This project investigates the impact of Hurricane Helene on salamander diversity and abundance and food web stability and resilience at intermediate elevations in Western North Carolina and East Tennessee. Extreme disturbances, such as Hurricane Helene, create the opportunity to examine how temporal and spatial changes in landscape heterogeneity can produce variability in food web metrics.
RAPID: Extreme Weather Effects on Southern Appalachian Terrestrial Food Webs
February 15, 2025
– January 31, 2026
Project Details
Funded by National Science Foundation (NSF)
(External Funding)
Administrative Unit
Southern Appalachian Environmental Research and Education Center (SAEREC)
Research Theme
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