Shortgrass Steppe Long Term Ecological Research (SGS-LTER), author2007-01-032007-01-031993-09-08http://hdl.handle.net/10217/80700The SGS-LTER research site was established in 1980 by researchers at Colorado State University as part of a network of long-term research sites within the US LTER Network, supported by the National Science Foundation. Scientists within the Natural Resource Ecology Lab, Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, and Biology Department at CSU, California State Fullerton, USDA Agricultural Research Service, University of Northern Colorado, and the University of Wyoming, among others, have contributed to our understanding of the structure and functions of the shortgrass steppe and other diverse ecosystems across the network while maintaining a common mission and sharing expertise, data and infrastructure.The LTER program began with spatially explicit ideas and questions about the importance of landscape structure, and particularly the classic soil catena model, in the long-term development and maintenance of shortgrass steppe ecosystems.born digitalreportsengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.grassland ecologylong term ecological researchshortgrass steppeCentral Plains Experimental RangePawnee National GrasslandText