KBS LTER Data Catalog
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- Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE)
Signature cropping system experiment that provides the context for most core research on site
- Agronomic Logs
- Research Context
- Disturbance
- Crop Yields
- Agronomic Yields of Annual Crops (1989 to present)
- Agronomic Yields of Swtichgrass (2020 to 2021)
- Agronomic Yields of Wheat Straw (2010 to present)
- Yields of Poplar N Fertilization Study (2018)
- Agronomic Yields of Alfalfa (1992 to 2012)
- Geo-referenced Annual Crop Yields - Raw Data (1996 to 2013)
- Geo-referenced Annual Crop Yields - Processed (2001 to 2012)
- Agronomic Yields of the Weed and Fertilizer Study (2006 to 2014)
- Poplar Yield (1998 to present)
- Biogeochemical Fluxes
- N2O, CH4, CO2 Fluxes via Static Chambers (1991 to 2014)
- Soil Water Anion Concentrations from Hess' Rainfall Intensification Study (2016 to 2018)
- Trace gas fluxes from the N-deposition experiment (2004 to present)
- Soil Leachate via Suction Lysimeters - Major Ions (1999 to 2003)
- Soil Leachate via Suction Lysimeters - Inorganic Nitrogen (1995 to 2020)
- Soil Nitrogen Mineralization (1989 to 2021)
- Nitrogen Mineralization of MCSE Baseline Study (1988)
- Soil Profile Concentrations of Greenhouse Gases (2010 to 2011)
- Trace gases
- Soil Properties
- Long-term effects of cover crops, tillage, and ecological succession on soil health parameters and SOC stability trajectory (2022)
- Soil Chemistry
- Soil Inorganic Nitrogen (1989 to present)
- Soil Inorganic Nitrogen by Treatment (1989 to present)
- Agronomic Soil Chemistry (1992 to present)
- Soil Total Carbon and Nitrogen by Depth - Deep Cores (2001 to present)
- Soil Total Carbon and Nitrogen of MCSE Baseline Study (1988)
- Soil Inorganic Nitrogen - Early Successional Microplots (1996 to 2011)
- Soil pH (1989 to 2013)
- Physical Properties
- Hourly volumetric soil moisturements from the REX experiment (2021 to present)
- Soil Infiltration Rates (2015)
- Soil Moisture (Gravimetric) (1989 to present)
- Soil Texture of Surface Soils
- Soil Moisture and Temperature (Modeled)
- Soil Moisture - with Trace Gas Sampling (2003 to present)
- Soil Bulk Density and Texture of MCSE Baseline Study (1988)
- Soil Temperature - with Trace Gas Sampling (1991 to present)
- Soil Bulk Density of Surface Soils (1995 to 1996)
- Soil Bulk Density of Deep Cores (2001 to present)
- Water
- Invertebrates
- Microbes
- Nucleotide sequences observed at KBS and deposited in Genebank
- Soil Microbial Biomass and Biovolume via Microscopy (1990 to 1996)
- Soil Microbial Biomass via Chloroform Fumigation (1989 to 1996)
- Soil Microbial Biomass and Respiration of MCSE Baseline Study (1988)
- Nitrite Reductase (nirK) Gene Sequences (2004 to present)
- Methanotroph pmoA Gene Sequences (2004 to 2009)
- Plants
- Biomass and Species Composition
- Annual Crops and Alfalfa/Switchgrass Biomass (1990 to 2021)
- Early Successional Microplot ANPP (1989 to 2019)
- Early Successional Microplot Biomass (Bulk samples) (2015 to present)
