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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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Ecotoxicology of the gulf oil spill: A holistic framework for assessing impacts

Principal Investigator(s): Sean S. Anderson, Gary Cherr, Charles H. Peterson
Completed
Ocean Health Index

Principal Investigator(s): Benjamin S. Halpern
Active
A synthesis of patterns, analyses, and mechanisms of beta-diversity along ecological gradients

Principal Investigator(s): Jonathan M. Chase, Amy L. Freestone, Nathan J. Sanders
Completed
DataONE: Observation Network for Earth

Principal Investigator(s): Matthew B. Jones, Stephanie E. Hampton
Active
Evaluating responses of freshwater ecosystems to experimental water management

Principal Investigator(s): Christopher P. Konrad, Julian D. Olden
Completed
Pyrogeography - fire's place in earth system science

Principal Investigator(s): David Bowman, Jennifer K. Balch
Completed
Integrated history and future of people on Earth (IHOPE): Building a community data base and testing the resilience - sustainability hypothesis across scales

Principal Investigator(s): Robert Costanza, Lisa J. Graumlich, Sander E. van der Leeuw
Completed
Developing an integrated botanical information network to investigate the ecological impacts of global climate change on plant biodiversity

Principal Investigator(s): Brian J. Enquist, Brad Boyle, Richard Condit, Steven Dolins, Robert K. Peet
Completed
INTEROP: A Community-driven scientific observations network to achieve interoperability of environmental and ecological data

Principal Investigator(s): Mark P. Schildhauer, Shawn Bowers, Philip Dibner, Corinna Gries, Deborah McGuinness
Completed
Risk assessment for climate change and forest pathogens in western North America

Principal Investigator(s): Erica Fleishman, Susan Frankel
Completed