U.S.-Ecuador Planning Visit To El Cajas National Park, Ecuador

在美国国际科学与工程办公室美洲项目的支持下，凯瑟琳·格雷厄姆和纽约州立大学石溪分校的一名研究生以及加州雷耶斯角鸟类观测站的史蒂夫·拉塔将制定一项合作研究计划，参与者包括阿苏威大学（厄瓜多尔昆卡）的古斯塔沃·查孔博士和鲍里斯·蒂诺科以及国际鸟类联盟（厄瓜多尔基多）的伊恩·戴维森。他们将讨论一个在厄瓜多尔昆卡Cajas国家公园进行鸟类生态研究的项目，其中包括监测鸟类种群，从而为国家公园制定管理和保护准则。这个前瞻性的合作项目结合了一套独特的方法，从传统的鸟类生态研究到景观生态学和行为生态学。通过与南美洲和美国的非政府机构和学术机构的互动，任何合作项目的成果和分析技术都将对高度多样化的安第斯高原地区的保护和教育产生更广泛的影响。建议的研究项目将促进一位年轻女教员的职业发展，并使她的学生和博士后研究人员接触到国际合作。

In this U.S.-Ecuador planning visit supported by the Americas Program of the Office of International Science and Engineering, Catherine Graham and a graduate student from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and Steve Latta from the Point Reyes Bird Observatory (PRBO) in California will develop a collaborative research program involving Dr. Gustavo Chacon and Boris Tinoco at the University of Azuay (Cuenca, Ecuador) and Ian Davidson of BirdLife International (Quito, Ecuador). They will discuss a project to pursue avian ecological research in Cajas National Park, Cuenca, Ecuador, that includes the monitoring of bird populations that can result in the development of management and conservation guidelines for the National Park.This prospective collaborative project combines a unique set of methods from traditional ecological studies with birds to landscape ecology and behavioral ecology. By interacting with non-governmental and academic institutions in both South America and the U.S., the results and analytical techniques developed in any collaborative project would have a broader impact on conservation and education in the highly diverse high-Andean regions. The proposed research project would enhance the career development of a young female faculty member and expose her students and post-doctoral researchers to international collaborations.