Workshop: Climate-Disturbance Interactions in Boreal Forest Ecosystems: Pre-Conference Activities of the12th Annual IBFRA Conference, Fairbanks, Alaska, May 2004

研讨会：北方森林生态系统中的气候与扰动相互作用：第 12 届 IBFRA 年度会议的会前活动，阿拉斯加州费尔班克斯，2004 年 5 月

• 批准号: 0351966
• 负责人: F. Stuart Chapin
• 金额: $ 5.5万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-01-15 至 2004-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0351966&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Climate; Disturbance; Interactions; Boreal

The boreal forest, which is the second most extensive terrestrial biome on earth, represents a wood resource of global significance that is an important part of the cultural and economic wealth of northern countries. During the relatively brief (10,000 yr) history of the boreal forest in its current location, it has experienced radical changes in climate, vegetation, and fauna. Warming during the last 30 years has been associated with warming and melting of permafrost, changes in growth rates of dominant trees, increased area burned, insect outbreaks, and changes in vertebrate populations. The causal links among these changes and their implications for the functioning of the boreal forest and the people who inhabit this region are not completely understood. The structure and functioning of the boreal forest determines and is influenced by its disturbance regime. Fire, insect outbreaks, timber harvest, and flooding are important disturbances. The extent and distribution of these disturbances are changing rapidly as climate warms, human populations grow, and socioeconomic conditions change. To understand the current and future structure, diversity, and functioning of the boreal forest, it is important to understand how climate and disturbance interact and the implications of these interactions for ecological, economic, and cultural sustainability of the boreal forest. To promote an understanding of climate-disturbance interactions in the boreal forest, the Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research Program and the International Boreal Forest Research Association (IBFRA) have organized an international science conference on "Climate-Disturbance Interactions in Boreal Forest Ecosystems" to be held in Fairbanks, Alaska 3 - 7 May 2004 at the Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge. The objectives of the 12th IBFRA Conference are: (1) to present and discuss the current scientific understanding of climate-disturbance interactions in the circumboreal region; (2) to discuss the unique ecological, economic, and social conditions that influence management decisions regarding disturbance, climate change impacts, and adaptation to climate change in the boreal region; (3) to bring a circumpolar perspective to research initiatives; and (4) to foster cooperation and an exchange of ideas among countries in the circumpolar boreal forest.

北方森林是地球上面积第二大的陆地生物群，是具有全球意义的木材资源，是北方国家文化和经济财富的重要组成部分。在目前位置的北方森林相对短暂的(10000年)历史中，它经历了气候、植被和动物群的根本性变化。在过去的30年里，气候变暖与永久冻土变暖和融化、优势树木生长速度的变化、燃烧面积的增加、昆虫暴发以及脊椎动物种群的变化有关。这些变化之间的因果联系及其对北方森林和居住在该地区的人们的影响尚不完全清楚。北方森林的结构和功能决定了其干扰机制，并受其影响。火灾、虫害暴发、木材收获和洪水是重要的干扰因素。随着气候变暖、人口增长和社会经济条件的变化，这些干扰的范围和分布正在迅速变化。为了了解北方森林目前和未来的结构、多样性和功能，重要的是了解气候和干扰是如何相互作用的，以及这些相互作用对北方森林的生态、经济和文化可持续性的影响。为了促进对北方森林气候-干扰相互作用的了解，Bonanza Creek长期生态研究方案和国际北方森林研究协会(IBFRA)组织了一次关于“北方森林生态系统气候--干扰相互作用”的国际科学会议，会议将于2004年5月3日至7日在阿拉斯加费尔班克斯公主河滨旅馆举行。第12届IBFRA会议的目标是：(1)介绍和讨论目前对环北极地区气候-干扰相互作用的科学认识；(2)讨论影响北部地区关于干扰、气候变化影响和适应气候变化的管理决策的独特的生态、经济和社会条件；(3)从环极的角度看待研究活动；以及(4)促进环北极地区森林国家之间的合作和思想交流。