US-Israel Dissertation Enhancement: Dispersal as a Mechanistic Basis for Landscape Ecology: The Role of Scale and Heterogeneity

小行星9714044 该论文增强补助金支持美国研究生Steven Pousty先生在康涅狄格大学生态学和进化生物学教授John Silander博士的指导下进行以色列内盖夫沙漠陆地等足类动物研究。 将收集数据Hemilepistus reaumuri，以确定扩散和种群动态的空间异质性的影响。 个人和人口数据将被纳入一个模拟模型，这将使Pousty先生能够研究在异质环境中从个人移动扩展到更大空间尺度的可行性。 内盖夫本古里安大学生物系的Moshe Shachak博士将与Pousty先生合作开展这一项目。 这项研究将作出重要贡献的现有知识的作用，扩散的规模生物景观，并在景观生态学的大尺度模式，我们的理解。 该补助金还将提供支持，使有前途的学生建立一个强大的，独立的研究生涯。 ***

9714044 Silander This dissertation enhancement grant supports a US graduate student, Mr. Steven Pousty, working under the guidance of Dr. John Silander, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut, to conduct a study on a terrestrial isopod in the Negev Desert in Israel. Data will be collected on Hemilepistus reaumuri to determine the effect of spatial heterogeneity on dispersal and population dynamics. The individual and population data will be integrated into a simulation model which will allow Mr. Pousty to examine the feasibility of scaling from individual movement to larger spatial scales in heterogeneous environments. Dr. Moshe Shachak, of the Department of Biology at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, will collaborate with Mr. Pousty on this project. This study will make an important contribution to the existing knowledge on the role that dispersal has in scaling organisms to their landscapes, and to our understanding of larger-scale patterns in landscape ecology. The grant will also provide support to enable a promising student to establish a strong, independent research career. ***