Grantee Research Project Results
Fellowships: FY95 - FY15 Awards: Terrestrial Ecology
Name and Institution of Awardee | Title of Project | Award | ||||||
Identifier | FY | $ | ||||||
Terrestrial Ecology | ||||||||
Berini, John Lawrence University of Minnesota |
Climate Cascade: Linking Temperature, Phytochemistry and Vertebrate Demographics |
F13B20220 |
2013 | $84,000.00 | ||||
Mason, Nicholas Albert Cornell University |
Analyzing Adaptation and Extirpation in Response to Climate Change and Agriculturization in the Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) |
F13F21201 |
2013 | $84,000.00 | ||||
Schoenle, Laura Ann Virginia Tech |
The Interaction Between Pollutants and Infectious Disease in a Model Organism |
F13F21192 |
2013 | $84,000.00 | ||||
LaManna, Joseph A University of Montana |
A Region-Wide Shift From Aspens to Conifers Due to Climate Change May Imperil Biodiversity and Reproductive Success of Birds |
FP917477 |
2012 | $126,000.00 | ||||
Concilio, Amy University of California - Santa Cruz |
Interactions Between Changing Climate, N-Deposition, and Bromus Tectorum L. Establishment in the Great Basin Desert Ecosystem |
F07F10950 |
2007 | |||||
Eallonardo, Jr., Anthony S. The State University of New York |
Linking Plant Traits to Species Performance in Remnant and Restored Inland Salt Marsh Communities |
F07F10155 |
2007 | |||||
Lankau, Emily W. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
How Does Livestock Production Impact Wild Bird Health and Gastrointestinal Bacterial Communities? |
F07F20142 |
2007 | |||||
Massad, Tara Joy Tulane University |
New Approaches to Tropical Reforestation: Large- and Local-Scale Benefits from an Ecological Look at an Applied Problem |
F07F21049 |
2007 | |||||
Whitfield, Steven M. Florida International University |
Enigmatic Faunal Declines at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica: Pattern and Process in a Collapsing Tropical Herpetofauna |
F07F71130 |
2007 | |||||
Barto, Eulondia Kathryn Wright State University - Main Campus |
Allelopathy as an Invasive Mechanism for the Invasive Species Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard) |
F6F61509 |
2006 | $111,172.00 | ||||
Blair, Amy C Colorado State University |
The Role of Hybridization in Biological Invasions: a Study with Centaurea maculosa and C. diffusa. |
F6F10356 |
2006 | $104,250.00 | ||||
Brandt, Leslie A. University of Minnesota |
Photodegradation as a Factor in the Decomposition of Surface Litter in Grassland Ecosystems |
F6F10361 |
2006 | $109,402.00 | ||||
Distler, Matthew T. The State University of New York |
Encroachment of Typha Stands on Open Fen Communities: Distinguishing Mechanisms Maintaining Diversity in Coastal Wetlands |
F6F60550 |
2006 | $102,292.00 | ||||
Eaton-Mordas, Alexander University of Arizona |
Adaptations and Constraints in a Group of Keystone Pollinators: Implications for a Changing World. |
F6F21398 |
2006 | $108,674.00 | ||||
Heisler, Jana L. Colorado State University |
Ecosystem Response to Climate Change: Sensitivity of Grassland Ecosystems Across the Great Plains to Variability in Precipitation |
F6F10397 |
2006 | $99,958.00 | ||||
Murphy, Melanie Washington State University |
Limits to Species’ Distribution and Persistence: A Landscape Genetics Study of Two Amphibian Species in Yellowstone National Park |
F6F21367 |
2006 | $111,344.00 | ||||
Palta, Monica M. Rutgers |
Nitrate Removal in Urban Wetlands: Examining the Roles of Vegetation, Soils, and Hydrology in the Creation of ‘Hot Spots’ and ‘Hot Moments’ of Denitrification |
F6F11264 |
2006 | $111,172.00 | ||||
Peck, JeriLynn E. University of Minnesota |
Determining Sustainable Tree Moss Harvest Levels and Evaluating the Risk of Exotic Macroinvertebrate Introductions |
F6F10385 |
2006 | $111,172.00 | ||||
Peters, Shannon M. University of California - Berkeley |
Serpentine as a Model System for Edaphic Adaptation: Addressing the Role AMF Play in Plant Adaptation to Toxic Soils |
