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News Release 12-086
Plant Diversity Is Key to Maintaining Productive Vegetation
Long-term study finds that each species plays a role in maintaining a productive ecosystem
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NSF Cedar Creek LTER site experiments show what makes prairies and forests most productive.
Credit: David Tilman, UMN
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NSF's LTER sites, including Cedar Creek (CDR), span ecosystems: forests, prairies, tundra.
Credit: NSF LTER Network
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Scientist Peter Reich conducting an experiment at the Cedar Creek LTER site.
Credit: Susan Barrott, UMN
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Close-up of a plant biodiversity experiment at Cedar Creek, showing a patchwork of species.
Credit: Susan Barrott, UMN
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Indian Grass and other prairie plants at Cedar Creek bend in Minnesota breezes.
Credit: NSF Cedar Creek LTER Site
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One of the last of Earth's oak savannas--interspersed oaks and grasses--is at Cedar Creek.
Credit: NSF Cedar Creek LTER Site
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The researchers' work is described in the May 4, 2012 issue of the journal Science.
Credit: Copyright AAAS 2012
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