Research Data Sets: Grazing, Fire, and Land-Use
The SGS ecosystem evolved with and has adapted to grazing by large herbivores, with native bison replaced by managed livestock. Human land-use has been and continues to be a major determinant in the structure and function at much larger scales. Human land-use during the mid-late 20th century was designed to better integrate into the natural functioning of the SGS than land uses during the first century of European settlement. Grazing by large herbivores and fire are now highly managed or suppressed, with practices informed by the current climate regime and land-use practices. We study the sensitivity of SGS to different grazing regimes and land management practices, including fire, and other natural and anthropogenic disturbances.
Data Sets related to Grazing, Fire, and Land-Use
- SGS-LTER Aboveground NPP on and off US Forest Service Burns on the Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, USA 1997-2004
- SGS-LTER Bouteloua gracilis Removal Experiment Vegetation Density Data on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1997-2008
- SGS-LTER Bouteloua gracilis Removal Experiment Vegetation Point of Intercept (Cover) Data on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado USA 1997-2005
- SGS-LTER Disturbance intensity and above- and belowground herbivory effects on long-term recovery of shortgrass steppe on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1977-1990
- SGS-LTER Earthwatch - In situ Nitrogen Mineralization on Native, Abandoned and Cultivated Fields in eastern Colorado, USA in 1991
- SGS-LTER Earthwatch - Organic Matter in Abandoned Fields in eastern Colorado, USA 1994-1995
- SGS-LTER Earthwatch Project - Nitrogen and Carbon in Native, Abandoned and Cultivated Fields in eastern Colorado, USA 1991
- SGS-LTER Ecosystem Stress Area - Aboveground Biomass: Interactions between individual plant species and soil nutrient status in shortgrass steppe on the Central Plains Experimental Range in Nunn, Colorado, USA 1991
- SGS-LTER Ecosystem Stress Area - Belowground Biomass: Interactions between individual plant species and soil nutrient status in shortgrass steppe on the Central Plains Experimental Range in Nunn, Colorado, USA 1991
- SGS-LTER Ecosystem Stress Area - long-term density dataset following nutrient enrichment stress on the Central Plains Experimental Range in Nunn, Colorado, USA 1975-present
- SGS-LTER Effects of nitrogen availability on the growth of native grasses and exotic weeds: Plant density on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1997-2008
- SGS-LTER Grazing Strategies for Mountain Plover: Densities of bird nests on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 2004 - 2007
- SGS-LTER Grazing Strategies for Mountain Plover: Vegetation Cover by Daubenmire Classes on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 2004 - 2007
- SGS-LTER Long Term Nitrogen Concentration in LTNPP Monitoring on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1987 - 2011
- SGS-LTER Long Term Nitrogen Percentages in Grass, Forb and Shrub Species on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1983 - 2008
- SGS-LTER Monthly Nitrogen content of aboveground biomass on and off US Forest Service Burns on the Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, USA 1999-2003
- SGS-LTER Nitrogen content of aboveground biomass on and off US Forest Service Burns on the Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, USA 1997-2004
- SGS-LTER Spatial variability in seed production of the perennial bunchgrass Bouteloua gracilis on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1992-2005
- SGS-LTER Standard Production Data: 1983-2012 Annual Aboveground Net Primary Production on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1983-2008
