CRB: Workshop on Developing the Conceptual Basis for Restoration Biology, to be held in Santa Barbara on April 19-21, 1996

9628763艾伦将召开一次研讨会，以提高生态恢复的科学基础。恢复生物学领域正在迅速发展，需要更强的概念基础。恢复可以被认为是理解生态系统功能的实验工具，但恢复生态学所能做出的贡献的承诺还没有实现。全国有成千上万的修复项目，有很多机会对已经准备好的遗址进行修复研究。然而，研究人员合作的这些项目的数量仍然相对较少。研讨会的目标是鼓励更多的科学家撰写高质量的提案，加强恢复研究的概念基础，并发展科学家和从业人员之间的联系。一个主要的主题是将恢复的重点从轶事转向科学方法。为期两天的研讨会将分层次组织，讨论生物，社区，生态系统和景观水平的问题有关的恢复。该研讨会将确定是否有概念上的挑战，恢复是独特的恢复生物学。一个特别强调的领域将是建立从业者和理论家之间的伙伴关系，以改善恢复生物学的实践和研究。 这次研讨会的主题是及时和重要的。研讨会的成果将是向NSF提交的一份关于提高和改善恢复导向提案质量的机制的报告，以及一套出版的论文，以扩大研讨会上讨论的主题。

9628763 Allen A workshop will be convened to improve the scientific basis of ecological restoration. The field of restoration biology is growing rapidly and is in need of a stronger conceptual basis. Restoration may be considered an experimental tool for understanding functioning of ecological systems, but the promise of the contribution restoration ecology can make has not been fulfilled. There are literally thousands of restoration projects throughout the country, with many opportunities for restoration research on already-prepared sites. However, the number of these projects in which researchers collaborate remains relatively small. The goals of the workshop are to encourage more scientists to write high quality proposals, enhance the conceptual basis of restoration research, and develop linkages between scientists and practitioners. A major theme is changing the emphasis in restoration from an anecdotal to a scientific approach. A two-day workshop will be organized hierarchically to discuss organismal, community, ecosystem, and landscape level issues relevant o restoration. The workshop will determine if there are conceptual challenges to restoration that are unique to restoration biology. A special area of emphasis will be building partnerships between practitioners and theorists to improve the practice and research in restoration biology. The topic of this workshop is timely and important. The products of the workshop will be a report to NSF regarding mechanisms to increase and improve the quality of restoration oriented proposals, and a set of published paper to expand upon the themes discussed at the workshop.