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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund is a significant philanthropic endowment established to provide targeted grants to individual species conservation initiatives, recognize leaders in the field of species conservation and elevate the importance of species in the broader conservation debate. To date the fund has awarded over 1600 grants to a diverse range of species across the world.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 13254964) - Chilenito - Awarded $15,000

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Chilenito (Eriosyce chilensis)
Project number 13254964
Awarded Amount: $15,000

The present study aims to explore the demographic tendencies of Eriosyce chilensis, a species distributed in an extremely narrow coastal strip in the Mediterranean zone at central Chile. To infer the demographic tendencies of E. chilensis we will conduct detailed mapping of the species distribution, filogeographic analyses and reproductive experiments. spatial, genetic and experimental tools.