U.S.-Mexico Joint Workshop on Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Waterfowl; VI Neotropical Ornithological Congress, October 4-10, 1999, Monterrey, Mexico

这笔美墨奖金将用于支持在墨西哥蒙特雷举行的第六届新热带鸟类学大会期间举办的新热带鸟类生态学和保护区域研讨会。讲习班的目标是促进来自美国和拉丁美洲的研究人员和管理人员之间的交流；巩固有关新热带地区鸭、鹅和天鹅的现有资料；并促进对这种很少被研究的鸟类的保护和进一步研究。由于新热带水禽在与温带水禽不同的生态环境中进化，因此产生了不同的社会系统和繁殖策略。对这些差异的研究有助于行为生态学和进化领域的研究。由于目前缺乏关于新热带水禽迁徙者和鸭科居民的全面资料来源，并希望发展一个改进的拉丁美洲研究新热带水禽的当地和外国科学家之间的交流网络，因此举办了这次讲习班。讲习班将分为两个会议，讨论生态学、行为、进化和自然史，另外两个会议讨论保护和管理。小型和大型小组讨论将产生一份建议的研究和保护行动草案，该草案将列入研讨会会议记录，以便为今后的工作提供指导。***

9908813CarbonellThis US-Mexico award will support a regional workshop on the ecology and conservation of neotropical birds in conjunction with the VI Neotropical Ornithological Congress to take place in Monterrey, Mexico. The objectives of the workshop are to facilitate communication among researchers and managers from the United States and Latin America; to consolidate existing information about ducks, geese, and swans in the neotropics; and to stimulate conservation and further research of this little-studied group of birds. Because neotropical waterfowl have evolved in a different ecological context than their temperate counterparts, different social systems and breeding strategies have arisen. Study of these differences can contribute to the field of behavioral ecology and evolution.The workshop, organized in response to the lack of a comprehensive source of current information on neotropical migrants and residents of the family Anatidae and from a desire to develop an improved communication network of local and foreign scientists working with neotropical waterfowl in Latin America, will be divided into two sessions dealing with ecology, behavior, evolution, and natural history and two other sessions dealing with conservation and management. A combination of small and large group discussions will produce a draft of suggested research and conservation actions that will be included in the workshop proceedings in order to provide guidelines for future work.***