- Mid-successional Understory Biomass (1993 to present)
- Non-crop Biomass of the Weed and Fertilizer Study (2006 to 2013)
- Poplar (T5) Leaf Litter Biomass (1991 to present)
- Poplar Yields of Poplar Density Study (2008)
- Prairie Strip Biomass and Species Composition (2019 to present)
- Root biomass on T5 (2015)
- Soybean Biomass and Nitrogen from Hess’ Rainfall Intensification Study (2015)
- Stem Diamters of Poplar N Fertilization Study (2011 to 2017)
- Cover Crop Biomass (1990 to present)
- Non-crop Biomass (1990 to 2021)
- Non-Crop (Weed) Species Diversity Index (1990 to 2013)
- Biomass Compilation of Herbaceous Systems (1990 to present)
- Early Successional Microplot Biomass (Sorted to species) (1989 to present)
- Poplar Stem Biomass (Direct Measurement and Allometry) (1989 to 2019)
- Poplar Tree Biomass (Direct Measurement and Allometry) (1989 to 2019)
- Litter Trap Biomass (1991 to present)
- Tree DBH (Raw Data) (1998 to present)
- Tree Woody Biomass via DBH (1998 to present)
- Forest Annual Production of Woody Biomass (1999 to 2018)
- Forest Aboveground Net Primary Production (1999 to 2018)
- Soybean Biomass and Total Carbon and Nitrogen of MCSE Baseline Study (1988)
- Counts
- Seedbank
- Tissue Chemistry
- Biomass and Species Composition
- Surveys
- Collections
- Biodiversity Gradient Experiment
Cropped and successional communities managed to provide 22 different levels of plant diversity
- Agronomic Logs
- Crop Yields
- Soil Properties
- Microbes
- Plants
- Collections
- Resource Gradient Experiment
Annual crop (corn, soybean, or wheat) fertilized at 9 different nitrogen rates +/- irrigation
- Agronomic Logs
- Crop Yields
- Biogeochemical Fluxes
- CH4, CO2 Fluxes via Static Chambers (2002)
- Change in soil N2O emissions from irrigation (2013)
- Cumulative winter N2O fluxes from the snow manipulation study (2011 to 2013)
- Diffusion of SF6 and N2O Tracers (2012)
- Winter N2O_N fluxes from the snow manipulation study (2010 to 2013)
- Nitrous Oxide Fluxes via Static Chambers (2001 to 2003)
- Soil Properties
- Agronomic Soil Chemistry (2011 to present)
- Resin strip nitrogen (2011 to 2013)
- Soil Bulk Density (2007 to 2016)
- Soil Inorganic N and Moisture (2012)
- Soil Inorganic Nitrogen, Moisture and Temperature (2002)
- Soil organic carbon and nitrogen data across the Resource Gradient Experiment
- Soil pH (2011 to 2019)
- Physical Properties
- MCSE 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
- Crop Yields
- Biogeochemical Fluxes
- CH4, CO2 Fluxes via Static Chambers (2001 to 2002)
- Nitrification and CH4 Consumption via Lab Incubations (2001 to 2002)
- Soil Carbon Mineralization via Lab Incubations (1999 to 2001)
- Soil Nitrogen Mineralization via Lab Incubations - Raw Data (1997 to 2001)
- Soil Leachate - Inorganic Nitrogen via Gravity Lysimeters (1993 to 2001)
- Soil Leachate - Nitrate via Suction Lysimeters (1993 to 2003)
- Soil Properties
- Soil Chemistry
- Physical Properties
- GLBRC Marginal Land Experiment
- Weather
- Crop Yields
- Soil Properties
- Collections
- GLBRC Switchgrass Nitrogen Rate Experiment
