OpportunityTitle: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Lakes Northern Forests CESU
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.  CESU&#226;&#191;&#191;s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education.  Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Lakes Northern Forests Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.
Description: The US Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK), is offering a funding opportunity to analyze fecal pellets of American pikas collected from various locations from across the western USA to estimate approximate age. Quantitatively estimating the pellets&#226;&#191;&#191; antiquity will indicate when pika last occupied various talus patches will ideally allow collectively to temporally define how pika distributions have shifted spatially over time. Ideally, to develop databases of pika habitat range, occupancy, and pellet ages, as well as integrating these various datasets to attempt an understanding of pikas&#226;&#191;&#191; distributional change. Also to prepare maps using data prepared from aging the fecal pellets and estimating pika distribution and compare it to maps of past pika distribution. The fecal pellets should be analyzed using radiocarbon analysis and reported date ranges should be made with 95% confidence intervals and take into account the analytical error associated with each measurement
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Contract Specialist
GrantorContactText: Faith Graves 703-648-7356&lt;br/&gt;fgraves@usgs.gov&lt;br/&gt;