Reference number : GC-2017-Q1-02358, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Fraser, Lauchlan (Thompson Rivers University), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : British Columbia|Colombie-Britannique, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Discovery Grants Program - Individual, program name french : Programme de subventions à la découverte - individuelles, program purpose english : The long-term goal of my research is to understand what controls plant diversity in grasslands and how plant diversity affects grassland ecosystem function. Considering the importance of grasslands worldwide and the stressors that affect grasslands, such as climate change, over-grazing and habitat loss, it is critical to provide information for optimal land management. The short-term goals that I propose within my Discovery Grant application are designed to determine the effects of productivity, grazing and drought on temperate grassland biodiversity and plant trait-ecosystem function relationships. A new dimension to my research will be to embed local research objectives within two international research networks, HerbDivNet and DroughtNet. I will manipulate productivity, grazing and drought on grassland ecosystems, and tease apart fine-scale and landscape patterns in herbaceous plant diversity to: (1) test how productivity affects alpha and beta diversity of grassland communities; (2) determine whether grassland type influences the relationship between plant biomass and herbaceous species richness with and without grazing; and (3) test the effects of reducing water availability through rainout shelters on temperate grassland plant communities and ecosystem-level processes., program purpose french : The long-term goal of my research is to understand what controls plant diversity in grasslands and how plant diversity affects grassland ecosystem function. Considering the importance of grasslands worldwide and the stressors that affect grasslands, such as climate change, over-grazing and habitat loss, it is critical to provide information for optimal land management. The short-term goals that I propose within my Discovery Grant application are designed to determine the effects of productivity, grazing and drought on temperate grassland biodiversity and plant trait-ecosystem function relationships. A new dimension to my research will be to embed local research objectives within two international research networks, HerbDivNet and DroughtNet. I will manipulate productivity, grazing and drought on grassland ecosystems, and tease apart fine-scale and landscape patterns in herbaceous plant diversity to: (1) test how productivity affects alpha and beta diversity of grassland communities; (2) determine whether grassland type influences the relationship between plant biomass and herbaceous species richness with and without grazing; and (3) test the effects of reducing water availability through rainout shelters on temperate grassland plant communities and ecosystem-level processes., agreement title english : Testing the effects of productivity, grazing and drought on grassland plant diversity, agreement title french : Testing the effects of productivity, grazing and drought on grassland plant diversity, agreement number : RGPIN, agreement value : 200000.0, agreement start date : 2017-05-10, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year. (2017-2018 to 2022-2023), additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier. (2017-2018 à 2022-2023), owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada