U.S.-Chile Program: Planning Grant on Investigation of Trophic Functional Morphology as a Mechanism of Temperate Invasion

03087449 Ferry-Graham美国-智利奖将支持圣何塞州立大学的Lara a . Ferry-Graham博士计划访问智利，完成与智利科金博北部天主教大学的Julio Vasquez博士的研究合作提案。研究人员正在努力确定促进海洋鱼类入侵温带地区的功能形态学机制。硬骨鱼在各种不同的栖息地生存，人们认为它们的捕食机制是它们成功的主要原因。将智利和加利福尼亚的温带物种与热带物种进行比较，将为在适当的全球范围内复制数据点提供一个独特的机会。智利提供了加利福尼亚栖息地的唯一合理复制，以确定温带入侵的概况和可能促进它们的机制。入侵生物学是群落生态学家研究的一个重要领域，因为入侵者会对生态系统产生巨大的影响。

0308749Ferry-GrahamThis U.S.-Chile award will support Dr. Lara A. Ferry-Graham, San Jose State University, for a planning visit to complete a proposal for a research collaboration with Dr. Julio Vasquez at the Universidad Catolica del Norte in Coquimbo, Chile. The researchers are working to determine the functional morphological mechanisms that facilitate invasions by marine fishes into the temperate regime. Teleost fishes survive in a variety of diverse habitats and the feeding mechanism is thought to be largely responsible for that success. Comparing temperate species with their tropical counterparts in both Chile and California will provide a unique opportunity to have replicate data points on the appropriate global scale. Chile offers the only reasonable replicate of the California habitat for determining generalities regarding temperate invasions and the mechanisms that might facilitate them. Invasion biology is an important area of research for community ecologists because invaders can have dramatic impact on ecosystems.