This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.074 Biological Sciences) provides $282,184 to New Mexico State University (NMSU) from September 2024 through August 2027. The award supports collaborative research to investigate how functional traits of species influence population and community synchrony across environmental gradients, with a focus on grassland ecosystems. The project will synthesize plant composition data, species trait data, and experimental treatments to assess the role of traits in regulating synchrony patterns. It will also support student participation and a virtual global seminar series to enhance understanding of the processes that determine ecosystem variability. This research is expected to provide insights to aid in managing ecosystems and predicting responses to future environmental changes. No subawards are planned under this grant.
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