeronet Sun-photometer - Real-time data (2003 to present)
- KBS Pond Lab Meteorological Station - Air Temperatures (5 minute) (2007 to present)
- National Weather Service Station at KBS - Daily Observations (1948 to present)
- National Weather Service Station at Kalamazoo Hospital - Daily Observations (1887 to 1987)
- Collections
- KBS Species list
- Precipitation Chemistry
- GPS Coordinates
- GIS data
- Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE)
Signature cropping system experiment that provides the context for most core research on site
- Agronomy
- Yield
- Logs
- Biogeochemical fluxes
- Invertebrates
- Microbes
- Plants
- Biomass and Species Composition
- Crop Biomass (1990 to present)
- Annual Forest Biomass Production (1999 to present)
- Cover Crop Biomass (1990 to 2009)
- Litter Trap Biomass (1991 to present)
- Non-crop Biomass (1990 to present)
- Poplar Biomass (1989 to 1998)
- Poplar Biomass at Clearcut (1998 to 2007)
- Annual Primary Productivity Estimate (compilation) (1990 to present)
- Annual Woody Biomass Increment
- Crop Population Estimates (2005 to 2008)
- DBH Woody Biomass (1998 to 2008)
- Forest DBH Survey (1998 to 2008)
- Long term effects of N-fertilization (and Disturbance) on Old Field (successional) Plant Communities (1989 to present)
- Non-Crop Species Diversity Index (1990 to present)
- Poplar Measurement (1990 to 1998)
- Row Crop Stand Counts (2003 to 2006)
- Soybean Biomass- Baseline Spatial Variability Study (1988)
- Seedbank
- Chemistry
- Biomass and Species Composition
- Soil properties
- Chemistry
- Soil Inorganic Nitrogen (1989 to present)
- Surface Soil Total C and N data and C/N ratios (1989 to 2001)
- Annual Agronomic Soil Chemistry (1992 to 2007)
- Nitrogen Mineralization- Baseline Spatial Variability Study (1988)
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen in Deep Soil Cores (2001 to present)
- Soil Chemical Properties- Baseline Spatial Variability Study (1988)
- Soil pH (1989 to 2001)
- Soil potential Nitrogen Mineralization Rates (1989 to 2002)
- Physical properties
- Soil Moisture (1989 to present)
- Modeled Soil Moisture and Temperature (1989 to 1998)
- Soil Bulk Density (1995 to 1996)
- Soil Moisture associated with trace gas sampling (2003 to 2008)
- Soil Physical Properties- Baseline Spatial Variability Study (1988)
- Soil Temperature associated with trace gas sampling (1991 to 2008)
- Bulk Density
- Chemistry
- Collections
- Water Chemistry
- Agronomy
- Biodiversity Gradient Experiment
Cropped and successional communities managed to provide 22 different levels of plant diversity
- Agronomy
- Microbes
- Gene Sequences
- Plants
- Biomass and Species Composition
- Soil properties
- Resource Gradient Experiment
Annual crop (corn, soybean, or wheat) fertilized at 9 different nitrogen rates +/- irrigation
- Agronomy
- Biogeochemical fluxes
- Soil properties
- LTER Scale-up Experiment
KBS commercial fields managed to replicate MCSE treatments at landscape scales
- Living Field Lab (LFL) Study
Small plot experiments to extend biologically based treatments of the MCSE
- Agronomy
- Biogeochemical fluxes
- Soil properties
- Chemistry
- Physical properties
- Water Chemistry
- GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment
- Agronomy
- Biogeochemical fluxes
- Plants
- Leaf Area Index (LAI) (2009 to present)
- Biomass and Species Composition
- Above Ground Productivity of Annual Crops; treatments 1-4 (2008 to present)
- Above Ground Productivity of Herbaceous Perennial Crops; treatments 5,6,7,9,10 (2008 to present)
- Below Ground Productivity - Annual Crops (G1-G4) (2008 to present)
- Below Ground Productivity Perennial Crops (G5-G10) - Fine Root Production (2009 to present)
- Below Ground Productivity of Perennial Crops (G5-G10) (2009 to present)
- Poplar Biomass (2008 to 2009)
- Poplar Litter Trap Biomass (2008 to present)
- Poplar Measurements (2009)
- Chemistry
- GIS data
- Soil properties
- Chemistry
- Physical properties
- Cellulosic Biofuel Experiment
Comparing 12 biofuel cropping systems
- Aquatic Studies
Sampling from aquatic habitats in the KBS landscape
- Water Chemistry
- Social Science Studies
Human population in the KBS area and survey results
- Regional Studies
Modeling regional phenomena such as crop productivity
- Other Experiments
Long- and short-term experiments ancillary to our major experiments
- Switchgrass Nitrogen/Harvest Experiment - GLBRC
Switchgrass fertilized at 8 nitrogen rates and harvested once vs twice per year
- GLBRC Research Context
Information about the GLBRC research environments including coordinates
- Scale-up Biofuels Experiment - GLBRC
KBS commercial fields managed to replicate biofuel treatments at landscape scales
- Agronomy
- Biogeochemical fluxes
- Plants
- Soil properties
- Gene Transfer Study - LTER
Small plots treated with different levels of 2,4-D to test for long-term microbial genetic change
- Nitrogen Deposition Study - LTER
Forest and successional plots fertilized to simulate increased nitrogen deposition
- European Corn Borer Experiment - LTER
Evaluation of different stategies to control corn borer in continuous corn
- Agronomy
- Extensive Sites - Biofuel Biodiversity Studies - GLBRC
Cellulosic biofuel production implications on biodiversity across MI & WI biofuel fields
- Invertebrates
- Plants
- Corn Plant Counts at Extensive Sites (2010)
- Plant Biomass in the Extensive Sites (2008 to present)
- Plant Species Composition (Nested Circles method) in the Extensive Sites (2008 to present)
- Plant Species Composition (Transect method) in the Extensive Sites (2010 to present)
- Biomass and Species Composition
- Soil properties
- Chemistry
- GPS Coordinates
- Switchgrass Nitrogen/Harvest Experiment - GLBRC