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ORCC: Interindividual variation in acclimatization capacity as a facilitator of population — NSF Award to University of Massachuse

Understanding how animals respond to temperature change is of increasing importance as climates become more variable and extreme weather events increase in frequency. Yet much debate exists about whether species will be able to respond to global change – and if so, how will they do it? Many animals living in temperate

Award titleORCC: Interindividual variation in acclimatization capacity as a facilitator of population
Award ID2413018
AwardeeUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
CityAMHERST
StateMA
Amount obligated$1,652,146
Principal investigatorMaria Stager
ProgramORCC-Organism Resp Clim Change
Start date07/01/2024
AbstractUnderstanding how animals respond to temperature change is of increasing importance as climates become more variable and extreme weather events increase in frequency. Yet much debate exists about whether species will be able to respond to global change – and if so, how will they do it? Many animals living in temperate climates, like those across the northern U.S., already harbor the capacity to cope with temperature changes: they do so every time the seasons turn, and they even do so on shorter
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