Ian Carroll

Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara

Title of Project: Can the neutral theory of biodiversity explain species diversity in streams?

Award Amount: $2,000.00

Bruce Hammock

Graduate Group in Ecology, University of California, Davis

Title of Project: An investigation of the causes of invertebrate drift periodicity.

Award Amount:  $2000.00

Amy Concilio

Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

Title of Project: Effects of changing climatic and edaphic conditions on ecosystem invasibility in the eastern Sierra Nevada.

Award Amount:  $1128.00

Kristy Deiner

Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis

Title of Project: Determining effects of chemical removal of non-native trout on non-target species in alpine lake communities in Sequoia National Park.

Award Amount:  $2500.00

Sarah Dalrymple

Evolution & Ecology (Population Biology Graduate Group), University of California, Davis

Title of Project: A novel ant behavior in pine forests: its function, its effect on trees, and the role of fire in this interaction.

Award Amount:  $1000.00

Margie DeRose

Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside

Title of Project: Age Constraints for the Casa Diablo Till, Eastern Sierra Nevada, California.

Award Amount: $1000.00

Genevieve Walden

Department of Biology, Ecology and Systematics Masters Program, San Francisco State University  

Title of Project: Phylogenetic analysis of sectional and species level relationships within Phacelia (Boraginaceae) inferred from chloroplast ndhF and nuclear rITS sequence data.

Award Amount:  $2000.00