International Conference on Evolutionary Ecology of TropicalHerbivores: Campinas, Brazil, March 27 to April 2, 1988

该奖项支持将于1988年3月27日至4月2日在巴西坎皮纳斯举行的热带食草动物进化生态学会议。本届世界杯将由巴西坎皮纳斯大学的伍德拉夫·w·本森和托马斯·m·莱温森主持。演讲者代表了在植物-食草动物相互作用方面工作的顶尖人士，尽管并不都是在热带系统，他们将其他领域的知识应用于热带系统是一个加分项。这次会议对巴西来说是一个很好的话题，将改善美国和巴西之间的沟通。坎皮纳斯是举办这种会议的最佳大学。随着国际社会对热带生态系统丧失的关注，这次会议提供了一个理想的机会，让拥有一些最大的热带生态系统的国家的人们与那些一直在概念上思考这种系统的科学家之间进行交流。现在迫切需要改善美国和巴西科学家之间的交流。建议特别支持促进信息交流和未来的美国/巴西合作。

This award supports a Conference on Evolutionary Ecology of Tropical Herbivores to be held in Campinas, Brazil from March 27 to April 2, 1988. It will be hosted by the Brazilian counterparts Woodruff W. Benson and Thomas M. Lewinsohn of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas. The speakers represent the top people working in plant-herbivore interactions although not all in tropical systems, a plus in bringing knowledge from other areas to application to the tropical system. The meeting is on an excellent topic for Brazil and will improve communications between the U.S. and Brazil. Campinas is the best university to host such a meeting. With international concern for the loss of tropical ecosystems, this meeting represents an ideal opportunity for cross-fertilization between those in a country containing some of the largest such ecosystems and those scientists who have been thinking about such systems conceptually. There is an urgent need to improve communications between U.S. and Brazilian scientists. Support is recommended particularly for promoting information exchange and future U.S./Brazil collaboration.