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RAPID: Extreme Weather Effects on Southern Appalachian Terrestrial Food Webs

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.

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

Project Team Members

Associate Professor

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