This funding supports research to quantify current status and trends of North American amphibian populations and assess management outcomes. Funded activities include model development for a national amphibian disease study, prototyping dynamic integrated distribution models, and developing decision tools for endangered amphibian management on DOI lands. Collaboration with USGS Eastern Ecological Research Center and Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative is required.
Applicants must be participating partners of the Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). Eligibility is limited to CESU partners.
