Hill Country Field Station for Biodiversity Research
The field station will feature research and teaching labs, cabins for faculty and students, and create dedicated land for biodiversity research. The establishment of the Hill Country Field Station will help to bolster and expand the University’s biological field station network, setting the stage for long-term studies and data collection on biodiversity, water resources, and land management throughout the state.
Hill Country Field Station research focus areas will include:
Biodiversity and genomics: understanding the factors the drive and control biodiversity
Land and fire management: practical applications for conservation and restoration
Understanding ecosystem changes over time
Water resources: understanding aquifer function and water quality maintenance
Long-term studies of interaction among plants, arthropods and vertebrates, with special attention to the fauna of the Edwards Aquifer
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