IAI Workshop: Land Use Changes and Water Quality Conservation in the Temperate Forests of the Americas

9515178 Soto这个项目的目标是召集一个由北美和南美洲的科学家组成的跨学科小组，以促进我们对森林和水生生态系统之间的生物地质化学联系的了解(第一阶段)，并制定一项研究建议(第二阶段)，以解决土地利用对下游生态系统的影响的具体问题。这些问题跨越了传统的学科界限，需要通过新的合作安排整合来自几个研究小组的信息。主要的重点将是美洲的温带雨林，目前在北美和南美洲的西海岸占据着类似的气候和地形梯度。在这两个地区，许多地质、气候和生物模式是彼此的镜像，它们为比较研究提供了独特的背景。

9515178 Soto The goal of this project is to convene an interdisciplinary group of scientists from North and South America in order to advance our understanding of the biogeochemical linkages between forests and aquatic ecosystems (Phase I), and to develop a research proposal (Phase II) to address specific questions about the impacts of land use on downstream ecosystems. Such questions cross traditional disciplinary boundaries and require the integration of information from several research groups through new cooperative arrangements. The primary focus will be on the temperate rain forests of the Americas, presently occupying analogous climatic and topographic gradients along the western coasts of North and South America. In these two regions many geologic, climatic, and biological patterns are mirror images of one another, they provide a unique setting for comparative studies.