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Sally Koerner, Meghan Avolio, and Kim Komatsu (L to R) study a vegetation plot at the Konza Prairie LTER site.

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Schematic of the tipping point phenomena at the Konza Prairie. The low points represent the two stable states—in this case, grassland or shrubland.

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Woody encroachment onto the prairie grassland.

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Stream flowing through Konza Prairie.

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LTER-synthesis-RFP-2025 Request for proposals for 2025 LTER synthesis working groups (SPARC groups only).

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Field assistant Tyler Michael processing a newly caught salamander.

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Field assistant Conner Benson scanning for tagged salamanders.

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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.