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Extreme Drought in Grasslands Experiment: This project is a four-year drought experiment, established in 2015, that looks at the sensitivity of grassland communities to extreme drought.
We are using drought shelters to remove 66% of the natural precipitation over intact plant communities. This study explores two main questions. First, how does drought sensitivity change with the seasonality of drought (cold vs. warm season)? Secondly, how does the presence of a dominant shrub (Ephedra viridis) impact the drought resistance of the grasses? We are examining a wide range of plant and ecosystem-level responses over the duration of this experiment. This study is a collaboration with the Extreme Drought in Grassland Experiment (EDGE) network (https://edge.biology.colostate.edu/index.html).
Extreme Drought in Grasslands Experiment: This project is a four-year drought experiment, established in 2015, that looks at the sensitivity of grassland communities to extreme drought.
We are using drought shelters to remove 66% of the natural precipitation over intact plant communities. This study explores two main questions. First, how does drought sensitivity change with the seasonality of drought (cold vs. warm season)? Secondly, how does the presence of a dominant shrub (Ephedra viridis) impact the drought resistance of the grasses? We are examining a wide range of plant and ecosystem-level responses over the duration of this experiment. This study is a collaboration with the Extreme Drought in Grassland Experiment (EDGE) network (https://edge.biology.colostate.edu/index.html).