Multifactor Experiments (>2 experiments)
BioCON
Contact: Peter Reich
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Site Location: Minnesota, USA
Latitude: 45 decimal degrees
Longitude: -93 decimal degrees
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Biome: Grassland
Experimental Manipulation: CO2, nitrogen, and biodiversity
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Start Date: 1997
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Contact: Claus Beier
Email: claus.beier@risoe.dk
Site Location: Brandjberg, Denmark
Latitude: 55.88 decimal degrees
Longitude: 11.97 decimal degrees
Mean Annual Temperature: 8 degrees Celsius
Mean Annual Precipitation: 613 mm
Biome: Heath/grass ecosystem on sandy soil
Experimental Manipulation: 510 ppm CO2, +2 oC, 6 week summer drought (Factorial, all combinations, 6 replicates)
Technology: CO2: FACE (Miglietta design), Temp: Passive night time warming.
Start Date: 2006
End Date: Ongoing
Key
Research Questions: Effects
on species, community and ecosystem function (plants, fauna, soil, microbes)
(including GHG gas exchange and carbon storage)
Key Findings: Better water economy for plants in elevated CO2 (better drought resistance)
Web Site: www.vulcanproject.com
Contact: Shiqiang Wan
Email: swan@ibcas.ac.cn
Site Location: Duolun, Inner Mongolia, China
Latitude: 42.03 decimal degrees
Longitude: 116.26 decimal degrees
Mean Annual Temperature: 2.1 degrees Celsius
Mean Annual Precipitation: 385 mm
Biome: Semiarid temperate steppe
Experimental Manipulation: Warming, precipitation, clipping, and nitrogen
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Jasper Ridge Global Change Experiment
Contact: Chris Field
Email: cfield@jasper.stanford.edu
Site Location: California, USA
Latitude: 37.40 decimal degrees
Longitude: -122.23 decimal degrees
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Biome: Grassland
Experimental Manipulation: Warming, water, CO2, clipping, and nitrogen
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End Date: Ongoing
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Web Site: http://globalecology.stanford.edu/DGE/Dukes/JRGCE/chamber.html
Contact: Richard Norby
Email: rjn@ornl.gov
Site Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Latitude: 35.9 decimal degrees
Longitude: -84.35 decimal degrees
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Biome: Forest
Experimental Manipulation: Warming, water, and CO2
Technology: Otc
Start Date: 2003
End Date: 2008
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Peaknaze
Contact: Alwyn Sowerby
Email: asowe@ceh.ac.uk
Site Location: Bangor, Wales, UK
Latitude: 52 decimal degrees
Longitude: -2 decimal degrees
Mean Annual Temperature: 8.2 degrees Celsius
Mean Annual Precipitation: 1370 mm
Biome: Upland grassland (Mire)
Experimental Manipulation: Warming, Summer drought, Removal of Nitrogen and Sulphur in rainfall (pollution reduction)
Technology: Automated shelters
Start Date: 2006
End Date: Ongoing
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Web
Site: http://www.ceh.ac.uk/sections/bef/Recovery_roof_project.html
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PHACE (Prairie Heating and CO2 Enrichment)
Contact: Jack Morgan
Email: jack.morgan@ars.usda.gov
Site Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
Latitude: 41.20 decimal degrees
Longitude: -104.89 decimal degrees
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Biome: Grassland
Experimental Manipulation: Air warming, CO2 enrichment and precipitation manipulation
Technology: Ceramic heaters, mini-FACE and irrigation
Start Date: Summer 2006
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Web Site: www.phace.us
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Contact: Scott Collins
Email: scollins@sevilleta.unm.edu
Site Location: Belen, New Mexico, USA
Latitude: 34.36 decimal degrees
Longitude: -106.69 decimal degrees
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Biome: Grassland
Experimental Manipulation: Winter precipitation, nitrogen, and creosote addition
Technology: Passive night time
Start Date: Spring 2006
End Date: Ongoing
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