UMEB: Human Impacts on Ecosystems of the Colorado Plateau

UMEB：人类对科罗拉多高原生态系统的影响

• 批准号: 0080156
• 负责人: Nancy Johnson
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Northern Arizona University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-01 至 2006-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0080156&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UMEB; Human; Impacts; Ecosystems; Colorado

0080156DrickamerNorthern Arizona University is combining ongoing Colorado Plateau researchinitiatives and a diverse student population to create an UndergraduateMentoring in Environmental Biology program. Seventeen faculty mentors arecommitted to work with seven community collaborators to recruit, train andpromote talented students for careers in environmental biology. Strongemphasis is placed on recruitment of Native Americans and HispanicAmericans. Selected students gain support and training through stipends,coursework, advising and mentoring. This program provides studentsopportunities to participate in cutting-edge research related to humanimpacts on ecosystems of the Colorado Plateau. Students work closely withfaculty mentors to pose hypotheses, design experiments, complete researchprojects, and disseminate results thorough oral presentations and publishedworks. Cohorts of UMEB seniors share their training with incoming cohortsand also act as mentors themselves to high school students involved in theGLOBE program and other NAU outreach activities. What are the impacts of climate change on the carbon balance of ColoradoPlateau ecosystems? How does livestock management influence productivityand diversity of Southwestern grasslands? Do mycorrhizae functiondifferently in traditional Native American maize and high-input maize?Research on these questions and many more are being advanced by UMEBstudents and their faculty mentors. Another important outcome of thisprogram is that it increases the number of Native American and HispanicAmerican environmental biologists. These professionals will be particularly wellqualified to contribute expertise towards ameliorating many of the complexenvironmental problems on the Colorado Plateau and throughout the nation.

0080156 drickamer北亚利桑那大学正在将正在进行的科罗拉多高原研究计划和多样化的学生群体结合起来，创建一个环境生物学本科课程。17位教师导师致力于与7个社区合作者合作，招募、培训和促进有才华的学生从事环境生物学的职业。重点是招募印第安人和西班牙裔美国人。被选中的学生通过津贴、课程、咨询和指导获得支持和培训。该项目为学生提供了参与有关人类对科罗拉多高原生态系统影响的前沿研究的机会。学生与教师导师密切合作，提出假设，设计实验，完成研究项目，并通过口头报告和出版作品传播结果。UMEB的学长们与即将到来的学长们分享他们的培训，并为参与globe项目和其他NAU外展活动的高中生担任导师。气候变化对科罗拉多高原生态系统碳平衡的影响是什么？牲畜管理如何影响西南草原的生产力和多样性？菌根在传统美洲土著玉米和高投入玉米中的功能不同吗？墨尔本大学的学生和他们的导师正在对这些问题以及更多的问题进行研究。这个项目的另一个重要成果是增加了美洲原住民和西班牙裔美国人环境生物学家的数量。这些专业人士将特别有资格为改善科罗拉多高原和整个国家的许多复杂的环境问题贡献专业知识。