Natural History in the 21st Century: A Student Symposium held in December 26-30, 2000.

21世纪的自然历史：2000年12月26日至30日举行的学生研讨会。

• 批准号: 0087359
• 负责人: Paul Dayton
• 金额: $ 0.93万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego Scripps Inst of Oceanography
• 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: 2000-10-01 至 2001-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0087359&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Natural; History; 21st; Century; Student

Funding is requested to support a student-organized symposium to be held at the next annual meeting (December 26-30, 2000) of the Western Society of Naturalists. The symposium, which is entitled "Natural History in the 21st Century", will explore the role of natural history in modern biology. The proposed speakers represent diverse fields, ranging from evolutionary biology and ecology to molecular biology; some work in terrestrial systems and some in marine systems. The common thread uniting these scientists from different disciplines is the important role that an understanding of the natural history of the systems they study has played in the discoveries they have made. Therefore, unlike most symposia at ecology or evolutionary biology meetings that focus on specific topics within a field, this symposium seeks to cut across diverse biological fields to discuss an issue relevant to all of them: the role that natural history can play in research. At a time when the explosion of high-tech laboratory approaches and of sophisticated statistical designs capture our attention, it is important to re-examine what role, if any, natural history should play in a variety of biological disciplines. The purpose of the symposium is not only to explore this important and timely topic, but also to provide students with the valuable experience of organizing and running their own symposium and participating in the governance of a scientific society.

要求提供资金，以支持在西部自然学家协会下一次年会（2000年12月26日至30日）期间举行的学生组织的专题讨论会。这次研讨会的主题是“21世纪的自然历史”，将探讨自然历史在现代生物学中的作用。拟议的发言者代表不同的领域，从进化生物学和生态学到分子生物学;一些在陆地系统和海洋系统的工作。将这些来自不同学科的科学家联系在一起的共同点是，对他们所研究的系统的自然历史的理解在他们的发现中发挥了重要作用。因此，与生态学或进化生物学会议上的大多数专题讨论会不同的是，这次专题讨论会旨在跨越不同的生物学领域，讨论与所有领域相关的问题：自然历史在研究中的作用。当高科技实验室方法和复杂的统计设计的爆炸引起我们的注意时，重要的是重新审视自然历史在各种生物学科中应该发挥什么作用。研讨会的目的不仅是探讨这一重要而及时的话题，也是为学生提供组织和运行自己的研讨会和参与科学社会治理的宝贵经验。