Award Abstract # 1027319
Shortgrass Steppe LTER VI: Examining Ecosystem Persistence and Responses to Global Change

NSF Org: DEB
Division Of Environmental Biology
Recipient: COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
Initial Amendment Date: February 23, 2011
Latest Amendment Date: July 26, 2013
Award Number: 1027319
Award Instrument: Continuing Grant
Program Manager: Saran Twombly
DEB  Division Of Environmental Biology
BIO  Directorate for Biological Sciences
Start Date: February 1, 2011
End Date: January 31, 2015 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount: $1,860,715.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date: $2,053,999.00
Funds Obligated to Date: FY 2011 = $964,000.00
FY 2012 = $810,273.00
FY 2013 = $279,726.00
History of Investigator:
  • John Moore (Principal Investigator)
     john.moore@colostate.edu
  • Eugene Kelly (Co-Principal Investigator)
  • Michael Antolin (Co-Principal Investigator)
  • Nicole Kaplan (Co-Principal Investigator)
  • Justin Derner (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office: Colorado State University
 601 S HOWES ST
 FORT COLLINS
 CO  US  80521-2807
(970)491-6355
Sponsor Congressional District: 02
Primary Place of Performance: Colorado State University
 601 S HOWES ST
 FORT COLLINS
 CO  US  80521-2807
Primary Place of Performance
Congressional District:		 02
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): LT9CXX8L19G1
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s): ECOSYSTEM STUDIES,
LONG TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Primary Program Source: 01001112DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
01001213DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
01001314DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s): 1195, 1306, 7218, 9169, 9177, 9186, 9278, EGCH
Program Element Code(s): 118100, 119500
Award Agency Code: 4900
Fund Agency Code: 4900
Assistance Listing Number(s): 47.074

ABSTRACT

The Short-Grass Steppe (SGS) was initiated as an LTER project in 1982 and has investigated the influences of climate, physiography, grazing, fire, and land-use on the structure, function, and dynamics of short-grass ecosystems. This research facilitates prediction of vulnerability of grassland ecosystems to on-going environmental change, through integration of experimental and observational studies to provide a mechanistic basis for forecasting the responses of semi-arid grasslands to changing conditions.

This project contributes to understanding of the structure, function, and dynamics of the short-grass steppe ecoregion as it becomes ever more strongly influenced by changing land use and population. It assembles, integrates, and makes available valuable and unique long-term data sets on climate, biology, ecology, hydrology, biogeochemistry, physiography, and disturbances. The project has broad societal value through its contributions to improved management of semi-arid ecosystems. Its broader values also include extensive research-based training, educational program development, and public outreach programs.

PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH

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Adair, E. A. and I. C. Burke "Plant phenology and life span influence soil pool dynamics: Bromus tectorum invasion of perennial C3-C4 grass communities" Plant and Soil , v.335 , 2010 , p.255
Augustine, David J.; Derner, Justin D. "Disturbance regimes and mountain plover habitat in shortgrass steppe: Large herbivore grazing does not substitute for prairie dog grazing or fire" JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT , v.76 , 2012 , p.721-728
Augustine D. J. and J. D. Derner "Patch burn grazing management in a semiarid grassland: {Consequences} for pronghorn, plains pricklypear, and wind erosion" Rangeland Ecology & Management , v.68 , 2015 , p.40--47
Augustine, D.J., D.T. Booth, S.E. Cox and J.D. Derner "Grazing intensity and spatial heterogeneity in bare soil in a grazing-resistant grassland" Rangeland Ecol & Management , v.65 , 2012 , p.39-46 10.2111/REM-D-11-00005.1
Augustine, D.J., F. Dijkstra, E. Hamilton III, and J. Morgan "Rhizosphere interactions, carbon allocation, and nitrogen acquisition of two perennial North American grasses in response to defoliation and elevated atmospheric CO2" Oecologia , v.165 , 2011 , p.755
Augustine, D.J., J.D. Derner and D.G. Milchunas "Prescribed fire, grazing, and herbaceous plant production in shortgrass steppe" Rangeland Ecology and Management , v.63 , 2010 , p.317 10.2111/REM-D-09-00044.1
Augustine, DJ, JD Derner and DG Milchunas "Spatial redistribution of nitrogen by cattle in semiarid rangeland" Rangeland Ecology and Management , v.66 , 2013 , p.56
Augustine, D. J., J. D. Derner and D. P. Smith "Characteristics of burns conducted under modified prescriptions to mitigate limited fuels in a semi-arid grassland" Fire Ecology , v.10 , 2014 , p.36--47 10.4996/fireecology.1002036
Augustine, D. J., J. D. Derner and J. K. Detling "Testing for Thresholds in a Semiarid Grassland: The Influence of Prairie Dogs and Plague" Rangeland Ecology & Management , v.67 , 2014 , p.701--709
Augustine, D. J., P. Brewer, D. M. Blumenthal, J. D. Derner and J. C. von Fischer "Prescribed fire, soil inorganic nitrogen dynamics, and plant responses in a semiarid grassland" Journal of Arid Environments , v.104 , 2014 , p.59--66
Beresford, G.W., G.N. Selby, and J.C. Moore "Lethal and sub-lethal effects of UV-B radiation exposure on the collembolan Folsomia candida (Willem) in the laboratory" Pedobiologia , v.56 , 2013 , p.89
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