NSF Organization: DEB Division of Environmental Biology

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Nitrogen Deposition and Population Dynamics of a Declining Nitrogen-fixing Plant Species Amendment Date: 2006-05-01; Funding Amount: $11,993; Principal Investigator: Kent Holsinger
SGER: Impact of Hurricane Wilma, a Large "Infrequent" Enrichment Disturbance on Tropical Seasonal Forest: Establishing the Legacy Effect on the Post-disturbance Mosaic Amendment Date: 2006-04-27; Funding Amount: $90,001; Principal Investigator: Michael Allen
Dissertation Research: An integrative Approach to the Conservation of Panamanian Golden Frogs Amendment Date: 2006-04-27; Funding Amount: $12,000; Principal Investigator: L. Lacey Knowles
Coevolution and Local Adaptation in a Salamander-Virus System Amendment Date: 2006-04-27; Funding Amount: $250,000; Principal Investigator: Andrew Storfer
CAREER: Significance of Foliar Nitrogen and Phosphorus Accumulation in Tropical Forests Amendment Date: 2006-04-27; Funding Amount: $500,000; Principal Investigator: Rebecca Ostertag
Do Symbioses Determine Plant Species Abundances? How Endophytic Fungi May Control Rarity, Dominance, and Invasiveness of Grasses Amendment Date: 2006-04-27; Funding Amount: $101,459; Principal Investigator: Jennifer Rudgers
Monitoring Primary Succession on Mount St. Helens Amendment Date: 2006-04-27; Funding Amount: $89,987; Principal Investigator: Roger del Moral
Hybridization and Evolution in Slender Salamanders (Plethodontidae: Batrachoseps) Amendment Date: 2006-04-26; Funding Amount: $310,000; Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Jockusch
Dissertation Research: Late Quaternary History of Balsam Poplar in North America Amendment Date: 2006-04-20; Funding Amount: $11,690; Principal Investigator: Matthew Olson
Dissertation Research: The Evolution and Importance of Genetic Constraint in Anolis Cristatellus Amendment Date: 2006-04-20; Funding Amount: $11,690; Principal Investigator: Jonathan Losos
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Molecular Genetic Mechanisms Accounting for Patterns of Tolerance to Apical Meristem Damage in Wild Populations of Arabidopsis Thaliana Amendment Date: 2006-04-20; Funding Amount: $12,000; Principal Investigator: Massimo Pigliucci
Dissertation Research: Catfish Spine Evolution: A Comparative Approach to a Prickly Problem Amendment Date: 2006-04-20; Funding Amount: $11,991; Principal Investigator: Andrew Simons
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Phylogeny and Pollination Biology of Castilleae (Moraceae): Investigating the Evolutionary History of the Figs' Closest Relatives Amendment Date: 2006-04-20; Funding Amount: $11,743; Principal Investigator: George Weiblen
Iron Redox Biogeochemistry: Controls on Carbon and Phosphorus Cycling in Humid Tropical Forests Amendment Date: 2006-04-18; Funding Amount: $436,256; Principal Investigator: Whendee Silver
The Evolution of Molecular Parasites: The Importance of Geonomic Context Amendment Date: 2006-04-13; Funding Amount: $78,154; Principal Investigator: Michael Hood
Karyotype Dynamics And Automixis In Microbotryum Amendment Date: 2006-04-13; Funding Amount: $124,495; Principal Investigator: Michael Hood
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Vitaceae Inferred from the Morphology of Extant and Fossil Taxa Amendment Date: 2006-04-12; Funding Amount: $11,190; Principal Investigator: Steven Manchester
Population Dynamics in Wild Verreaux's Sifaka (Lemuriformes, Primates) Amendment Date: 2006-04-12; Funding Amount: $40,000; Principal Investigator: Richard Lawler
Molecular Systematics and Evolution of the Mycenoid Fungi (Euagarics, Basidiomycetes) Amendment Date: 2006-04-11; Funding Amount: $350,000; Principal Investigator: Dennis Desjardin
Collaborative Research: Cretaceous Insects and the Origins of Modern Insect Diversity Amendment Date: 2006-04-10; Funding Amount: $86,014; Principal Investigator: Michael Engel
Collaborative Research: Cretaceous Insects and the Origins of Modern Insect Diversity Amendment Date: 2006-04-10; Funding Amount: $113,970; Principal Investigator: David Grimaldi
Systematics of a Neotropical Diversification: the Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers (Furnariidae) Amendment Date: 2006-04-07; Funding Amount: $200,001; Principal Investigator: Robb Brumfield
RCN: Biogeosphere-Atmosphere Stable Isotopes Network (BASIN) Amendment Date: 2006-04-07; Funding Amount: $98,062; Principal Investigator: Todd Dawson
Ecological Speciation and the Physiological Performance of Plant Hybrids in Ipomopsis Amendment Date: 2006-04-03; Funding Amount: $108,116; Principal Investigator: Diane Campbell
Molecular Phylogeny of Juniperus of the World Amendment Date: 2006-03-31; Funding Amount: $25,235; Principal Investigator: Andrea Schwarzbach
Biotic Survey of Atlantic Coastal Forest Frogs and an Emergent Pathogen Implicated in Amphibian Declines Amendment Date: 2006-03-31; Funding Amount: $142,697; Principal Investigator: Kelly Zamudio
A New Approach to Inference of Sex-Biased Migration from X-Chromosomal and Autosomal Population-Genetic Data Amendment Date: 2006-03-29; Funding Amount: $50,000; Principal Investigator: Noah Rosenberg
Using Paleospecies-Area Curves to Predict Biodiversity Changes in Mammals: Linkage of Macroecology and Paleontology Amendment Date: 2006-03-29; Funding Amount: $169,989; Principal Investigator: Anthony Barnosky
Collaborative Research: Seston Contributions to Metabolism Across Longitudinal Ecosystems (SCALE) -- Dynamics of Organic Particles in River Networks Amendment Date: 2006-03-29; Funding Amount: $227,889; Principal Investigator: J. Denis Newbold
Collaborative Research: Seston Contributions to metabolism Across Longitudinal Ecosystems (SCALE) -- Dynamics of Organic Particles in River Networks Amendment Date: 2006-03-29; Funding Amount: $106,183; Principal Investigator: Aaron Packman