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Biodiversity Study
The biodiversity study is an additional long-term study located within the LTER Main Site complex, in which a series of 21 different experimental treatments vary in plant species diversity. Treatments range from bare soil to single-crop rotations to multiple-crop rotations to annually fallowed fields with early successional plant communities. Plant species richness thus varies from 0 to >15 in any given 3-year rotation cycle. Treatment plots are 10 x 20 m replicated in each of 4 randomized blocks. The study site was established in 2000. Click on the image for a printable map of the study area.