Melissa plans to visit the Konza Prairie (KNZ) LTER to observe a field trip in action and get inspiration for what could be possible in the KBS partnership network and schoolyard research. She is planning long-term data collection at a distributed network of schoolyards and would like to base her approach on that taken by KNZ Education Manager Jill Haukos.
Congratulations to the winner of the 2025 LTER photo contest: Leonardo A. Rivera-Pagan, Luquillo LTER, and Rachael Brenneman, Konza Prairie.
The LTER Network Office is excited to announce that three Scientific Peers Advancing Research Collaborations (SPARC) proposals were funded this year. The three groups will meet in person at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis for one week, starting in the fall.
The CoRRE Working Group continues to develop new ways to study plant community change across the globe.
by Dante Capone, PhD Student at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography and the California Current Ecosystems LTER Invasion of woody shrubs into grasslands disrupts the water cycle, with cascading effects on the ecosystem and conservation. A Prairie Transformed: The Puzzle of Vanishing Water In the tallgrass prairie of Kansas’ Konza Prairie LTER, rain filters through… Read more »
Grassland birds, by changing their nest characteristics and breeding patterns, are more resilient to drought than previously thought.
For me, it’s essential to have some childish fun in the field. It lets me reconnect with the curiosity and delight that originally sparked my love of nature, whether that’s chasing down a cute lizard, bringing hordes of candy into the field, or driving a big cool military tanker.
An LTER cross site synthesis effort reveals that soil carbon availability determines nitrogen mineralization and nitrification rates across a wide diversity of terrestrial ecosystems.
Nutrient addition increases aboveground plant growth more than it increases belowground plant growth, suggesting that the two are not linked.
The shared spaces between LTER and NEON add value for both networks and for the research community at large.
