THE TALLGRASS PRAIRIE OF THE FLINT HILLS OF KANSAS

堪萨斯州弗林特山的高草草原

• 批准号: 9804328
• 负责人: David Hartnett
• 金额: $ 38.38万
• 依托单位: Kansas State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-07-01 至 2001-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9804328&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: TALLGRASS; PRAIRIE; FLINT; HILLS; KANSAS

9804328 Hartnett Kansas State University is producing a two-hour television documentary on the Tallgrass Prairie of the Flint Hills of Kansas, the last remnant of what was once the largest biome in North America. This area has survived only because its rocky soil was too much of a match for the farmer's plow. New scientific research is now beginning to ascertain just how valuable grasslands are to humankind: their salutary role in global climatology and how they provide laboratories for study of soils, species interactions, biodiversity, and ecological processes. A significant amount of this research as been conducted for more than twenty years at the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area, the longest continuous Long-Term Ecological Research site of the National Science Foundation. The scientific data that have been compiled at Konza will form the backbone of the film's content as it examines: the geological and human history of the Tallgrass Prairie, especially the displacement of the bison and the introduction of European cattle and row crop farming; the contemporary culture and economy of the Flint Hills regions which the prairie has formed; and the ecological impact of various approaches to range management, as well as various scientific and social aspects of the debate over how to glean as much value as possible from the grasslands while preserving them for future generations. The PI for the project will be David Hartnett, Professor of Biology and Director of Konza Prairie Research Natural Area. The film will be co-produced by Aimee Larrabee, an independent filmmaker who has co-produced several award-winning documentaries with the BBC, and John Altman, an independent filmmaker who has produced for PBS, A&E, Bravo, and the Discovery Channel. The 19 member advisory committee will be lead by Dr. Hartnett and by Alan Knapp, Project Director of the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area LTER program and Professor Biology at Kansas State University, and John Blair, Associate Professor of Biology at Kansas State University and nationally recognized leader in the field of soil ecology and grassland nutrient dynamics.

小行星9804328 堪萨斯州立大学正在制作一部关于堪萨斯弗林特山的高草草原的两小时电视纪录片，这是曾经是北美最大的生物群落的最后遗迹。 这个地区之所以能幸存下来，只是因为它的岩石土壤太适合农民的犁。 新的科学研究现在开始确定草原对人类的价值：它们在全球气候学中的有益作用，以及它们如何为土壤，物种相互作用，生物多样性和生态过程的研究提供实验室。 在Konza草原研究自然区进行了20多年的大量研究，这是国家科学基金会持续时间最长的长期生态研究地点。 在Konza收集的科学数据将构成影片内容的支柱，因为它考察了：高草草原的地质和人类历史，特别是野牛的迁移和欧洲牛的引进和行作物种植;草原形成的弗林特丘陵地区的当代文化和经济;以及各种牧场管理方法的生态影响，以及关于如何从草原中收集尽可能多的价值，同时为后代保护草原的辩论的各种科学和社会方面。 该项目的PI将是大卫哈特尼特，生物学教授和康扎草原研究自然区主任。 这部电影将由Aimee Larrabee和John Altman共同制作，Aimee Larrabee是一位独立电影制片人，曾与BBC合作制作过几部获奖纪录片，John Altman是一位独立电影制片人，曾为PBS，A E，Bravo和探索频道制作过。 19名成员组成的咨询委员会将由哈特尼特博士和艾伦克纳普，康扎草原研究自然区LTER计划的项目主任和生物学教授在堪萨斯州立大学，和约翰布莱尔，生物学副教授在堪萨斯州立大学和全国公认的领导人在土壤生态学和草地养分动态领域。