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News Release 13-167
NSF grants foster new understanding of biological systems on regional to continental scales
Macrosystems biology awards support predictive understanding of large-scale biological responses to climate, land-use change
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NSF MSB grantees will study forest management and Earth system modeling, from stand to continent.
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MSB awardees are quantifying extinction risks for amphibians, lizards, fish and plants.
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Leaves, canopies, regions, and how they're affected by temperatures: the subject of an MSB award.
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MSB scientists are investigating peatland methane from local to regional to continental scales.
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Modeling how birds respond to climate change is the subject of an MSB award.
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The influence of time and space scales on host-parasite interactions is an MSB grant topic.
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