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News Release 13-167
NSF grants foster new understanding of biological systems on regional to continental scales
Macrosystems biology awards support predictive understanding of large-scale biological responses to climate, land-use change
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![Photo of a pine forest](/news/mmg/media/images/09272008_brightonut_69bdf6a8-72c3-483f-81b1-2dc0b68e0065_f.jpg)
NSF MSB grantees will study forest management and Earth system modeling, from stand to continent.
Credit: USFS
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![Photo of different kinds of frogs](/news/mmg/media/images/amphibians decline USFWS spring-2010-jewels1_f.jpg)
MSB awardees are quantifying extinction risks for amphibians, lizards, fish and plants.
Credit: USFWS
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![Photo of trees in a forest](/news/mmg/media/images/Canopy_f.jpg)
Leaves, canopies, regions, and how they're affected by temperatures: the subject of an MSB award.
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![peatland methane on local field](/news/mmg/media/images/Peatland MerBleueBog2_f.jpg)
MSB scientists are investigating peatland methane from local to regional to continental scales.
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![Photo of bird with fish in its beak](/news/mmg/media/images/HawWhiteTernCreditCCornettUSFWS-lg_f.jpg)
Modeling how birds respond to climate change is the subject of an MSB award.
Credit: USFWS
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![Illustration showing a diseased frog and various parasites](/news/mmg/media/images/USGS amphibian parasites Malformed-chorus-frog_f.jpg)
The influence of time and space scales on host-parasite interactions is an MSB grant topic.
Credit: USGS
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