Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)/KBS007: Root Production and Turnover in Crop and Early Successional Communities

LTER - Long-Term Ecological Research Program/Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) LTER/KBS007 (Summary adapted from the LTER Core Data Set Catalog): Root production and turnover to depth of 1.5 m measured by minirhizotron and microvideo camera methods in alfalfa, populus, and never-tilled native succession plots of main cropping system experiment (see KBS004). Root numbers determined from video images taken at 1.2-cm intervals (2.16 cm2).

The 1,000 ha W.K. Kellogg Biological Station has been administered by Michigan State University as a primary research facility since its 1929 deeding to the university by Kellogg. In its early years the Station was devoted to wildlife, forestry, and soil conservation research; during the past 20 years a research emphasis on ecology, production agronomy, and forest genetics has led to well-established and internationally recognized programs in each of these fields.