Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Role of Anthropogenic and Natural Disturbances in 20th Century Woodland Changes in the Region of Vacas, Bolivia

博士论文研究：人为和自然干扰在玻利维亚瓦卡斯地区 20 世纪林地变化中的作用

• 批准号: 9802363
• 负责人: Karl Zimmerer
• 金额: $ 0.99万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-06-01 至 1999-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9802363&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Role; Anthropogenic

The project examines the role of natural and anthropogenic disturbances in high-elevation Andean forests during the 20th Century. A multi-disciplinary approach based in quantitative and qualitative methods will be used to collect and interpret field and archived data on social and ecological processes. The working hypotheses are threefold: (1) the relative roles of human and natural disturbances are reflected in the distribution, structure, and composition of forests; (2) individual forest patches have different levels of stability: and (3) local perceptions toward forests are variable and influential in forest use. Contributions to the advancement of knowledge of ecosystem dynamics and human-environment interactions in the central Andean region will be made, as well as enhancements to the theoretical foundations of plant biogeography and environmental geography. This is a Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award.

该项目研究了20世纪安第斯山脉高海拔森林中自然和人为干扰的作用。基于定量和定性方法的多学科方法将用于收集和解释有关社会和生态过程的实地和存档数据。工作假设有三个方面：(1)人为干扰和自然干扰的相对作用反映在森林的分布、结构和组成中；(2)单个森林斑块具有不同程度的稳定性；(3)当地对森林的看法是可变的，对森林利用具有影响。对安第斯中部地区的生态系统动力学和人与环境相互作用的认识的进步，以及植物生物地理学和环境地理学的理论基础的增强做出贡献。这是博士论文进步奖。