CERA is primarily a research facility. Students at all stages of the biology curriculum collaborate actively with their peers as well as with faculty on a diversity of innovative research projects.
- Long-Term Experiments
- Prairie Fire Season (pdf)
- Prairie Fire Mow
- Forest Fall Fire (pdf)
- Prairie Forb Ecotypes
- Past Student Research and Refereed Research Publications
- Faculty Research Interests
- Field Methods, Equipment, and Taxonomic Keys
- Student Project Form
Prescribed Fire Records for Experimental Prairie Plots
Prairie Burn/Mow Experiment
3/6/1997, 3/23/1998, 3/19/1999, 3/30/2000 and 3/31/2000, 4/18/2001, 4/4/2002, 4/10/2003, 3/31/2004 and 4/1/2004, 4/7/2005, 4/4/2006, 4/2/2007, 4/2/2008, 3/4/2009, 4/19/2010, 4/12/2011 and 4/13/2011.
Prairie Season Burn Experiment
SUMMER 8/29/2000, 8/21/2001, 8/27/2002, 9/4/2003, 9/7/2004, 9/7/2006, 9/3/2008, 8/25/2010. FALL 12/8/1999, 11/8/2000, 11/28/2001, 11/20/2002, 11/19/2003, 11/12/2004, 11/22/2005, 11/8/2006, 11/19/2007, 11/18/2008, NOT BURNED 2009 (due to weather conditions), 11/11/10. SPRING 3/30/2000, 4/18/2001, 4/4/2002, 4/10/2003, 4/2/2004, 4/8/2005, 4/4/2006, 3/22/2007, 4/4/2008, 3/4/2009, 4/19/10, 4/6/2011.
