2008 SGS-LTER NSF PROPOSAL
Methods for Continuing and Proposed Research
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Section 2: Conceptual Framework and Research Plan
1. POPULATION, COMMUNITY AND LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY
1.A. PLANT DYNAMICS
1.A.I. MONITORING PLANT POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITIES
Population dynamics of blue grama: LT 1 and LT49 WEB
Population dynamics of plains prickly-pear: LT49
Plant phenology: LT2 WEB
1.A.II. GLOBAL CHANGE AND PLANT POPULATION DYNAMICS
Plant demography responses to prairie heating, watering and CO2 Enrichment (PHACE): NEW LT
Woody plant dynamics: NEW LT
1.A.III. EFFECTS OF NATURAL DISTURBANCE ON PLANT COMMUNITIES
Long-term sampling of recovery from small-scale disturbance: LT27 WEB
Blue grama removal experiment: LT57 WEB
Recovery from white grub disturbance: LT30 WEB
Small mammal grazing effects on plant communities: LT 32, 37 and 38 WEB and NEW LT
Short- and long-term responses to fire: LT 59 and LT 69 WEB and NEW LT
1.A.IV. EFFECTS OF HUMAN-INDUCED DISTURBANCE ON PLANT COMMUNITIES
Long-term evaluation of grazing effects on primary producers LT31 WEB
Long- and short-term effects of grazing: an interdisciplinary study: LT32-38, 39, and 41 WEB
Effects of grazing on recovery from disturbance: NEW LT
Livestock as ecosystem engineers: LT66 and NEW LT
1.B. FAUNAL DYNAMICS
1.B.I. MONITORING ANIMAL POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITIES
Long-term population monitoring: LT 4, LT 5, LT 6, LT 7, LT 8, LT 10, and LT 53 WEB
Prairie dog dynamics: LT 61, LT 62, ST 35 WEB and NEW LT
Estimating habitat suitability for prairie dogs and associated species via remote sensing: NEW ST
1.B.II. GLOBAL CHANGE AND ANIMAL COMMUNITIES
Consumer responses to climate change-induced changes in vegetation: NEW LT
Biotic and abiotic drivers of small mammal communities NEW XSITE SYNTH
1.B.III. EFFECTS OF NATURAL DISTURBANCE ON ANIMAL COMMUNITIES
Short- and long-term responses of animal communities to fire: NEW LT
Effects of prairie dogs on biodiversity of SGS: NEW ST
1.B.IV. EFFECTS OF HUMAN-INDUCED DISTURBANCE ON ANIMAL COMMUNITIES
Consumer responses to exotic and native grazing: NEW LT
1.C. SOIL MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
1.C.I. MONITORING AND SURVEYING SOIL COMMUNITIES: NEW LT
Soil communities, resource availability and environmental perturbations: NEW LT
Relationship of soil microbial communities to ecosystem function, LT67 WEB and NEW LT
2. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AND GLOBAL CHANGE
2.A. KEY BIOGEOCHEMICAL DRIVERS AND PROCESSES
2.A.I. MONITORING KEY DRIVERS
Microclimate LT22, LT23, LT24, LT25 and LT26
Sampling aboveground NPP: LT11, 12, and 13, and belowground NPP LT 32-38, 39, 40 and 41
Net methane fluxes, environmental controls and links to soil microbial communities NEW LT
Paleoclimate, biotic interaction, and long-term distribution of water: NEW LT, ST
2.A.II. MEASURING NITROGEN-CARBON INTERACTIONS
Long term 15N studies in the SGS: LT18 and LT19
Balancing the N budget: LT 51 WEB (NADP)
NutNet: NEW LT, XSITE
2.B. GLOBAL CHANGE AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL DYNAMICS
Warming, wetting, drought, and N additions: LT14
Long-term studies of nutrient enrichment: LT42 and LT63 WEB and NEW LT.
Grasslands and terrestrial silica cycling NEW XSITE SYNTH
2.B.II NEW EXPERIMENTS
Prairie heating,watering and CO2 enrichment (PHACE) experiment: LT20 and NEW LT
Precipitation and pulse precipitation experiments LT71 and NEW ST
Recovery of shortgrass ecosystems from drought LT68 and NEW ST, XSITE.
2.C. EFFECTS OF HUMAN DISTURBANCE ON BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
Long-term recovery following cultivation and cropland abandonment: LT43-46
Management effects on H2O, energy, and CO2: LT55 and NEW LT
Consequences of Global Changes on NPP and Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling: Modeling and Data Analysis: NEW SYNTH
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