US-Botswana Planning Visit: Wetlands Management: The Role of Hippos in the Okavango Delta

美国-博茨瓦纳计划访问：湿地管理：河马在奥卡万戈三角洲的作用

• 批准号: 0139127
• 负责人: Ursula Bechert
• 金额: $ 0.4万
• 依托单位: Oregon State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-03-15 至 2003-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0139127&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Botswana; Planning; Visit; Wetlands

0139127BechertThis is a planning visit for Dr. Ursula Bechert, with the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Oregon State University, to travel to Maun, Botswana to consult with Dr. Lars Ramberg, Director of the Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Center. The purpose of the visit is to finalize plans for the initiation of a cooperative, multi-disciplinary project to study the role of hippopotamuses in wetland ecosystems and their interactions with humans. Hippopotamuses are a keystone species of the Okavango Delta, and many other animal and plant species are dependent upon them. No systematic studies have been conducted on the hippopotamuses in the Okavango Delta, and it is anticipated that such a project will yield valuable information on their population biology and interactions with their environment.

0139127 Bechert这是俄勒冈州州立大学生物医学科学系Ursula Bechert博士的一次计划访问，将前往博茨瓦纳的马翁，与哈里·奥本海默·奥卡万戈研究中心主任拉尔斯·兰贝格博士进行磋商。 此次访问的目的是敲定启动一个合作、多学科项目的计划，以研究河马在湿地生态系统中的作用及其与人类的相互作用。 河马是奥卡万戈三角洲的关键物种，许多其他动物和植物物种都依赖于它们。 尚未对奥卡万戈三角洲的溪蟹进行系统的研究，预计这一项目将产生关于溪蟹种群生物学及其与环境相互作用的宝贵资料。