Smith and Knapp lab (plus some friends) April 2024
Smith lab paints grasslands!

Sampling at shortgrass steppe
Mary enjoying the field
Alex working hard at building a fence
Alex and Mary at the Graduate Student showcase Fall 2022
Alex and Nico in Glacier National Park
Fall 2021 lab photo (minus Kate and Mary)
Mountains at Shortgrass Steppe
Kate sampling IDE June 2019
Carina collecting soil samples from Shortgrass steppe
Alex, Nico and Mendy in Glacier National Park
Visiting student, Changxing Fu, conducting field work at Konza Praire
Mendy and Kate hard at work
Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) in flower
Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) in flower (photo: Lauren Baur)
Bison calves at Konza Prairie Biological Station (photo: Francis Chaves)
Bison calves at Konza Prairie Biological Station (photo: Francis Chaves) 
Species Counts
Francis Chaves’ project means counting 12+ species per plot! (photo: Franics Chaves)
Colorful herbivores can be found all over Konza (photo: Lauren Baur)
Colorful herbivores can be found all over Konza (photo: Lauren Baur)
Species Composition
John Dietrich, Whitney Mowll (Knapp Lab), Ava Hoffman, and Jesse Gray hard at work on species composition (photo: Francis Chaves)
Butterfly milkweed (Ascelpias tuberosa) earns its name (photo: Lauren Baur)
Butterfly milkweed (Ascelpias tuberosa) earns its name (photo: Lauren Baur)
A. gerardii in the greenhouse (photo: Ava Hoffman)
B. gracilis at Shortgrass Steppe (photo: Ava Hoffman)