NSF LogoNSF Award Abstract - #0216607 AWSFL008-DS3

BE/CNH: An Integrated Strategy to Understand and Model Biodiversity and Climate
on the Eastern Slopes of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia

NSF Org OISE
Latest Amendment Date September 23, 2002
Award Number 0216607
Award Instrument Standard Grant
Program Manager Francis J. Wodarczyk
OISE Office of Internatl Science &Engineering;
O/D OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
Start Date September 1, 2002
Expires June 30, 2004 (Estimated)
Expected Total Amount $80000 (Estimated)
Investigator Jason C. Bradford jcbradford@ucdavis.edu (Principal Investigator current)
Mark B. Bush (Co-Principal Investigator current)
Lee Hannah (Co-Principal Investigator current)
Miles R. Silman (Co-Principal Investigator current)
Timothy J. Killeen (Co-Principal Investigator current)
Sponsor Mo Botanical Garden
2345 Tower Grove Ave
Saint Louis, MO 63110 314/577-5100
NSF Program 5977 AMERICAS PROGRAM
Field Application 0510602 Ecosystem Dynamics
Program Reference Code 0000,5926,5977,9169,EGCH,OTHR,

Abstract

This award, funded by the Office of International Science and Engineering, the Division of Environmental Biology's Biotic Surveys & Inventories Program, and the Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems Program, supports preliminary research to study the dynamics of climate and land-use change in the tropical Andes region in Peru and Bolivia in collaboration with teams of researchers from the Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad el Cusco, Universidad Nacional Agraria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Nacional Forestal Martin Cardenas, and Universidad Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno.

Data needed by climate, ecosystem, vegetation researchers, and species distribution modelers will be collected and analyzed to gain insight on how global and regional forces affect local biodiversity. It is anticipated that this work will facilitate interaction among a variety of research groups studying the Andes, and will provide general insight on the unique aspects of the Andean forests, the natural processes that produce and maintain life's diversity, and their conservation.


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