U.S.-Taiwan Cooperative Research: Canopy Arthropod Responses to Storm Disturbances at U.S. and Taiwanese LTER Sites

0107485这是俄勒冈州立大学Tim Schowalt博士和台湾林业研究所赵正泰博士为期三年的合作项目，目的是研究美国和台湾LTER站点冠层节肢动物对风暴干扰的反应。具体地说，该项目将比较湿润、温带和热带森林早期和晚期成功森林中节肢动物对风暴干扰的反应。这是一个很好的跨地点比较，利用台湾和美国LTER站点提供的设施来研究一个非常重要的问题：评估风暴干扰对自然生态系统的影响。这项拟议的研究可以为理解调节湿润森林生态系统中昆虫多样性和功能作用的过程提供基础。该项目还为美国研究生提供了在太平洋亚热带生态系统工作的机会。这项建议解决了一个重要的科学问题，并符合国家科学基金会的人力资源开发目标。台湾国家科学委员会和国家科学基金会共同支持这一项目。

0107485SchowalterThis is a three-year cooperative project between Dr. Tim Schowalter, Oregon State University, and Dr. Jung-Tai Chao, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, to study canopy Arthropod responses to storm disturbances at the U.S. and Taiwan LTER sites. Specifically, this project will compare the arthropod response to storm disturbances in early and late successful forests in wet temperate and tropical forests. This is a good cross-site comparison that uses the facilities available from LTER sites in Taiwan and the United States to study a very important question: assessing the impacts by storm disturbances on natural ecosystems. The proposed study could provide a basis of understanding the process that regulates insect diversity and functional roles in wet forest ecosystems. This project also provides an opportunity for a U.S. graduate student to work in Pacific subtropical ecosystems. This proposal addresses an important scientific question and meets the NSF objective of human resource development. The National Science Council of Taiwan and the NSF jointly support this project.