Principal biome/main communities: Row-crop agriculture. Conventional and organic-based corn-soybean-wheat cultivation; perennial biomass cultivation; native successional communities. 

Research topics: Ecological interactions underlying the productivity and environmental impact of production-level cropping systems; patterns, causes, and consequences of microbial, plant, and insect diversity in agricultural landscapes; gene transfer, community dynamics, biogeochemical fluxes. 

Site Coordinates:  42.4, -85.4