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Research Project: Sustainable Intensification of Cropping Systems on Spatially Variable Landscapes and Soils

Location: Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research

Title: The tallgrass prairie of Missouri above and below the soil surface

Author
item LORD, SAMUEL - University Of Missouri
item Veum, Kristen
item SULLIVAN, LAUREN - Michigan State University
item ANDERSON, STEVEN - University Of Missouri

Submitted to: Video
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/10/2023
Publication Date: 3/15/2023
Citation: Lord, S., Veum, K.S., Sullivan, L., Anderson, S. 2023. The tallgrass prairie of Missouri above and below the soil surface [video]. Missouri Prairie Foundation, 2023 Webinar Series. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Ap9ORLYrY

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Native tallgrass prairie habitat has been lost across the Midwestern U.S. to agricultural and urban land use. Prairie reconstruction efforts aim to return land to native vegetation and regain ecosystem services in altered and degraded soils; however, little is known about the trajectory of soil health recovery in these systems. The objective of this research is to understand the role of soil health in reconstructed prairies and how ecosystem services in native and reconstructed prairies compares with agroecosystems and other reference ecosystems. An update on soil health research in Missouri Prairie Foundation prairies will be provided.