Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve - United States of America

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Site Name
Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
Short name
Cedar Creek LTR
Country
United States of America
Site Manager
Site Description
The first 500 acres of CCESR were acquired in the early 1940s with the understanding that they would be kept in their natural condition and used for scientific and educational purposes. Funds for acquisition of additional land, development of permanent buildings and preparation of accurate maps became available from a variety of sources including personal contributions, the National Science Foundation, the Max Fleischmann Foundation, the Minnesota Natural Resources Commission and the US Land and Water Conservation Program. Cedar Creek lies at the boundary between prairie and forest. It is a mosaic of uplands dominated by oak savanna, prairie, hardwood forest, pine forests, and abandoned agricultural fields and of lowlands ...
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Last modified
2020-06-29 10:06:07

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1982
Observed properties
ecosystem parameterbiological parameterchemical parameteratmospheric parametersoil parametertreedistributionabovegroundnetprimaryproductionecosystemstructureforeststructuregroundwaterlevellitterresidencetimenormalizedvegetationindexinorganicnutrientcontentcommunitycompositionspeciescompositionspeciesrichnessspeciesabundancespeciesgroupabundancemicrobialdiversitysoilmicrobialdiversityspeciesturnovervegetationreflectancediversityindexplantheightplantnutrientplanttranspirationrootdensityrootgrowthratecanopycoverratetreeagetreediametertreeheightleafareanitrogencontentleafnutrientplantcoverplantnitrogenconcentrationleafarearatiobelowgroundautotrophicrespirationammoniumnitrogencontentammoniumnitrateconcentrationpercentnitrogentotalcarbonpercentcarbonsoilpHprecipitationintensitysnowwaterequivalentwinddirectionwindspeedplantcarbonconcentrationsoilnutrientcarbon-to-nitrogenratiosoilmoisturefieldcapacity
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTERThis site is a verified "ILTER" member.
US LTER (LTER-NAM-US-15)This site is a verified "US LTER" member.
Geographic
Marker
300 km
200 mi
Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 45.4427 Longitude: -93.2253

Size
ca. 2225.00ha
Elevation (average)
276.00msl
Elevation (min)
285.00msl
Elevation (max)
905.00msl
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