Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Lakes Northern Forests CESU

Post Date

April 7th 2016

Application Due Date

April 22nd 2016

Funding Opportunity Number

G16AS00051

CFDA Number(s)

15.808

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESUДккs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Lakes Northern Forests Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $6051

• Award Range:

  $0 - $6051

Grant Description

The US Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK), is offering a funding opportunity to analyze fecal pellets of American pikas collected from various locations from across the western USA to estimate approximate age. Quantitatively estimating the pelletsДкк antiquity will indicate when pika last occupied various talus patches will ideally allow collectively to temporally define how pika distributions have shifted spatially over time. Ideally, to develop databases of pika habitat range, occupancy, and pellet ages, as well as integrating these various datasets to attempt an understanding of pikasДкк distributional change. Also to prepare maps using data prepared from aging the fecal pellets and estimating pika distribution and compare it to maps of past pika distribution. The fecal pellets should be analyzed using radiocarbon analysis and reported date ranges should be made with 95% confidence intervals and take into account the analytical error associated with each measurement

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Geological Survey

• Agency Contact:

  Faith Graves 703-648-7356
  fgraves@usgs.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Contract Specialist

• Agency Email Address:

  fgraves@usgs.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov/