Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biosciences Related to the Environment

与环境相关的生物科学博士后研究奖学金

• 批准号: 9627133
• 负责人: Eric Berlow
• 金额: $ 8万
• 依托单位: OR Fellowships
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-09-01 至 1998-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9627133&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Postdoctoral; Research; Fellowship; Biosciences; Related

This action funds a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biosciences Related to the Environment for 1996. The fellowship supports research and training in the area of ecology. Ecological diversity in the montane meadows of the Sierra Nevada altered by livestock grazing is being studied to determine the causes and consequences of spatial variation in the re-establishment of native graminoid species. A rule-based model will incorporate site-specific, qualitative, and anecdotal information to predict shrub- graminoid dyanamics at a given site. A series of field experiments will investigate the interplay between causal processes regulating graminoid recovery and physical conditions, such as water availability, known to be important in determining ecological parameters. This study bridges the gap between ecology and resource management by combining quantitative and qualitative knowledge to determine the information necessary to evaluate the ecological consequences of alternative management options.

这项行动资助了 1996 年国家科学基金会与环境相关的生物科学博士后研究奖学金。该奖学金支持生态学领域的研究和培训。 目前正在研究因牲畜放牧而改变的内华达山脉山地草甸的生态多样性，以确定本土禾本科物种重建过程中空间变化的原因和后果。 基于规则的模型将结合特定地点的定性和轶事信息来预测给定地点的灌木禾本科动态。 一系列现场实验将研究调节禾本科植物恢复的因果过程与物理条件（例如水的可用性）之间的相互作用，已知这对于确定生态参数很重要。 这项研究通过结合定量和定性知识来确定评估替代管理方案的生态后果所需的信息，从而弥合了生态学和资源管理之间的差距。