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First-Flowering of Plants in the Great Plains

This dataset describes first-flowering dates of native and non-native plant species from 1910 -1961 in Fargo, North Dakota. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: North Dakota State University (46 o 53.423 N, 96 o 47.886 W), Bluesem Prairie Nature Preserve (46 o 51.458 N, 96 o 28.211 W) Sites Georefferenced:...MORE

US Land Cover

This dataset contains maps of land cover patterns across the conterminous United States. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Lower 48, United Stated Sites Georeffereneced: Yes Timespan: 1991-1993 Methods: Images were collected from Landsat Thematic Mapper at a 30 m resolution and classified to land cover type and spatial filters...MORE

Mediterranean / Chaparral

Grassland Species and Biogeochemistry

This data set describes vascular plant and bryophyte species as well as biogeochemical data for acid grasslands of the Atlantic region of Europe. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Atlantic biogeographic region, Europe Sites Georefferenced: Yes Timespan: 2002-2007 Methods: Sites were randomly determined to ensure a range of nitrogen deposition...MORE

Arctic LTER

This web site hosts data collected at the Arctic Long Term Ecological Research Station at the Toolik Field Station in Alaska. Data Location: http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/ARC/ Site Location: Toolik Field Station (68 o 38'N, 148 o 43'W), foothills region of the Brooks Range, North Slope of Alaska Datasets Available: THEME - lakes,...MORE

Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve

This web site hosts data collected at the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve in central Minnesota as a part of the Long Term Ecological Research Network. Data Location: http://www.cedarcreek.umn.edu/research/data/ Site Location: central Minnesota (near the Twin Cities metropolitan area) Datasets Available: plant above ground biomass, root biomass, root carbon/nitrogen, small...MORE

Konza Prairie LTER

This web site hosts data from the Konza Prairie Long Term Ecological Research Network from a central US grassland. Dataset Location: http://www.konza.ksu.edu/KNZ/pages/data/knzdata.aspx Site Location: Flint Hills Region, northeastern Kansas (39 o 05'N, 96 o 35' W) Datasets Available: THEMES - physical environment; net primary productivity; plant populations and communities; terrestrial...MORE

Temperate Grassland

Freshwater

Amphibians / Reptiles

Shortgrass Steppe LTER

This web site hosts data from the Shortgrass Steppe Long Term Ecological Research Network on the Central Plains Experimental Range and the Pawnee National Grasslands Dataset Location: http://sgslter.colostate.edu/data_search.aspx Site Location: Weld County, northeastern Colorado Datasets Available: THEMES - climate; physiography; grazing, fire and land-use; shortgrass steppe ecosystem structure and function;...MORE

Breeding Bird Census

Spot-mapping data for birds combined with information on the local vegetation. This includes information on the number and position of singing males and breeding pairs, as well as information on the number of nests and fledglings. Plots vary in scale from 10 hectares (in closed habitats) to 40 hectares (in...MORE

US GAP Protected Areas Database for the US (PAD-US)

The USGS Gap Analysis Program (GAP) PAD-US is the national inventory of U.S. terrestrial and marine protected areas that are dedicated to the preservation of biological diversity and to other natural, recreation and cultural uses, managed for these purposes through legal or other effective means. Lands in PAD-US are mainly...MORE

Boreal Forest

Desert

Mediterranean / Chaparral