SGER: RUI: Collaborative: Mechanisms of Communities Re-Assembly After a Catastrophic Fire
- HF-ID: HF2002-40
- Category: Research Files
- Creator:
- Ellison, A.M.
- Sanders, Nathan J.
- Jules, Erik S.
- Foster, D.R.
- Date: December 1, 2002 to November 30, 2003
- Location: Oregon, California
- Media: Paper
- Contents:
- Proposal W/NSF. 1 file folder. 8.5 inches x 11 inches.
- Keywords: ants, communities, disturbance, ecology, fires, vegetation
- Abstract:
- The project will test the hypothesis that facilitation by ants shapes community reassembly in Darlingtonia fens after major natural disturbances. The Biscuit Fire that burned in southern Oregon and northern California in the summer 2002 presents us with a unique opportunity to test a novel hypothesis in community ecology in two important ways. 1. co-PI's have preliminary data on both plant and ant community structure. 2. The fire created a mosaic of replicated burned and un-burned fens. This will allow us to perform a replicated experimental study, which is rare in studies of community reassembly following fires. A 2x2 experiment will be performed with ant presence/absence and burn/unburned as the treatment effects.
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