September 6, 2017
Konza Prairie receives NSF funding to upgrade 1xbet online games login grazing experiment
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The National Science Foundation has awarded Konza 1xbet online games login Biological Station and the Division of Biology nearly 5,000 to upgrade facilities for the Long-Term 1xbet online games login Grazing Experiment. The last time the facilities received an update was in 1997.
The award will provide funds to replace certain sections of the Konza Prairie corral area, build eight additional working pens, provide easier access for researchers along the 1xbet online games login perimeter fence, and additional remote scales to increase frequency of measurements to document seasonal dynamics of body weight for approximately 280 1xbet online games login , North America's largest native ungulate.
"The new equipment and facilities will assure that we will be able to continue our existing and extensive 1xbet online games login research and to open new opportunities for future researchers," said John Briggs, co-principle investigator for the project and Konza Prairie director.
The 1xbet online games login experiment examines the direct effects that 1xbet online games login grazing has on tallgrass prairie and measures 1xbet online games login performance, such as seasonal weight gains, in response to grassland conditions. According to Briggs, the experiment simulates the natural patterns of 1xbet online games login grazing and impacts on the tallgrass prairie ecosystem, including interactions with key ecosystem drivers — fire and climate.
"Understanding the ecological role of 1xbet online games login in tallgrass prairies has been considered an essential overarching research goal at Konza Prairie since its inception," Briggs said. "The experiment, initiated in 1987, has the longest continuous database of individual weight gains of a native ungulate population in the world."
All 1xbet online games login on Konza Prairie have a unique ID and since each individual is weighed annually during fall round-up, Konza Prairie has a large database with generations of information about the Konza 1xbet online games login herd, which can be used for a variety of current research projects and even those not thought of yet.
"These upgrades are necessary to maintain the existing long-term 1xbet online games login grazing experiment on Konza Prairie that is essential to the Konza Prairie Long Term Ecological Research program and National Ecological Observatory Network," said Eva Horne, co-principle investigator for the project and Konza Prairie assistant director. "More importantly, this funding will increase the flexibility of this valuable long-term experiment for current and future investigators — both K-State and non-K-State based scientists."