The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station Long-Term Ecological Research program at Michigan State University is one of 28 such National Science Foundation sites in the country. It’s the only one dedicated to understanding the ecology of agricultural systems.
Prairie strips, other systems studied
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Nick Haddad stands in a prairie strip that’s part of the Michigan State University-W.K. Kellogg Biological Station Long-Term Ecological Research program. He's a professor in the Michigan State University-Department of Integrative Biology and a faculty member of the Kellogg station. He and his colleagues are studying how ecological systems are responding to global environmental changes. Their aim is to help farmers and policymakers understand how crops can withstand the changes.
Sarah Evans and Corinn Rutkoski collect soils in an agricultural field to examine what microorganisms degrade pesticides. Evans is an associate professor of the Michigan State University-Department of Integrative Biology. Rutkoski is a graduate student in the Michigan State University's Long-Term Ecological Research Program.
An aerial image shows the main cropping-system experiment at the Michigan State-W.K. Kellogg Biological Station.
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