F6F11217 |
2006 | $107,224.00 | ||||
Simkin, Samuel M. Cornell University |
Wetland Plant Species Responses to Sulfate-Mediated Phosphate Mobilization and Sulfide Toxicity in Contrasting Wetland Types |
F6F11279 |
2006 | $111,172.00 | ||||
Weiss, Marissa Cornell University |
Does the Response of Soil Carbon to Nitrogen Addition Depend on the Type of Soil Carbon Present? |
F6F10348 |
2006 | $111,172.00 | ||||
Wick, Jill Alabama A & M University |
Breeding Ecology Response of Songbirds to Forest Disturbance |
F6F70558 |
2006 | $63,880.00 | ||||
Wilson, Erin E. University of California - San Diego |
Ecological Impact of an Invasive Yellowjacket on Native Prey and Competitors |
F6F21317 |
2006 | $104,978.00 | ||||
Yang, Sylvia University of Washington |
Influences of Plant - Abiotic Environment Interactions on Population Dynamics |
F6F11274 |
2006 | $111,124.00 | ||||
Acton, Anne E. North Carolina State University |
Noninvasive Wildlife Health Monitoring Using Molecular Detection of Fecal Pathogens |
FP916352 |
2004 | $87,468.00 | ||||
Adler, Jennifer A. Yale University |
Accomplishing Exotic Plant Removal on a Regional Scale; Managing California's Blue-Gum Eucalyptus Trees for Native Plant Preservation and Fire Safety |
FP916366 |
2004 | $74,344.00 | ||||
Benscoter, Brian W. Southern Illinois University - Carbondale |
Temporal and Spatial Variability of Peat Accumulation and Vegetation of Post-Fire Boreal Bogs |
FP916340 |
2004 | $107,381.00 | ||||
Browning, Dawn M. University of Arizona |
Land Use History and Soils: Impacts on Woody Cover Assessments |
FP916378 |
2004 | $110,476.00 | ||||
Clark, Connie J University of Florida |
The Effect of Logging on Mechanisms That Limit the Recruitment of Tropical Tree Species: Implications for the Maintenance of Biodiversity in Tropical Forests |
FP916308 |
2004 | $99,904.00 | ||||
Crowley, Katherine F. Cornell University |
Explaining High Plant Diversity in Nutrient-Limited Rich Fen Wetlands: The Role of Mosses in Fen Nutrient Dynamics |
FP916372 |
2004 | $111,344.00 | ||||
Gogol-Prokurat, Melanie University of California - Davis |
Using Species Life History Traits To Design Landscape-Scale Reserve Networks |
FP916390 |
2004 | $101,930.00 | ||||
Goheen, Jacob R. University of New Mexico |
Contrasting the Effects of Native Versus Exotic Grazers in an East African Savanna: Establishment of the Whistling Thorn Tree (Acacia drepanolobium) |
FP916317 |
2004 | $103,292.00 | ||||
Herron, Patrick M. University of Connecticut |
Does Hydraulic Redistribution Increase Microbial Activity in the Rhizosphere? |
FP916339 |
2004 | $104,658.00 | ||||
Hoff, Claire J. University of New Hampshire |
Tracers of Calcium in a Forest Ecosystem: Ca/Sr and Ca Isotopes |
FP916388 |
2004 | $111,344.00 | ||||
Holtgrieve, Gordon W. University of Washington |
Fish Out of Water: The Importance of Salmon and Bears for Productivity of Riparian Ecosystems |
FP916315 |
2004 | $109,871.00 | ||||
Hulvey, Kristin B. University of California - Santa Cruz |
Quantifying the Impact of Invasive Plants in California Grassland Systems and Facilitating Conservation Strategies |
FP916389 |
2004 | $107,762.00 | ||||
Lobell, David Stanford University |
A Remote Sensing Approach To Understand Controls on Cropland Productivity |
FP916416 |
2004 | $111,344.00 | ||||
Marnocha, Erin L. University of California - Los Angeles |
Assessing the Impacts of Human-Induced Habitat Alterations on Natural Populations: Testing Alternative Hypotheses for Morphological Shifts in a Caribbean Lizard |
FP916397 |
2004 | $100,456.00 | ||||
Olival, Kevin J. Columbia University in the City of New York |
Population Genetic Study of Flying-Foxes To Elucidate Relationship Between Anthropogenic Ecological Change and Infectious Disease Emergence |
FP916381 |
2004 | $111,172.00 | ||||
Poulsen, John R. University of Florida |
Effects of Seed Shadows on Population and Community Patterns of Seedling Recruitment |
