Bodega Marine Reserve: Grid System, Microclimate Stations, Avian Research Laboratory

博德加海洋实验室(BML)是加州大学的一个研究单位，位于加州大学自然保护区系统的一部分，占地326英亩的多栖息地生态保护区。在过去的20年里，来自整个加州大学系统和世界其他地方的研究人员一直在BML从事陆地和海洋研究课题。加州大学戴维斯分校目前正在履行一项重大的持续承诺，即在建设新设施和招聘新的教职员工和支持人员方面为BML提供支持。此外，自然保护区系统正在大幅增加对BML的支持。因此，利用保护区陆地部分的现有和拟议研究项目的数量显著增加。这项提议将促进BML的三项活动：建立一个调查、永久标记和照片绘制的标准化网格系统；开发和扩建便携式小气候数据记录仪监测站；以及翻新和扩建一个鸟类研究实验室。这些改进将促进植物和昆虫群落生态学、植物生理生态学和生态遗传学、鸟类生态学、竞争和植物与昆虫相互作用的研究。

The Bodega Marine Laboratory (BML), a research unit of the University of California, is situated on a 326 acre multi-habitat ecological reserve, part of the UC Natural Reserve System. For the past 20 years, researchers from throughout the UC system and elsewhere around the world have worked at BML on terrestrial and marine research topics. UC Davis is currently carrying out a major continuing commitment of support for BML both in terms of construction of new facilities and recruitment of new faculty and support staff. In addition, the Natural Reserve System is substantially increasing its support of BML. As a result, the number of current and proposed research projects utilizing the terrestrial portions of the Reserve has increased significantly. This proposal will facilitate three activities at BML: establishment of a surveyed, permanently marked and photo-mapped, standardized grid system; development and expansion of portable, microclimate datalogger monitoring stations; and renovation and expansion of an avian research laboratory. These improvements will facilitate studies of plant and insect community ecology, physiological ecology and ecological genetics of plants, avian ecology, competition, and plant-insect interactions.