Collaborative Research: Effects of nutrient stress on a co-evolved food web (NSF proposal)
- HF-ID: HF2002-10
- Category: Research Files
- Creator:
- Ellison, A.M.
- Gotelli, Nicholas J.
- Date: December 4, 2002 to December 31, 2006
- Location: Harvard Forest
- Media: Paper
- Contents:
- NSF Proposal #'s: 0235128, 0520792 (Harvard University); NSF Proposal #: 0234710 (University of Vermont & State Agricultural College)/Project Description/Budget Plan/supplements
- 0520792,0422750. 1 file folder . 8.5 inches x 11 inches.
- Keywords: flora, carbon, nitrogen, nutrient cycling
- Abstract:
- The project is a continuation of a previous NSF-funded research. A 3-year research program is proposed to determine how a novel stressor - atmospheric deposition of nutrients - is changing the dynamics of the detritus-based food web that has co-evolved with its host, the northern pitcher-plant Sarracenia purpurea. Three null hypotheses will be tested: 1. Nigrogen derived from atmospheric sources and nitrogen derived from captured prey are used equivalently by the Sarracenia food web and by the plant itself. 2. The trajectory of assembly of the Sarracenia food web is independent of initial starting composition, habitat type, and the type of and rate at which, nutrients are supplied. 3. Host plant growth morphology is independent of food web structure and nutrient supply.
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