FP916433 |
2004 | $104,762.00 | ||||
Punyasena, Surangi W. University of Chicago |
Climate and Modern Neotropical Plant Distributions: Macroecological and Paleoecological Implications |
FP916377 |
2004 | $111,344.00 | ||||
Ryan, Sadie J. University of California - Berkeley |
An Integrated GIS Model of Bovine Tuberculosis in a Population of African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer): Exploring Management Options in Kruger National Park, South Africa |
FP916382 |
2004 | $104,772.00 | ||||
Stander, Emilie K. Rutgers University - New Brunswick |
The Effects of Urbanization on the Nitrate Removal Capacity of Urban Wetlands |
FP916337 |
2004 | $94,157.00 | ||||
Whittaker, Kara A. University of Washington |
The Effects of Urbanization on the Dispersal of Native Forest Songbirds |
FP916383 |
2004 | $104,461.00 | ||||
von Wettberg, Eric J. Brown University |
Genetic Predisposition to Invasiveness in Ornamental Impatiens Species |
FP916338 |
2004 | $105,428.00 | ||||
Engelhaupt, Erika D. University of Louisville |
From Physiology to Global Change: How Do Soil Bacteria Regulate Global Atmospheric Methane? |
U916141 |
2003 | $102,000.00 | ||||
Fimmen, Ryan L. Duke University |
Compositional and Molecular Characterization of Soil Organic Matter Under Loblolly Pine Forest Exposed to Elevated CO2 |
U916180 |
2003 | $157,246.00 | ||||
Gagnon, Paul R. Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge |
Population Structure and Process in a Woody Bamboo: Genet-Based Life Table Response Experiments in Arundinaria gigantean (Fam. Poaceace, Tribe Bambusoideae) |
U916181 |
2003 | $107,579.00 | ||||
Gillam, Erin H. University of Tennessee |
Quantification and Enhancement of Bat Predation on Noctuid Crop Pests |
U916164 |
2003 | $145,172.00 | ||||
Gross-Camp, Nicole D. Antioch New England Graduate School - NH |
The Spatial and Temporal Patterns in the Deposition and Fate of Large-Seeded Species Dispersed by the Chimpanzee in the Nyungwe Forest Reserve, Rwanda |
U916183 |
2003 | $108,172.00 | ||||
Holbrook, Kimberly M. University of Missouri - St Louis |
Seed Dispersal by Toucans in Amazonia, Ecuador |
U916250 |
2003 | $74,710.00 | ||||
Hooker, Bethanie A. University of Connecticut |
Effect of Tillage and Carbon Input Levels on Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Over the Long-Term |
U916177 |
2003 | $105,964.00 | ||||
Morris-Porneluzi, Dana L. University of Missouri - Columbia |
Measuring Stress Induced by Habitat Fragmentation and the Consequences for Populations of a Neotropical Migrant Bird |
U916163 |
2003 | $108,193.00 | ||||
Orrock, John L. Iowa State University |
The Role of Corridors in Affecting Predator-Prey Interactions: The Interplay Between Seed Deposition, Seed Predation, and Seedling Establishment in Experimentally Fragmented Landscapes |
U916182 |
2003 | $93,804.00 | ||||
Ostling, Annette University of California - Davis |
Macroecology: Theory and Tests |
U916243 |
2003 | $110,266.00 | ||||
Pilgrim, Melissa A. University of Arkansas |
Potential Consequences of Among and Within Population Variation in Diet Composition of Pigmy Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius) in Central Florida: A Dietary Analysis Using Stable Isotope Technology |
U916160 |
2003 | $111,608.00 | ||||
Reynolds, Melissa J. Auburn University Main Campus |
Bridging Science With Management: Optimizing Habitat Quality for Black Bears on a Landscape Level by Manipulating Spatio-Temporal Parameters of Clearcuts |
U916206 |
2003 | $90,472.00 | ||||
Selmants, Paul C. Northern Arizona University |
Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Dynamics Across a Long Chronosequence in Semiarid Woodland Ecosystems, Northern Arizona |
U916251 |
2003 | $99,022.00 | ||||
Barron, Alexander R. Princeton University |
The Role of Aluminum and Organic Acids in the Regulation of Tropical Forest Nutrient Cycles |
U915956 |
2001 | $102,000.00 | ||||
Cox Griffin, Suzanne A. University of Montana |
