SGER: Establishing a new system to monitor long-distance movements in small animals

SGER：建立监测小动物长距离运动的新系统

• 批准号: 0528881
• 负责人: Martin Wikelski
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Princeton University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-05-15 至 2007-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0528881&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SGER; Establishing; new; system; monitor

Understanding animal movement is essential in ecology and behavior. However, many important behaviors in an animal's life cannot be studied because no observational methodologies exist. Prime examples are insect and songbird migration, where it is often considered impossible to follow individuals over long migratory distances. This project will explore the use of a new telemetry system to monitor migration of small animals (down to 1 gram insects) over large ecological barriers such as oceans. A collaboration with an international Polar expedition provides the unique opportunity to determine whether small (300 gram) shorebirds (Bar-tailed godwits, Limosa lapponica) fly non-stop between their Alaska breeding grounds and New Zealand non-breeding quarters, a distance of roughly 11000 km. Eighty birds will be radio-tagged in Alaska and their departure times and directions monitored. The birds' arrival in their wintering quarters in New Zealand, approximately 7-10 days later, will then be monitored via automated receiver stations. If successful, applications of this new telemetry system range from studying dragonfly migration along the USA Northeastern seashore to Blackpoll warbler migration from New England to Venezuela. The project involves an international collaboration and development of a new technique that has wide implications for research. Students will have the opportunity to learn biotelemetry techniques for tracking animals and what new kinds of questions can be addressed using this procedure.

了解动物运动对于生态学和行为学至关重要。然而，动物生活中的许多重要行为无法研究，因为没有观察方法。最典型的例子是昆虫和鸣禽的迁徙，在这些地方，人们通常认为不可能长距离地跟踪个体。 该项目将探索使用一种新的遥测系统来监测小动物（小至1克重的昆虫）越过海洋等大型生态屏障的迁移情况。与国际极地探险队的合作提供了一个独特的机会，以确定是否小（300克）滨鸟（棒尾godwits，Limosa lapponica）之间的阿拉斯加繁殖地和新西兰非繁殖区，大约11000公里的距离不停地飞行。在阿拉斯加，将有80只鸟被无线电标记，它们的出发时间和方向将受到监控。大约7-10天后，这些鸟抵达新西兰的越冬区，然后将通过自动接收站进行监测。如果成功的话，这种新的遥测系统的应用范围从研究沿着沿着美国东北海岸的黑鸟莺迁徙到从新英格兰到委内瑞拉。该项目涉及国际合作和开发一种对研究具有广泛影响的新技术。 学生将有机会学习跟踪动物的生物遥测技术，以及使用此程序可以解决哪些新问题。