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FY2005-06 Ecology
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The following projects are the result of a
Summer 2005 request for proposals issued by the Center’s
Ecology Initiative. More than 46 submissions were evaluated in a competitive process that included external reviewers and members of the Leopold Center’s advisory board.
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Grazing compatibility in and for future years,
$53,095 over 5 years, Ed Johnston, Southern Iowa Forage and Livestock
Committee and John Klein, Natural Resources Conservation Service
[E2006-01] More about the
project
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Integrated soil and weed management production
systems for perennial food crops, $39,310 over 2 years, Gail
Nonnecke and Craig Dilley, ISU Horticulture, and Tom Loynachan, ISU
Agronomy [E2006-02]
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The role of herbaceous woodland perennial diversity
for improving nutrient uptake capacity of riparian areas – phase II,
$33,820 over 2 years, Jan Thompson and Cathy Mabry-McMullen, ISU Natural
Resource Ecology & Management [E2006-03]
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New strategies to enhance sustainability of Iowa
apple orchards, $115,798 over 3 years, Mark Gleason, ISU Plant
Pathology and Matt Liebman, ISU Agronomy [E2006-04]
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Bird nesting on rotationally grazed warm- and
cool-season grass paddocks in southern Iowa, $31,093 for one year,
James Pease and Ryan Marquardt, ISU Natural Resource Ecology &
Management [E2006-05] More
about the project
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Optimizing legume establishment in winter small
grains, $54,770 over 3 years, Lance Gibson and Jean-Luc Jannink, ISU
Agronomy, and Jeremy Singer, USDA-ARS National Soil Tilth Laboratory
[E2006-10]
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Use of native cover crops to reconstruct native
grasslands, $8,380 for 1 year, Brian Wilsey and Andrea Blong, ISU
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology [E2006-11]
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Development and implementation of low input delivery
systems for ethanol coproducts in forage based beef systems, $51,862
over 3 years, Dan Loy, ISU Animal Science and Joe Sellers, ISU Extension
[E2006-12]
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The impact of biodiversity services in rowcrop
production in annual versus perennial landscapes, $71,979 over 2
years, Matt O’Neal, ISU Entomology and Lisa A. Schulte, ISU Natural
Resource Ecology & Management [E2006-13]
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Breeding forage and biomass crops to strengthen
perennial agricultural systems, $53,902 over 3 years, E. Charles
Brummer, ISU Agronomy [E2006-15]
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Assessing soil quality impacts after conversion of
marginal cropland to productive conservation, $7,292 over 2 years,
Tom Sauer, Cindy Camberdella and David E. James, USDA-ARS National Soil
Tilth Laboratory, and Heidi Asbjornsen, ISU Natural Resource Ecology &
Management [E2006-17]
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Devising a framework for implementing cattle-grazing
and fire as management tools on grassland reserves in southern Iowa,
$22,147 for one year, James R. Miller, ISU Landscape Architecture and
Natural Resource Ecology & Management, and David Engle, ISU Natural
Resource Ecology & Management [E2006-18]
More about the project
Summary of research
findings [PDF]
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Participatory ecology for ‘Agriculture of the
Middle’: Developing tools and partnerships to bridge gaps among science,
people and policy in landscape change, $54,575 over 3 years, Lisa
Schulte and Ryan Atwell, ISU Natural Resource Ecology & Management, and
Lynne M. Westphal, USDA Forest Service North Central Research Station
[E2006-20]
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