Switchgrass fertilized at 8 nitrogen rates and harvested once vs twice per year
- GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment
- Agronomic Logs
- Biocomplexity
- Crop Yields
- Biogeochemical Fluxes
- Soil Properties
- Soil Chemistry
- Physical Properties
- Soil Bulk Density - Surface and Deep Cores (2008 to 2017)
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen- Baseline Prior to GLBRC Intensive Site (2008)
- Soil Horizons- Deep Core samples (2008)
- Soil Texture and Soil Organic Matter at ERT Plots (2009)
- Soil Moisture - Gravimetric (2008 to 2019)
- Soil Texture by Depth - Deep Cores (2008)
- Soil Moisture via TDR - Daily (2009 to 2013)
- Invertebrates
- Plants
- Switchgrass Stand Counts (2012 to 2019)
- Biomass and Species Composition
- Above Ground Biomass - Annual Crops (2008 to 2019)
- Plant Population (Stem Counts) (2009 to present)
- Above Ground Biomass of Herbaceous Perennial Crops; treatments 5,6,7,9,10 (2008 to 2017)
- Poplar - Understory Biomass (2008 to 2019)
- Poplar Stand Counts (2012 to 2013)
- Poplar - Litter Trap Biomass (2008 to 2017)
- Poplar - Stem Diameter and Destructive Biomass (2008 to 2017)
- Tissue Chemistry
- Carbon and Nitrogen from Fine Roots sampled from In-growth Chambers (0)
- GLBRC Feedstock Quality- crop sugars, cellulose, ethanol, fatty acids, digestibility and lignin (2008 to 2012)
- GLBRC Plant Carbon and Nitrogen Content (2008 to 2016)
- GLBRC Plant Carbon and Nitrogen Content from Harvest samples (0)
- Poplar Leaf Test Lab Analyses - Major Nutrients (2011 to 2012)
- Phenology
- Roots
- Fine Root Productivity (BNPP) and Carbon and Nitrogen - Perennial Crops (G5-G10) (2009 to 2013)
- Root Biomass from Cover Crops (2013)
- Root Productivity (BNPP) - Perennial Crops (G5-G10) (2008 to 2013)
- Root biomass (BNPP) of GLBRC Annual Crops (2008 to 2013)
- Root Productivity (BNPP), Total carbon and Nitrogen - Annual Crops (G1-G4) (2008 to 2013)
- Fine Root Productivity (BNPP) - Perennial Crops (G5-G10) (2009 to 2013)
- Belowground Biomass - Perennial Crops (2008 to 2013)
- Collections
- GLBRC Scale-up Experiment
KBS commercial fields managed to replicate biofuel treatments at landscape scales
- History
- Crop Yields
- Biogeochemical Fluxes
- CO2 Net Ecosystem Exchange using Eddy Covariance (2009 to 2015)
- CO2 Net Ecosystem Exchange via Flux Tower (2009 to 2012)
- Eddy flux data submitted to Ameriflux (2009 to 2012)
- Radiation Data collected at the Eddy Covariance Towers (2009 to 2013)
- Soil Moisture associated with gas sampling (2009 to 2016)
- N2O, CH4, CO2 Fluxes via Static Chambers (2009 to 2016)
- Soil Temperature - with Trace Gas Sampling (2009 to 2016)
- Trace gases
- Soil Properties
- Plants
- Biomass of the GLBRC Scale-up Fields (2009 to 2016)
- Biomass and Species Composition
- Tissue Chemistry
- Roots
- Collections
- LTAR Aspirational Cropping System Experiment (ACSE)
This signature LTAR ACSE experiment at KBS is part of the LTAR Croplands Common Experiment (CCE), which is designed to develop and evaluate future production systems that better promote the sustainable intensification of cropland agriculture.
