Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)/KNZ012: Aboveground Primary Production at Konza Prairie Research Natural Area (KPRNA)

LTER - Long-Term Ecological Research Program/Konza Prairie (KNZ)

LTER/KNZ012 [Summary adapted from the LTER Core Data Set Catalog]:

This data set contains estimates of standing crop biomass (grams per
square meter) of live, graminoids, forbs and woody plants, current
year's dead, and previous year's dead vegetation for 2 soil types
(shallow and deep) and various burning-grazing treatments. Estimates
made in mid-April, mid-July, and November from 1983-1988 but only at
peak standing crop biomass starting in 1989. Twenty quadrats (0.1
square meters) are harvested for each soil/treatment type. In
addition, bi-weekly estimates of standing crop biomass are taken on
watersheds 001a and 020a.

The Konza Prairie Research Natural Area (KPRNA) is a representative of
native tallgrasss prairie in the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas. The
Konza Prairie was established as a research facility in 1972 and now
contains 3,487 ha. The land was acquired by the Nature Conservancy
and is leased to the Division of Biology at Kansas State University
for research purposes.

Information about the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program can
be obtained from:

LTER Network Office
College of Forest Resources AR-10
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
"http://lternet.edu"

or

National Science Foundation
Division of Environmental Biology
Long-Term Projects in Environmental Biology
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]