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Using Interdisciplinary Research to Reconcile Social and Biological Needs in an Endangered Ecosystem
IGERT students conducting work in the Palouse prairie
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IGERT students Yaniria Sanchez de Leon, Chris Looney and Thor Hanson and undergraduate Ben Caldwell conducting research in the Palouse prairie. With NSF-IGERT funding, students at the University of Idaho have made important contributions to understanding the social and biological dimensions of efforts to preserve the remaining remnants of a native prairie ecosystem.
Credits: University of Idaho