Planning Activities: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, late February or early March, 1994

规划活动：Hawk Mountain Sanctuary，1994 年二月底或三月初

• 批准号: 9310860
• 负责人: Keith Bildstein
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-12-15 至 1996-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9310860&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; Activities; Hawk; Mountain; Sanctuary

9310860 Bildstein, K. Established in 1934, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary is the world's oldest refuge for migratory raptors. The Sanctuary straddles the eastern most ridge of the Appalachian Mountains in eastern Pennsylvania, along an important migration corridor for 16 species of raptors. Hawk Mountain's 56-year monitoring program for migratory birds of prey has produced the longest and most complete record of raptor migration in the world. The Sanctuary's annual counts of migrating hawks and eagles have proved to be a critical resource in assessing long-term trends in raptor populations in North America. This extensive data base played a key role in exposing organochlorine pesticides as causative agents of declines in several species of predatory birds earlier this century. The Sanctuary's 890 hectares represent the largest preserve of privately-owned and protected secondary growth forest in the central Appalachians. To date, Sanctuary staff and collaborators have contributed more than 75 publications to the scientific literature. Even so, limited housing, laboratory space, and equipment have restricted use of the Sanctuary's long-term record of raptor migration, and its biotic resources by both resident staff and visiting scientists. This project will provide for site visit by consulting scientists to assist Sanctuary staff in developing plans to: (1) improve the management of the site's unique long-term data base; (2) establish a Geographic Information System (GIS); and (3) increase use of the site as a field laboratory for Appalachian ecology. ***

9310860 Bildstein，K. 鹰山保护区成立于1934年，是世界上最古老的猛禽迁徙保护区。 保护区横跨宾夕法尼亚州东部阿巴拉契亚山脉的最东山脊，沿着16种猛禽的重要迁徙走廊。 鹰山56年来对猛禽迁徙的监测计划产生了世界上最长和最完整的猛禽迁徙记录。 保护区每年对迁徙的鹰和雕的统计已被证明是评估北美猛禽种群长期趋势的关键资源。 这一广泛的数据库在揭示有机氯农药作为本世纪早期几种捕食性鸟类数量下降的病原体方面发挥了关键作用。 保护区占地890公顷，是阿巴拉契亚山脉中部最大的私有和受保护的次生森林保护区。 到目前为止，Sanctuary的工作人员和合作者已经为科学文献贡献了超过75篇出版物。 即便如此，有限的住房、实验室空间和设备限制了保护区长期记录猛禽迁徙的记录，以及常驻工作人员和访问科学家对保护区生物资源的使用。 该项目将为顾问科学家提供实地考察，以协助保护区工作人员制定计划：（1）改善对该遗址独特的长期数据库的管理;（2）建立地理信息系统;（3）增加该遗址作为阿巴拉契亚生态学实地实验室的使用。 ***