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Sally Koerner, Meghan Avolio, and Kim Komatsu (L to R) study a vegetation plot at the Konza Prairie LTER site.
Sally Koerner, Meghan Avolio, and Kim Komatsu (L to R) study a vegetation plot at the Konza Prairie LTER site.
Schematic of the tipping point phenomena at the Konza Prairie. The low points represent the two stable states—in this case, grassland or shrubland.
Woody encroachment onto the prairie grassland.
Stream flowing through Konza Prairie.
LTER-synthesis-RFP-2025 Request for proposals for 2025 LTER synthesis working groups (SPARC groups only).
A Northern Spring Salamander.
Field assistant Tyler Michael processing a newly caught salamander.
Field assistant Conner Benson scanning for tagged salamanders.
A salamander basks in the shallows at the Hubbard Brook LTER.
Collaborator, Cole Dutter, collecting deep soil samples to better understand how neonic insecticides move through the system. Not pictured are Chris Whittie and Jacob Stutt who also helped collect soil data.