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Figure 1.2
. Experimental layout for seven systems of the KBS LTER Main Cropping System
Experiment (MCSE) at the KBS LTER main site: four annual cropping systems (T1-T4),
Alfalfa (T6) and hybrid Poplar (T5) perennial systems, and the Early Successional com-
munity (T7). All are replicated as 1-ha plots in six replicated blocks (R1-R6). C-S-W =
corn-soybean-winter wheat rotation. Other MCSE systems are located as noted in Figure 1.3.
See Table 1.1 and text for management details. Also shown are locations of several ancillary
experiments.