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

0308749费里-格雷厄姆这一美国-智利奖项将支持圣何塞州立大学的拉拉·A·费里-格雷厄姆博士的计划访问，以完成与智利科昆博北卡罗来纳大学的胡里奥·瓦斯克斯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机制。硬骨鱼生活在各种不同的栖息地，摄食机制被认为是这种成功的主要原因。将温带物种与智利和加利福尼亚州的热带物种进行比较，将提供一个独特的机会，在适当的全球范围内复制数据点。智利提供了唯一合理的加州栖息地的复制，以确定关于温带入侵的一般性和可能为其提供便利的机制。入侵生物学是群落生态学家研究的一个重要领域，因为入侵者可以对生态系统产生巨大影响。

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.