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Current Projects

Principal Investigator

Mathew Leibold (University of Texas)

Project Title

Evolution in pond metacommunities

Funding Source

National Science Foundation (Award #0717370)

Timeframe

2008 - 2010 (Summers)


Principal Investigator

Sigrid Smith (University of Illinois@Urbana-Champaign)

Project Title

Dissertation Research: Existence and controls of alternative stable states in pond producer communities

Funding Source

National Science Foundation (Award #0709578)

Timeframe

2007 - 2009

Co-Investigator

Carla Caceres (University of Illinois@Urbana-Champaign)


Principal Investigator

Ron Gehl (Michigan State University/Crop & Soil Sciences)

Project Title

Comparison of nitrous oxide fluxes
Funding Source Electric Power Research Institute
Timeframe 2007 - 2009

Principal Investigator

Todd Lickfett (Central Michigan University)

Project Title

Identification and persistence of influenza A viruses in lower-peninsula Michigan stopover sites

Timeframe

2007 - 2008


Principal Investigator Steve Malcomb (Western Michigan University)
Project Title Behavioral response of white tail deer to specific corn varieties
Timeframe 2007
Co-Investigator Andrea Kryger (Western Michigan University)

Principal Investigator Kevin Pangle (Michigan State University/Fisheries & Wildlife)
Project Title Evolutionary changes in zooplankton behavior caused by the invasive predator Bythotrephes
Timeframe 2007

Principal Investigator

Carla Caceres (University of Illinois@Urbana-Champaign)

Project Title

Collaborative Research: Community ecology of disease: control of epidemics by species interactions

Funding Source

National Science Foundation (Award #0614316)

Timeframe

2006 - 2008 (Summers)


Principal Investigator

Spencer Hall (Indiana University)

Project Title

Collaborative Research: Community ecology of disease: control of epidemics by species interactions

Funding Source

National Science Foundation (Award #0613510)

Timeframe

2006 - 2009

Co-Investigator

Claes Becker (Indiana University)


Principal Investigator Gregory Dwyer (University of Chicago)
Project Title Mechanisms of disease transmission, variability in host susceptibility, and forest defoliator outbreaks
Funding Source National Science Foundation (Award #0516327)
Timeframe 2005 - 2008 (Summers)
Co-Investigators Bret Elderd, Elizabeth Eakins

Principal Investigator

Alan Tessier (National Science Foundation, formerly of Michigan State University/KBS)

Project Title

Collaborative Research: Physical limnology for the parasite ecologist

Funding Source

National Science Foundation (Award #0235119)

Timeframe

2003 - 2008

Co-Investigators Gary Mittelbach (Michigan State University/KBS)

Principal Investigator

Carla Caceres (University of Illinois@Urbana-Champaign)

Project Title

Collaborative Research: Physical limnology for the parasite ecologist

Funding Source

National Science Foundation (Award #0235039)

Timeframe

2003 - 2007


Principal Investigator

Alan Tessier (National Science Foundation, formerly of Michigan State University/KBS)

Project Title

Collaborative Research: Adaptation of daphniids to digestion resistant resources

Funding Source

National Science Foundation (Award #0235118)

Timeframe

2003 - 2008

Co-Investigators

Stephen Hamilton (KBS/Michigan State University)


Principal Investigator Richard Triemer (Michigan State University/Plant Biology)
Project title

 

PEET: The Euglenoid Project II: Restructuring Phylogeny and Taxonomy

Funding Source National Science Foundation (Award #0329799)
Timeframe 2002 - 2008 (Summers)
Co-Investigators Woonghi Shin, Eric Linton, Abe Nudelman, Matthew Bennett


Past Projects

Principal Investigators

Mathew Leibold (University of Texas)

Amy Downing (Ohio Wesleyan)

Project Title

Collaborative Research: Compensatory VS Amplifying Effects of Community Structure on Ecological Systems in Response to Environmental Fluctuations

Funding Source

National Science Foundation (Award #0235579)

Timeframe

2003 - 2006

Co-Investigators

Jennifer Howeth, Kristen DeVanna, Elizabeth Perrin, Adrienne Mock, Thomas Conrad


Researcher

Robert Ricklefs (University of Missouri @ St. Louis)

Project Title

IRCEB: The Life History-Physiology Nexus--Constraints on the Evolutionary Diversification of Avian Life Histories

Funding Source

National Science Foundation (Award #0212587)

Timeframe

2003 - 2005 (Summers)

Co-Investigators

Suzanne Austin-Bythell (Oregon State University)

Kirk Klasing (University of California @ Davis)

Doug Robinson (Oregon State University)

Tara Robinson (Oregon State University)

Russell Shea (Randolph Macon College)

Martin Wikelski (Princeton University)


Researcher

Stefan Luepold (University of Sheffield, UK)

Project Title

Sperm quality and reproductive success in redwinged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Timeframe

2004 - 2006 (Summers)


Researcher

Carla Caceres (University of Illinois@Urbana-Champaign)

Project Title

FIBR: Causes and Consequences of Recombination

Funding Source

National Science Foundation (Award # 0328516)

Timeframe

2003 - 2008 (Springs)


Researcher

Sally MacIntyre (University of California @ Santa Barbara)

Project Title

Collaborative research: Physical limnology for the parasite ecologist

Funding Source

National Science Foundation (Award #)

Timeframe

2003 - 2006 (Summers)

Co-Investigators

Carla Caceres, Marianne Huebner


Researcher

William DeMott (Purdue University)

Project Title

Collaborative Research: Adaptation of daphniid to digestion resistant resources

Funding Source

National Science Foundation (Award #0235474)

Timeframe

2003 - 2006


Researcher

Heather Reynolds (Indiana University)

Project Title

Collaborative Research: Testing the role of resource heterogeneity and clonal plant integration on plant diversity in grasslands

Funding Source

National Science Foundation (Award #0235767)

Timeframe

2003 - 2007

Co-Investigators

Kay Gross (Michigan State University/KBS)

Gary Mittelbach (Michigan State University/KBS)


Researcher William DeMott (Purdue University)
Project Title RUI: Food quality gradients and exploitation tradeoffs for zooplankton in freshwater lakes
Funding Source National Science Foundation (Award #9983383)
Timeframe 2000 - 2002

Researcher Gregory Dwyer (University of Chicago)
Project Title The role of host-pathogen coevolution in the population dynamics of an insect-virus interaction
Funding Source National Science Foundation (Award #0075461)
Timeframe 2000 - 2003

Researcher Carla Caceres (University of Illinois @ Urbanna-Champaign
Project Title Collaborative Research: Diapausing eggs and the dynamics of plankton communities
Funding Source National Science Foundation (Award #9816047)
Timeframe 1999 - 2002

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