- Agronomic Logs
- Spatial Data
- GPS Coordinates
- Weather
- Crop Yields
- Soil Properties
- Plants
- Biomass and Species Composition
- Counts
- Tissue Chemistry
- Aquatic Studies
Sampling from aquatic habitats in the KBS landscape
- Hydrology and Ice Cover
- Microbes
- Water Chemistry
- Research Context
Weather, elevation, imagery, species lists and other information about the KBS research environment
- Agronomics
- Research Context
- History
- Spatial Data
- Imagery
- Elevation
- Elevation of MCSE Baseline Study (1988)
- Elevations of GLBRC Intensive Site via RTK GPS (2008)
- Elevations of MCSE Site via RTK GPS (2004)
- LIDAR Elevations of KBS - 5-meter Gridded (2008)
- LIDAR Elevations of KBS - Bare-Earth (2008)
- LIDAR Elevations of Lux Arbor Reserve - 5-meter Gridded (2008)
- LIDAR Elevations of Lux Arbor Reserve - Bare-Earth (2008)
- LIDAR Elevations of Marshall Farms - 5-meter Gridded (2008)
- LIDAR Elevations of Marshall Farms - Bare-Earth (2008)
- GPS Coordinates
- GPS Coordinates of All LTER and GLBRC Features
- Geospatial centroids of LTER and GLBRC experiments
- KBS LTER Survey Monument Coordinates (2006)
- GPS Coordinates of GLBRC Intensive Site Features
- GPS Coordinates of GLBRC Marshall Farm Features (2008 to 2009)
- GPS Coordinates of GLBRC Lux Arbor Features (2009)
- GPS Coordinates of GLBRC Extensive Sites (2008 to 2010)
- Weather
- Daily snowfall and snow depth (2011 to 2013)
- Kellogg Forest Precipitation (1941 to 2014)
- LTER Weather Station - Air Temperature and Wind speed maximums and minimums (2009 to 2020)
- LTER Weather Station - Daily Precip and Air Temp (1988 to present)
- LTER Weather Station - Daily Weather- All Variates (1988 to 2020)
- LTER Weather Station - Daily Wind Speed and Direction (1992 to 2020)
- LTER Aeronet Sun-photometer - Cloud-corrected Data (2003 to 2017)
- LTER Aeronet Sun-photometer - Real-time Data (2003 to 2014)
- GLBRC Intensive Site Rainfall (2012 to 2020)
- KBS Pond Lab Weather Station - Air Temp (5 minute) (2007 to 2010)
- NWS Station at KBS - Daily (0)
- NWS Station at Kalamazoo Hospital - Daily (1887 to 1987)
- Precipitation Chemistry
- Biogeochemical Fluxes
- Microbes
- KBS Species List
- Collections
- Soil Classification
- Social Science Studies
Human population in the KBS area and survey results
- Surveys
- Evaluating the tradeoff between individual benefits and societal benefits in farmer decisions. (2008)
- Landowner Mail Survey on ‘Bioenergy and Land Use,’ Northern Michigan & Northern Wisconsin 2014 Responses (codebook) (2014 to 2015)
- Landowner Mail Survey on ‘Bioenergy and Land Use,’ Northern Michigan & Northern Wisconsin 2014 Responses (raw data) (2014 to 2015)
- Landowner Mail Survey on ‘Bioenergy and Land Use,’ Southern Michigan 2012 (2012)
- Farmer Survey of Climate Risk (2011)
- Surveys
- Regional Studies
Modeling regional phenomena such as crop productivity
- Ecosystem Processes
- Primary Production
- Crop Yields
- Biogeochemical Fluxes
- Plants
- Other Experiments
Long- and short-term experiments ancillary to our major experiments
- GLBRC Miscanthus/Swithgrass EBI Experiment
- Cellulosic Biofuel Diversity Experiment
Comparing 12 biofuel cropping systems
- GLBRC Marginal Land Rainfall Exclusion Experiment
Rainout Shelters
- GLBRC Regional Intensive Modeling Areas (RIMA) Experiment
Multi-county areas used for quantitative modeling of biofuel cropping systems at landscape scales
- GLBRC Woody Biomass Experiment
Short-rotation woody biomass experiments at Escanaba and Rhinelander
- GLBRC Switchgrass Establishment Experiment
- Interactions Experiment
Interactions between tillage and fertilizer started in 1985
- Crop Yields
- Nitrogen Deposition Study - LTER
Forest and successional plots fertilized to simulate increased nitrogen deposition
- Biogeochemical Fluxes
- Soil Properties
- Soil Chemistry
- European Corn Borer Experiment - LTER
Evaluation of different stategies to control corn borer in continuous corn
- Crop Yields
- GLBRC Biodiversity Experiment
Cellulosic biofuel production implications on biodiversity across MI & WI biofuel fields
- Soil Properties
- Invertebrates
- Plants
- GLBRC Switchgrass Variety Experiment I
Switchgrass varieties tested for establishment potential, productivity, and biomass quality
- Crop Yields
- Organic Transition Experiment
- Agronomic Logs
- GLBRC Miscanthus/Swithgrass EBI Experiment
- Switchgrass Nitrogen Fixation Experiment
- Populations
- Crop Yields
- Soil Properties
- Conservation Lands Experiment
- Populations