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

[0083450]恢复生态学家经常讨论景观层面的过程，如洪水和动物运动，在决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，为土地管理者提供优先考虑恢复工作的工具。本研究包括对调节萨克拉门托河（加州最大的河流）沿岸森林生态系统恢复动态的种群、群落和生态系统过程的初步评估。孵化活动将包括两个部分。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尺度过程的重要性，并优先考虑未来研究的领域。第二，将与其他科学家举行两次会议，这些科学家在模拟水文和生态演替之间的联系方面有经验，或者在其他领域有专门知识，这些领域在联系河岸恢复工作和生态系统动态方面很重要，例如鱼类生态学、营养循环和社会经济分析。本研究将：(1)解决生态系统动态调控尺度的基本问题；(2)帮助确定未来实验和建模工作的优先级；(3)为土地管理者确定恢复策略的优先级提供指导。

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.