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News Release 17-090

NSF awards $14.7 million for research to deepen understanding of Earth’s biodiversity

Topics range from the role of symbiotic bacteria in agriculture to peatmosses as ecosystem engineers

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NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity grantees will study Campbell Lake and nearby peatlands in Alaska.

NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity grantees will study Campbell Lake and nearby peatlands in Alaska.

Credit: A. Jonathan Shaw, D.J. Weston, Duke University


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Inbred seed lines of strigose bird's-foot trefoil are being studied in this California greenhouse.

Inbred seed lines of strigose bird's-foot trefoil are being studied in this California greenhouse.

Credit: Joel Sachs, University of California at Riverside


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Euglossine bees, shown here, are common pollinators of spiral ginger plants in the Neotropics.

Euglossine bees, shown here, are common pollinators of spiral ginger plants in the Neotropics.

Credit: Santiago Ramirez, University of California at Davis


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False color scanning electron micrograph of nectar-inhabiting yeast on a sticky monkey flower.

False color scanning electron micrograph of nectar-inhabiting yeast on a sticky monkey flower.

Credit: Manpreet Dhami, Stanford University


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Undergraduate researcher Brelahn Wyatt/University of Alabama collects fly larvae for an assay.

Undergraduate researcher Brelahn Wyatt/University of Alabama collects fly larvae for an assay.

Credit: Clare Scott Chialvo, University of Alabama


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Dimensions of Biodiversity researchers are studying a soil fungus in culture on malt extract agar.

Dimensions of Biodiversity researchers are studying a soil fungus in culture on malt extract agar.

Credit: Gregory Bonito, Michigan State University


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