Project Grant 1946007

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $195,768 to Michigan State University for research titled "Redefining the Ecological Memory of Disturbance Over Multiple Temporal and Spatial Scales in Forest Ecosystems" from February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2025. The University of Massachusetts Amherst will serve as a sub-awardee, contributing novel tree-ring methodology development to infer climate and disturbance effects on forest dynamics. Specifically, the University of Massachusetts team led by Dr. Malcolm Itter will deliver two peer-reviewed journal publications and conference presentations applying their new methods. The first publication in year two will highlight tree-ring techniques, while the second in year three will apply these methods to regional New England forest data. Both awardees will collaborate toward advancing understanding of northeastern forest dynamics in response to climate and disturbance over varying scales.