Jonathan Myers receives NSF grant

Jonathan A. Myers, assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received a four-year, $758,000 grant from the National Science Foundation

Jonathan A. Myers, assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received a four-year, $758,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Integrating species traits into species pools: A multi-scale approach to understanding community assembly".

The project will explore a novel mechanism to explain why species diversity often differs among ecological communities with similar environmental conditions. Myers' research team will tackle this question using a large-scale field experiment at the Tyson Research Center involving manipulations of ecophysiological traits in plant communities and a landscape-scale disturbance (prescribed fire) commonly used to restore human-altered ecosystems. The grant will also support new educational and training programs for high school students and teachers, undergraduate students, and conservation professionals focused on the ecology and restoration of local ecosystems in the Ozarks.

Read more about the project on the National Science Foundation website: 
http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1557094&HistoricalAwards=false