U.S. LTER Network  Shortgrass Steppe Nunn, Colorado
NOTE: This site was formerly called the Central Plains Experimental Range
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 Institutional affiliations: Colorado State University; USDA Forest Service; USDA Agricultural Research Service. 

Principal biome/main communities: Shortgrass steppe. Floodplain; shrubland; saltmeadow. 

Research topics: Soil water; above- and belowground net primary production; plant population and community dynamics; effects of livestock grazing; soil organic matter accumulation and losses, soil nutrient dynamics; and ecosystem recovery from cultivation. 

Site Coordinates:  40.8, -104.8
Site Principal Investigators
INGRID C. BURKE  WILLIAM K. LAUENROTH 
Colorado State University 
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory 
and Range Science Department 
Fort Collins, CO 80523 
303/491-2156 
iBurke@LTERnet.edu		 Colorado State University 
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory 
and Range Science Department 
Fort Collins, CO 80523 
303/491-7581 
wLauenroth@LTERnet.edu
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