Dissertation Enhancement: Effects of Disturbance by Introduced Herbivores on Plant-Animal Mutualisms in the Subantarctic Forests of Southern Argentina

9900676 Simberloff这美国-阿根廷的论文增强建立了为期两年的国际研究合作之间的丹尼尔Simberloff博士，田纳西大学，和Marcelo Aizen博士，国立大学德尔Comahue，里奥内格罗，阿根廷，研究干扰的影响，介绍了草食动物在阿根廷南部的subanabuttic森林的植物-动物互惠关系。 美国调查人员将获得阿根廷生态学家对亚热带森林系统的广泛知识，而阿根廷研究人员将受益于美国研究人员在社区生态学方面的经验。 这两个备受尊敬的团体之间的长期合作将导致更好地了解草食动物X互惠在一个地理区域，其中相对知之甚少，从长远来看，提供改善的保护和管理的土地资源的地理区域具有相似的特点。***

9900676SimberloffThis US-Argentina dissertation enhancement establishes a two year international research collaboration between Dr. Daniel Simberloff, University of Tennessee, and Dr. Marcelo Aizen, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Rio Negro, Argentina, to study the effects of disturbance by introduced herbivores on plant-animal mutualisms in the subantarctic forests of southern Argentina. The U.S. investigator will have access to the extensive knowledge that the Argentine ecologists have of subantarctic forest systems, while the Argentinean researchers will benefit from the US researchers experience in community ecology. This long term collaboration between two highly respected groups wil lead to a better understanding of herbivory X mutualism in a geographical region about which relatively little is known and, in the long run, provide improved conservation and management of land resources for geographic regions with similar characteristics. ***