Workshop on Food Webs: Integration of Patterns and Dynamics;September 12-15, 1993; Ft. Collins, CO

将举办一次讲习班，评估食物网研究作为社区和生态系统生态学综合范例的作用。会议将遵循研讨会/研讨会的形式：32名科学家将提交论文，预计将有5-10人参加。被邀请的参与者来自美国、加拿大和欧洲，其中包括从事食物网理论和经验方面工作的人。研讨会的主要目标包括：(1)界定食物网研究的最新水平，(2)利用各种方法，在不同的组织和复杂性水平上探索食物网研究的共性，(3)改进食物网理论与群落生态学中其他理论机构的整合，(4)对经验性食物网研究中的现有方法进行批判性评估，以及(5)审查食物网方法在资源管理和农业方面的局限性和潜力。讲习班参与者将作出特别努力(1)找出当前食物网理论和实证方法中的主要不足之处，(2)构建解决这些不足的指导方针，以及(3)促进更多的合作研究。一本编辑过的多作者书籍将由查普曼和霍尔出版社出版。这次会议是一个重要和及时的论坛，讨论和传播关于实证和理论食物网络研究的信息。从其他来源收到了额外的资金，使这次讲习班具有成本效益。

A workshop will be held to evaluate the role of food web research as an integrative paradigm in community and ecosystems ecology. The meeting will follow a symposium/workshop format: 32 scientists will present papers with an anticipated 5-10 additional people attending. Invited participants are from the United States, Canada, and Europe, and include people working on theoretical and empirical aspects of food webs. The primary objectives of the workshop include: (1) to define the state of the art in food web research, (2) to explore commonalities in food web research using a variety of approaches and at different levels of organization and complexity, (3) to improve the integration of food web theory with other bodies of theory in community ecology, (4) to critically evaluate existing methodology in empirical food web research, and (5) to review the limitations and potential of food web approaches for resource management and agriculture. Workshop participants will make special efforts (1) to identify major areas of deficiency in the current body of food web theory and in empirical methodology, (2) to construct guidelines to address such deficiencies, and (3) to stimulate greater collaborative research. An edited multiple-authored book will be published by Chapman and Hall Publishers. %%% This conference is an important and timely forum for discussion and dissemination of information on empirical and theoretical food web research. Additional funds have been received from other sources making this a cost-effective workshop.