Global Change and Actic Terrestrial Ecosystem: A Post- Conference Publication

该提案的资金将用于完成会议后的活动，包括出版关于全球变化和北极陆地生态系统的特邀演讲集。国际会议于1993年8月21日至26日在挪威奥普达尔举行。自20世纪70年代初国际生物学计划停止以来，北极研究界一直没有保持一个积极有效的会议和交流系统。这次会议代表了20年来第一次针对北极陆地生态系统的全球会议，也是一次真正难得的机会，让俄罗斯和西方科学家都参加了一次大型公开会议，以评估气候变化对北极冻土带的潜在影响和相关反馈。会议的主要目标是促进北极系统科学家之间的国际合作、协作和思想交流。这本拟议的书预计将是对目前关于全球变化对北极生态系统的预期影响的知识状况的权威评估。预计会议将为继续整合和评估与全球变化有关的北极研究奠定基础。

Funds for the proposal will be used for completion of post-conference activities, including publication of a volume of invited presentations on Global Change and Arctic Terrestrial Ecosystems. The international conference was held on August 21-26, 1993 in Oppdal, Norway. Since the cessation of the International Biological Program of the early 1970's, the arctic reqearch community has not maintained an active and effective system of meetings and communication. This meeting represented the first global conference directed towards arctic terrestrial ecosystems in 20 years, and was a truly rare opportunity for a large, open meeting, involving both Russian and western scientists, to evaluate the potential effects and associated feedbacks of climate change on the arctic tundra. The main goal of the conference was to foster international cooperation, collaboration, and the exchange of ideas among arctic systems scientists. The proposed book is expected to be an authoritative evaluation of the current state of knowledge regarding the anticipated effects of global change on arctic ecosystems. It is anticipated that the proceedings of the meeting will lay the foundation for continued integration and evaluation of arctic research in relation to global change.