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NSF Award(s)
DEB-0080382
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Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve (CCESR), established in 1940, was designated a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service in 1975. In
1977 it was included as an Experimental Ecology Reserve in a proposed national network, and in 1982 it was one of 11 sites in the United States selected
by the National Science Foundation for funding of Long Term Ecological Research (LTER).
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| Contact Information |
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| Address: |
100 Ecology Building
1987 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108 |
| Phone: 612-625-5740 |
| Fax: 612-624-6777 |
| Email: befort@umn.edu |
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| Site History |
Early History of Cedar Creek - Background Events and Early Use and Development (1929-1947) Excerpted from Hodson, A.C., 1985. History of the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve. University of Minnesota Field Biology Program Occasional Papers Number 2.
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| Research Topics |
Successional dynamics; primary productivity and disturbance patterns; nutrient budgets and cycles; climatic variation and the wetland/upland boundary; plant-herbivore dynamics.
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| Climate Info. |
| Annual |
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6.68c |
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| Precipitation |
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801 mm/year |
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