Testing your bone density -- how strong your bones are -- is the only way to know for sure if you have osteoporosis. One common test doctors use is called dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA or DEXA). DXA scanning focuses on two main areas -- the hip and the spine. If you canât test those, you can get a DXA scan on your forearm.
The vegetation of Konza Prairie is predominately native tallgrass prairie, dominated by the perennial, warm-season grasses big bluestem, little bluestem, Indiangrass, and switchgrass. A highly diverse mixture of other species includes warm-season and cool-season grasses, composites, legumes, and other forbs.
The Konza Prairie Biological Station (KPBS), located in the Flint Hills of northeastern Kansas, USA (39Â°05â N, 96Â°35â W), maintains an interdisciplinary research program documenting the. influences of fire, grazing, and climate on the faunal and floral ecology of the mesic prairie.