Cooperative Agreement F14AC00341

This $425,200 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at Arizona State University from July 2022 through June 2024 towards understanding responses to climate change and invasion vulnerability in drylands of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The research will combine geospatial techniques such as species distribution modeling with a trait-based methodology to assess amphibian species' vulnerability to...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program will fund the development of agent-based simulation models to study how climate change may impact the migratory patterns and wintering ranges of select bird and butterfly species in the south-central United States. The $147,009 award to the University of Oklahoma will support activities such as compiling data on migratory species,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) provides $108,170 to the University of Montana to evaluate threats to at-risk amphibian species in the western United States. The project aims to investigate how factors such as drought, non-native predators, habitat loss, and pathogens are impacting the distribution and abundance of priority amphibian species including the Northern Leopard Frog, Arizona Toad,...

The University of Arizona was awarded a $349,950.60 Cooperative Agreement from the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program of the U.S. Geological Survey. The goal of this 2-year project is to work with communities around the Great Salt Lake in Utah to understand their experiences with decreasing water levels and develop effective, inclusive plans for conserving lakes, saving culturally important places, and protecting public health. The project team will...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $185,346 from the U.S. Geological Survey's National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program will fund a project titled "Climate Adaptation in Northeastern Forests to Support Birds of Conservation Concern and Ecosystem Services." The project will evaluate the effectiveness of climate adaptation strategies for sustaining habitat for priority songbird and grouse species, while also quantifying associated forest carbon...

This $258,400 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program aims to quantify climate-induced range shifts in native and non-native species to inform effective management. The key activities include: Identifying high-priority areas for range shift research and management by combining biogeographical patterns with spatial connectivity analysis. Utilizing advanced methodologies to integrate...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program, supports a project titled "Mapping Ecohydrological Refugia and Linkage Areas for Headwater Ecosystems to Support Spatial Conservation Prioritization." The $140,383 award, effective from December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2027, will enable the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife to analyze and map the distribution...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $173,290 Cooperative Agreement under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program to the University of Massachusetts, who subawarded a portion to Cornell University. The purpose of this 3-year project is to forecast changes in avian biodiversity in the Northeast U.S. under projected climate and land-use change scenarios. Key activities include: Forecasting species distributions and abundances under different...

This Project Grant award for $345,619 was made by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program to Cornell University. The funding will support a 24-month collaborative research project to investigate how sea level rise and increased coastal salinization are affecting amphibian species (frogs and toads) in the Gulf and Atlantic coastal regions. The project will use an experimental approach to identify life-stage specific mortality rates from salt...

This $461,914 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) aims to understand how the evolution of frog skin has enabled them to balance oxygen uptake and water loss in response to climate change. The researchers at Cornell University will: Quantify how frog skin has evolved over the past 200 million years and in response to abiotic and biotic factors. Experimentally test anuran (frog) skin's ability to decouple respiration and water...