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Pollinator ResearchChristopher Cosma

2022 The Garden Club of America Board of Associates Centennial Pollinator Fellowship

Beyond the Yucca Moth: The Composition, Structure, and Climate-Change Sensitivity of Moth Pollen-Transport Networks in the Southwest

Cosma’s research will explore moth pollentransport networks along an elevational gradient in southern California. Extending the traditional focus on highly specialized moth-pollination interactions to the community level, Cosma will combine field sampling with advanced molecular techniques to uncover nocturnal mothpollen transport. Cosma’s research will use the natural experiment provided by an elevational gradient to inform predictions about how plant and insect communities will fare in the Southwest’s rapidly changing climate.

The Garden Club of America Board of Associates Centennial Pollinator Fellowship

To provide funding to study the causes of pollinator decline, in particular bees, bats, butterflies, and moths, which could lead to potential solutions for their conservation and sustainability.

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The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

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The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

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The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

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