KUERG is a consortium of researchers who seek to understand how terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems around the world function.

The University of Kansas Ecosystem Research Group comprises faculty, post-docs, and students who explore Earth’s vegetation, soil, water, and climate using a diversity of approaches.  We seek to understand terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and their interactions with each other and the atmosphere, particularly in the context of climate change and land use.  We work in the grasslands, rivers, and croplands of North America’s Central Plains, the temperate and boreal forests of the U.S. and Canada, the rivers of China and Australia, and the Pacific Ocean.  Many of us conduct integrative studies across multiple ecosystems to elucidate broad patterns of community development and nutrient, water, and carbon use.