1. Agricultural Landscapes in Transition LTER SITES

2. These are the six Long Term Ecological Research Sites we will be studying

3. Konza Prairie

4. Coweeta

5. Kellogg Biological Station

6. Harvard Forest

7. Shortgrass Steppe

8. Central Arizona Phoenix

9. What is a Biome? A terrestrial ecosystem, determined largely by climate, classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterized by organisms adapted to the particular environments

10. Use a map to find out what biome each LTER Site belongs in … Go here to research: http://sunsite.wits.ac.za/eco/vol7/iss2/art7/figure1e.ht ml

11. This Land is Your Land By Woody Guthrie (public domain)

12. Picture Resources Central Az-Phoenix:http://caplter.asu.edu/ Coweeta:http://coweeta.ecology.uga.edu/ Konza Prairie:http://www.konza.ksu.edu/ Kellogg Biological Station:http://lter.kbs.msu.edu/ Harvard Forest:http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/ Shortgrass steppe:http://sgs.cnr.colostate.edu/

13. Coweeta www.arches.uga.edu/ ~jgreenw/coweeta.JPG http://www.dur.ac.uk/geolsci.www/research/environ/images/coweeta.jpg http://www.ces.clemson.edu/hydro/FieldCamp/FCsettings/ COWEETA/99Coweeta-shed.jpg http://128.192.18.3/webdocs/album/html/images/misc2/Cowee ta.GIF

14. Konza Prairie http://www.strecker- nelsongallery.com/Artists_nu/nedresky/NedreskySlideShow/images/Konza%2 0Prairie%20in%20late%20fall_jpg.jpghttp://www.strecker- nelsongallery.com/Artists_nu/nedresky/NedreskySlideShow/images/Konza%2 0Prairie%20in%20late%20fall_jpg.jpg http://www.naturalkansas.org/images/konza_view.jpg http://www.michaelforsberg.com/portfolios/photo/00314.jpg http://www.weru.ksu.edu/symposium/images/konzat2.gif

15. Kellogg Biological Station http://www.vcrlter.virginia.edu/images/lter_network/KBS/KBS_1990/ KBS_fields_1995.jpghttp://www.vcrlter.virginia.edu/images/lter_network/KBS/KBS_1990/ KBS_fields_1995.jpg http://www.umc.pitt.edu/media/pcc020408/images/1ChaseBiodivers.jpg http://www.landandwater.com/features/vol46no2/vol46no2_2A.jpg http://www.glrc.org/story_images/ag-bio.jpg

16. Shortgrass Steppe http://sgs.cnr.colostate.edu/About/PhotoGallery/CattleOnSGSPhoto.jpg http://sgs.cnr.colostate.edu/About/PhotoGallery/CowOnSGSPhoto.jpg http://sgs.cnr.colostate.edu/About/SiteDescription/StDscrptFullMoonPhoto.jpg

17. Harvard Forest http://www.ma.nrcs.usda.gov/neasoils/images/nefsc10.jpg http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~adk/dis/carbon/HF.carbon.jpg http://al.umces.edu/currie/lysimete.jpg http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/photos/american_west/images/bluebells%20in%20forest.jpg http://www.lib.duke.edu/forest/Education/Curriculum/graphics/diaramc.jpg