Appendix E
Sponsored Research at Archbold Biological Station and MacArthur Agro-ecology Research Station by Staff and Graduate Students*, 1999–2000

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David H. Anderson

• Importance of periphyton in Everglades food webs, South Florida Water Management District, 1998-1999, $50,000.
• Development of methods for analysis of invertebrate growth rates and gut contents analysis, South Florida Water Management District, 1999, $21,403.50.

• Invasion of north temperate forest soils by exotic earthworms, National Science Foundation, 1998-2002, $50,827.
• Satellite image processing / assessment of hog damage to experimental pastures / measures of belowground biomass, University of Florida, 2000, $15,400. (with Hilary M. Swain)
• Influence of cattle grazing and land use on freshwater wetlands in rangeland ecosystems, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2000-2002, $267,300.
• Kissimmee River restoration evaluation study, South Florida Water Management District, 2000-2001, $9,871.
• Best management practices for beef cattle operations, South Florida Water Management District, 1997-2002, $595,000. (with Hilary M. Swain)

• Forays and movement patterns of non-breeding Florida scrub-jays in a heterogeneous landscape, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1997-2001, $118,584.
• Maintaining a spatially-explicit database of the distribution of Florida scrub-jays and their habitat, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1998-2003, $50,000.
• Assessment and evaluation of potential red-cockaded woodpecker populations on the Ona and Pine Level mines, Central Florida Regional Planning Council, 1999, $7,300.
• Population monitoring of the red-cockaded woodpecker and Florida scrub-jay at Avon Park Air Force Range, U.S. Department of Defense, 1999-2002, $441,521.
• Timing of reproduction: nutrition-endocrine interactions in the Florida scrub-jay, National Science Foundation, 2000-2003, $49,195.

• On-site meteorological data at Archbold Biological Station, Southwest Florida Water Management District, 1999-2000, $1,860.
• Discovering Florida Scrub curriculum, Advisory Council on Environmental Education, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 1998-1999, $18,837.

• Using waterfowl to evaluate Kissimmee River restoration success, South Florida Water Management District, 1995-1999, $731,503.

• Interactions of macrobiotic soil crusts with vascular plants in a xeric shrubland, The Nature Conservancy, 1998-2001, $100,615.
• Investigate the interaction of soil crusts and four federally-listed endangered plants on the Lake Wales Ridge and try to determine if soil crusts modify seed germination, Florida Division of Forestry, 1999, $8,189.

• Habitat management at the Lake Placid Scrub Preserve, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 1999-2000, $17,500.
• Vegetation cover maps for the Carter Creek and Flamingo Villas units of the Lake Wales Ridge NWR, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1998-1999, $9,081.

• Relating genetic variation to population size and geographic variables in Nolina brittoniana, Florida Division of Forestry, 1997-1999, $20,000.
• Additional ecological monitoring and experimental research on Florida scrub endemic plants, Florida Division of Forestry, 1998-1999, $15,000.
• Effects of mechanical treatment vs. prescribed fire on listed Lake Wales Ridge plants and their habitat, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1998-2001, $46,285.
• LTREB: Long-term demography of Florida scrub plants, National Science Foundation, 1999-2003, $250,000.
• GPS/GIS mapping of listed scrub plants, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1999-2001, $13,500.
• Effects of fire and seed bank dynamics on patterns of genetic variation in Hypericum cumulicola and implications of management, Florida Division of Forestry, 1999-2000, $19,500.
• Demographic trends and effects of fire intensity on scrub buckwheat, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2000-2001, $14,245.
• Population viability analysis of two Lake Wales Ridge scrub endemic plants, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 2000-2001, $42,712.
• Genetic variation of Hypericum cumulicola populations in relation to seed bank dynamics, fire, spatial variation, and demographic changes between fires, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 2000-2001, $22,050.

• Compare the population dynamics of Hypericum cumulicola in various habitats and with different fire return intervals, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 2000-2001, $17,150.

• Research biologist support for Archbold Biological Station, 1999-2001, Archbold Charitable Trusts, $40,000.
• Computer network facilities improvement at Archbold Biological Station, National Science Foundation Field Stations and Marine Laboratories, 1997-1999, $149,989.
• Faculty Institutes for Reforming Science Teaching through Field Stations, National Science Foundation through University of Oregon, 1998-2000, $14,700.
• A new generation of integrated fire research equipment for Archbold Biological Station, National Science Foundation Field Stations and Marine Laboratories, 1998-1999, $50,000.
• Conservation and environmental education for the Florida scrub: enhancing WWW facilities at Archbold Biological Station, Elizabeth Ordway Dunn Foundation, 1998-2000, $10,000.
• NEON Workshop: National Ecological Observatory Network Workshop at Archbold Biological Station, Winter 2000, National Science Foundation, 2000-2001, $74,923.
• Classroom and laboratory improvements for Archbold Biological Station, National Science Foundation Field Stations and Marine Laboratories, 2000-2001, $125,848.
• Lake Placid Scrub cutthroatgrass restoration project, Lake June Point Development, 2000-2002, $37,851. (with T. Richard Anderson)

• Determine the genetic differences between individual clones of a species in the St. John’s wort family, Hypericum edisonianum, and map ponds containing H. edisonianum, Florida Division of Forestry, 1999-2000, $2,415.

• Restoring bahia grass pastures to native vegetation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1998-1999, $17,944.

• Continued monitoring of existing populations of federally-listed endangered plants on the Lake Wales Ridge, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 1998-1999, $2,500.
• Compare the population dynamics of Hypericum cumulicola in various habitats and with different fire return intervals, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 1999-2000, $32,500.
• Investigate the genetic composition and cross-compatibility of Ziziphus celata, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 1999-2000, $25,000.
• Demography, floral biology, and breeding system of scrub plum Prunus geniculata, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2000-2001, $19,787.
• Fire effects study of twelve federally-listed plants on the Lake Wales Ridge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1999-2001, $5,000.
• Study the recovery needs of the federally-listed Lake Wales Ridge endemic Ziziphus celata, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 2000-2001, $17,500.

• Experimental restoration of Cladonia perforata, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1999-2001, $20,000.

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