An Adirondack wetland
NYS Biodiversity Research Institute :: Biodiversity Grants Program

Fiscal Year 2005–2006

Title: A List of the Insects of New York
Principal Investigators: Sam Adams (The Olive Natural History Society Inc.) and Timothy McCabe (New York State Museum)

Title: Application of Inventory Data for Developing a Comprehensive Wildlife Monitoring Plan for New York
Principal Investigator: Milo Richmond (New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit)

Title: Audubon Enhancement of the New York Dragonfly and Damselfly Survey
Principal Investigators: Richard Haley (Audubon New York) and Andrew Mackie (Audubon New York)

Title: Biodiversity of Freshwater Algae in New York Rivers: An Ecological and Biogeographic Assessment
Principal Investigator: John D. Wehr (Louis Calder Center — Biological Station, Fordham University)

Title: Bog Turtles in the Prairie Peninsula/Lake Plain Recovery Unit of New York State
Principal Investigator: Peter Rosenbaum (SUNY Oswego)

Title: Development of a Field Guide to the Common Mosses of New York State
Principal Investigators: Robin Kimmerer (SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry) and Donald J. Leopold (SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry)

Title: Development of Interactive Keys of New York State’s Woody Plants with Professional and Educational Applications
Principal Investigators: Gerry Moore (Brooklyn Botanic Garden), Steve Glenn (Brooklyn Botanic Garden), and Jinshuang Ma (Brooklyn Botanic Garden)

Title: Distribution, Abundance, and Ecology of Round-leaved Orchids in New York State
Principal Investigator: Donald Leopold (SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry)

Title: Effects of Amphibian Predation on Forest Floor Biodiversity and Decomposition
Principal Investigator: Richard Wyman (Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve Inc.)

Title: Evaluation of Invasive Plant Impacts on Larval Amphibian Performance and Diversity
Principal Investigator: Bernd Blossey (Cornell University)

Title: Field Guide to the Land Snails of New York State Proposal
Principal Investigator: Ken Hotopp (Appalachian Conservation Biology)

Title: Habitat Management for Conservation of Inland Barrens Buck Moth in the Albany Pine Bush
Principal Investigators: Dylan Parry (SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry) and Neil A. Gifford (The Nature Conservancy — Albany Pine Bush Preserve)

Title: IBA conservation: Developing Outreach Products and Establishing a Monitoring Framework for New York State
Principal Investigators: Jillian Liner (Audubon New York) and Michael Burger (Audubon New York)

Title: Impacts of Invasive Wetland Plants on New York State’s Amphibians
Principal Investigators: James Gibbs (SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry) and Nancy Karraker (SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry)

Title: Northeastern Mosses, A Graphic Guide
Principal Investigator: Jerry Jenkins (White Creek Field School)

Title: The Amphibians and Reptiles of New York State: A Natural History and Conservation Guide
Principal Investigator: Peter Prescott (Oxford University Press)

Title: The Effect of Anthropogenic Barriers on the Population Genetic Structure of Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus)
Principal Investigator: Harry Greene (Cornell University)

Title: The Effects of Acid and Mercury Deposition on Forest-breeding Terrestrial Bird Diversity in New York
Principal Investigators: Kenneth Rosenberg (Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology) and Ralph Hames (Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology)

Title: Updating the Rare Moss List for New York State: Ecological Community and Species-centered Approaches
Principal Investigators: Natalie Cleavitt (Cornell University), Nancy Slack (Russell Sage College), and Susan Williams (Independent bryophyte consultant)

Title: Vouchered Floras of Underreported Counties of New York State
Principal Investigator: Donna Vogler (SUNY College at Oneonta)

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