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Through synthesis research, our working groups make big-picture discoveries in both basic and applied ecology and environmental science. Their big insights advance scientific knowledge and help solve complex questions and challenges about the natural world.

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Fungal pathogens and disease-induced extinction: Are fungal diseases different?

Principal Investigator(s): Jamie Voyles, Cheryl J. Briggs, Auston M. Kilpatrick
Completed
Synthesizing top-down and bottom-up approaches to ecological energetics

Principal Investigator(s): Jane Shevtsov
Completed
Dance with neighbors: What have we learned about species coexistence in tree communities from the global stem-mapped forest plots

Principal Investigator(s): Fangliang He, Richard Condit, Stephen P. Hubbell, Thorsten Wiegand
Completed
A standard assessment framework for ecosystem services

Principal Investigator(s): Dean Urban, Patrick Comer, Lydia P. Olander
Completed
Developing comprehensive management models for marine mammals

Principal Investigator(s): Leah R. Gerber
Completed
When is a mutualist a cheater? A synthesis of conceptual and data-based perspectives on the causes and consequences of variation in mutualist quality

Principal Investigator(s): Emily I. Jones, Maren L. Friesen
Completed
Establishing an open-source animal-tracking analysis platform for archival geolocators

Principal Investigator(s): Eli S. Bridge, Eldar Rakhimberdiev, Nathaniel E. Seavy, David W. Winkler
Completed
Synthesizing theory and databases to advance a general framework for how warming affects trophic interactions

Principal Investigator(s): Mary I. O'Connor, Hamish S. Greig
Completed
Global impacts of climate change on kelp forest ecosystems

Principal Investigator(s): Jarrett E. Byrnes, Sean D. Connell, Mark Novak
Completed
Synthesizing frontiers in modeling drought- and insect-induced tree mortality with climate change

Principal Investigator(s): William R. L. Anderegg, Rosie A. Fisher, Jeffrey A. Hicke
Completed