Connectivity in a Heterogeneous Landscape: The Genetics and Population Dynamics of the Olympic Marmot |
U915967 |
2001 | $101,632.00 | ||||
Emery, Sarah M. Michigan State University |
Effects of Season and Frequency of Prescribed Fire on the Demography of Centaurea maculosa, (Spotted Knapweed), in a Midwest Prairie Restoration |
U916007 |
2001 | $83,988.00 | ||||
Gillespie, Thomas R. University of Florida |
Effects of Human Disturbance on Primate-Disease Dynamics |
U915983 |
2001 | $83,546.00 | ||||
Lewis, Kristin C. Harvard University |
Evolution of Defense Chemistry in Alliaria petiolata Since Introduction Into North America |
U915981 |
2001 | $80,792.00 | ||||
Moulton, Colleen E. Boise State University |
Potential Underlying Mechanisms Leading to the Association of Burrowing Owls With Agriculture |
U915972 |
2001 | $65,872.00 | ||||
Peery, Marcus Z. University of California - Berkeley |
Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Central California |
U915973 |
2001 | $80,316.00 | ||||
Smith, Deborah A. University of Washington |
Search Dogs, Scats, and DNA: A Noninvasive Approach for Monitoring Endangered Species |
U915998 |
2001 | $90,906.00 | ||||
Smith, Sarah A. Princeton University |
Native Bee Conservation Across Wild and Agricultural Lands |
U915966 |
2001 | $102,000.00 | ||||
Stanley, Amanda G. University of Washington |
Trophic Interactions and Biological Control |
U916004 |
2001 | $92,204.00 | ||||
Vellend, Mark Cornell University |
Species Diversity and Genetic Diversity: Parallel Processes and Correlated Patterns |
U915992 |
2001 | $102,000.00 | ||||
Wilmers, Christopher C. University of California - Berkeley |
The Role of Wolves as a Keystone Species: Examining the Ecological Effects and Conservation Implications of a Reintroduced Top Predator on the Scavenger Guild, Yellowstone National Park |
U915997 |
2001 | $80,640.00 | ||||
Yeh, Pamela J. University of California - San Diego |
The Effect of Urban Environments on the Ecology and Evolution of a Bird Species |
U915994 |
2001 | $82,598.00 | ||||
Boulton, April M. University of California - Davis |
Effects of a Common Harvester Ant (Messor andrei) on Richness and Abundance of Soil Biota |
U915788 |
2000 | $79,290.00 | ||||
Moses, Melanie E. University of New Mexico |
The Ecological Implications of Energy Acquisition by Social Organisms |
U915782 |
2000 | $100,352.00 | ||||
Santiago, Louis S. University of Florida |
Leaf Traits of Canopy Trees on a Precipitation Gradient in Panama: Integrating Plant Physiological Ecology and Ecosystem Science |
U915813 |
2000 | $81,900.00 | ||||
Schuurman, Gregor W. University of Washington |
The Detritivores of Semiarid African Savannas: Community and Ecosystem Processes |
U915805 |
2000 | $102,000.00 | ||||
Soja, Amber J. University of Virginia |
Comparison of Satellite-Derived and Modeled Fire Return Intervals in Boreal Siberia |
U915846 |
2000 | $83,508.00 | ||||
Westphal, Michael I. University of California - Berkeley |
Metapopulation Modeling and Optimal Habitat Reconstruction for Birds in South Australia |
U915816 |
2000 | $81,980.00 | ||||
Clark, Connie J San Francisco State University |
Frugivore Impact on Seed Rain Patterns in a Central African Tropical Forest |
U915665 |
1999 | $49,496.00 | ||||
McRae, Bradner H. Northern Arizona University |
Large-Scale Movement Patterns and Genetic Structuring Among Puma Populations in a Fragmented Landscape |
U915652 |
1999 | $92,169.00 | ||||
Rooney, Thomas P. University of Wisconsin - Madison |
Individual Growth Rates and Population Demography of White-Flowered Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) Across Gradients of Light, Fertility, and Deer Browsing Pressure |
U915650 |
1999 | $93,147.00 | ||||
Zavaleta, Erika S. Stanford University |
Understanding Community and Ecosystem Responses to Interacting Global Changes |
U915538 |
1999 | $90,000.00 |
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