Konza Prairie Biological Station NEON - United States of America

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Site Name
Konza Prairie Biological Station NEON
Short name
KONZ
Country
United States of America
Web Address
https://www.neonscience.org/field-sites/field-sites-map/KONZ
Site Manager
Becky Eaves
Site Description
The NEON site at the Konza Prairie Biological Station (KONZ) is a tallgrass prairie preserve terrestrial field site located in the Flint Hills region of Kansas just 10km south of Manhattan, KS. It is hosted by the Nature Conservancy and Kansas State University. The KONZ site is the core site encompassed in the NEON Prairie Peninsula Domain, which includes the largest remaining areas of unplowed tallgrass prairie in North America. The Prairie Peninsula domain consists of grasslands, forests, and agricultural cover types. The Domain hosts four other NEON field sites, two aquatic and two relocatable terrestrial, all of which are located in Kansas. The flux/meteorological tower at this site is 26' with 4 measurement levels.The tower ...
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Last modified
2020-07-27 10:07:50

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2015
Observed properties
atmospheric parameterecosystem parameterbiological parameterchemical parametergenetic parameterlandscape parametersoil parameterairtemperatureheatfluxozoneconcentrationprecipitationintensitylatentheatleafareaindexplantdiversityspeciesabundanceabovegroundbiomasssoilcarbondioxydefluxDNAsequencelandcoversoilmoisturecontent
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
NEON✔ (KONZ)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
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KONZ
KONZ
Geographic
2 km
1 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 39.10077 Longitude: -96.56309

Size
ca. 3487.00ha
Elevation (average)
381.00msl
Elevation (min)
333.00msl
Elevation (max)
443.00msl
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GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Deciduous Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Deciduous Forest
Grasslands
Precipitation Annual
860.00mm
Geology
Chase group, shale and limestone. Permian.
Vegetation
Native tallgrass is the dominant vegetation found throughout KPBS, but other communities such as shrublands and deciduous forest are present.
Soils
The dominant soil series Benfield-Florence complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes which is a silty clay loam. The second most dominant is Clim-Sogn complex, 3-20 percent slopes, which is a clayey soil weathered from limestone and shale. The soil at KONZ has a lo
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Accessible All Year
Yes
Permanent Operation
Yes