The Ecosystem Science Center (ESC) is proud to announce its member seed funding awards for Spring 2022. ESC aims to advance our knowledge of the inherent complexity of social-ecological systems. Thus, ESC provides small grants to members to help develop externally supported research programs to that end.
ESC congratulates the following recipients:
- Rod Chimner, CFRES, along with Erik Lilleskov, Northern Research Station and CFRES (ESC member) and Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Michigan Tech Research Institute, for the project “Developing a mountain peatland mapping program in the Rocky Mountains.”
- Molly Cavaleri, CFRES, along with Andrew Burton, CFRES (ESC member), and Carsten Külheim, CFRES (ESC member), for the project “Acclimation of Quercus rubra root respiration across a Midwest temperature gradient.”