U.S.-New Zealand Cooperative Research: Microbial Ecology of Canopy Soils in Temperate Rain Forests of Southern New Zealand

美国-新西兰合作研究：新西兰南部温带雨林冠层土壤的微生物生态学

• 批准号: 0406681
• 负责人: Steven Stephenson
• 金额: $ 2.47万
• 依托单位: University of Arkansas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-01 至 2006-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0406681&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: U.S.; New; Zealand; Cooperative; Research

0244329StephensonThis award will support collaborative research in microbial ecology involving Professor Steven Stephenson and two undergraduate students of Fairmont State College in West Virginia together with Professor David Orlovich of the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. Recent studies of temperate rainforests on the southwest coast of the South Island of New Zealand indicate that the biodiversity and biomass of epiphytic communities in these forests are comparable to or even exceed those of tropical forests. The mantle of canopy soil is as much as 20 cm. thick. There have been no published studies of the microorganisms living in this rich environment. The objectives of this project are to assess the biodiversity and ecology of specific types of fungi living in the canopy soil microhabitat of these lowland temperate rain forests and to characterize the assemblages of microorganisms found there.The project will provide an opportunity for two US undergraduate students to participate in field and laboratory research in New Zealand and to interact with scientists and students of the University of Otago. They will gain invaluable experience in international collaboration as well as working in a rain forest environment not available in the United States. The research itself will allow a body of baseline data to be developed on the abundance, biodiversity and general patterns of occurrence of microorganisms in a poorly known subsystem of temperate forests in the Southern Hemisphere.

0244329斯蒂芬森该奖项将支持微生物生态学的合作研究，涉及史蒂芬斯蒂芬森教授和两名本科生的费尔蒙州立大学在西弗吉尼亚州与教授大卫奥尔洛维奇奥塔哥在达尼丁，新西兰。 最近对新西兰南岛西南海岸温带雨林的研究表明，这些森林中附生植物群落的生物多样性和生物量与热带森林相当，甚至超过热带森林。 冠层土壤覆盖层厚达20 cm。厚目前还没有关于生活在这种丰富环境中的微生物的公开研究。 该项目的目标是评估生活在这些低地温带雨林树冠土壤微生境中的特定类型真菌的生物多样性和生态学，并描述那里发现的微生物组合。该项目将为两名美国本科生提供一个机会，参加新西兰的实地和实验室研究，并与奥塔哥大学的科学家和学生进行互动。 他们将获得国际合作以及在美国没有的雨林环境中工作的宝贵经验。 这项研究本身将使人们能够就南半球温带森林一个鲜为人知的子系统中微生物的丰度、生物多样性和一般发生模式编制一套基线数据。