Biocomplexity--Incubation Activity: Linking Large-Scale Hydrological and Biological Processes in Restoring Riparian Forest Ecosystems

生物复杂性--孵化活动：将大规模水文和生物过程联系起来，恢复河岸森林生态系统

• 批准号: 0083450
• 负责人: Karen Holl
• 金额: $ 9.28万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Cruz
• 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: 2000-09-15 至 2003-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0083450&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Biocomplexity; Incubation; Activity; Linking; Large

0083450HollRestoration ecologists have often generally discussed the importance of landscape-level processes, such as flooding and animal movement, in determining restoration success, but have rarely used understanding of basic ecological processes to provide land managers with tools to prioritize restoration efforts. This research comprises an initial assessment of population, community, and ecosystem processes that regulate the dynamics of riparian forest ecosystem recovery along the Sacramento River, the largest river in California. Incubation activities will include two parts. First, existing data will be used to model linkages between hydrology, riparian vegetation, and riparian bird communities. This model will be used to assess the importance of processes at different scales and to prioritize areas for future research. Second, two meetings will be held with additional scientists who have experience modeling linkages between hydrology and ecological succession and/or have expertise in other areas that would be important in linking riparian restoration efforts and ecosystem dynamics, such as fish ecology, nutrient cycling and socioeconomic analysis. This research will: (1) address fundamental questions of the scales at which ecosystem dynamics are regulated, (2) help to prioritize future experimental and modeling efforts, and (3) provide guidance to land managers on prioritizing restoration strategies.

0083450Holl 恢复生态学家经常普遍讨论景观水平过程（例如洪水和动物移动）在确定恢复成功方面的重要性，但很少利用对基本生态过程的理解为土地管理者提供工具来确定恢复工作的优先顺序。这项研究包括对人口、群落和生态系统过程的初步评估，这些过程调节了加州最大河流萨克拉门托河沿线河岸森林生态系统恢复的动态。 孵化活动将包括两部分。 首先，现有数据将用于模拟水文、河岸植被和河岸鸟类群落之间的联系。 该模型将用于评估不同规模过程的重要性，并确定未来研究领域的优先顺序。 其次，将与其他科学家举行两次会议，这些科学家具有水文学和生态演替之间联系建模的经验和/或在其他领域具有专业知识的专业知识，这些领域对于将河岸恢复工作和生态系统动态联系起来很重要，例如鱼类生态学、营养循环和社会经济分析。 这项研究将：（1）解决生态系统动态调节规模的基本问题，（2）帮助确定未来实验和建模工作的优先顺序，以及（3）为土地管理者提供恢复策略优先顺序的指导。