U.S.-Bolivia/Brazil Dissertation Research: Testing Proximate Hypotheses of Bird Migration in a Gorgotten Migratory System

该博士论文增强奖将为佛罗里达大学的PI和Co-PI在玻利维亚和巴西的实地研究提供资金。这项研究是建立在先前的NSF资助的研讨会上：NSF INT-0313429“美国-智利研讨会：第一次关于南方移民的研讨会”，2003年10月5日至11日，智利瓦拉斯港。这项研究通过利用南方候鸟的一个不寻常的特征：种群内迁徙行为的巨大差异，来测试一种关于鸟类迁徙的近似原因的理论。由于这一理论已经在同一组北温带物种上得到了发展和测试，因此这项工作构成了它的第一个真正的独立测试。这项拟议的研究将促进阿根廷、玻利维亚和巴西科学家之间的国际合作。这项研究将通过实地测试该计划的几个重要组成部分、让这些其他国家的高级合作者参与其中以及培训学生掌握实地技术来奠定基础。位于玻利维亚圣克鲁斯的诺埃尔·坎普夫·梅尔卡多自然历史博物馆（MHNNKM）将是主要的合作机构。本研究的玻利维亚参与者包括co-PI（拥有玻利维亚和美国双重国籍），两名玻利维亚当地大学的学士学位学生和一名来自MHNNKM的女研究员。所有人都将在研究现场全职工作。

This Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement award will provide funding for the PI and Co-PI from the University of Florida to conduct studies at field sites in Bolivia and Brazil. The study is building upon a prior NSF funded workshop: NSF INT-0313429 "U.S.-Chile Workshop: First Symposium on Austral Migration", Puerto Varas, Chile, 5-11 October 2003. The research tests a theory about the proximate causes of bird migration by taking advantage of an unusual feature of austral migrants: the large variation in migratory behaviors within populations. Because this theory has been developed and tested on the same set of north temperate species, this work constitutes its first true independent test.The proposed study will promote international collaboration between Argentinean, Bolivian and Brazilian researchers. The study will lay the groundwork by field-testing several important components of the scheme, by involving senior collaborators in these other countries, and by training students in field techniques. The Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado (MHNNKM) in Santa Cruz, Bolivia will be the primary collaborative institution. Bolivian participants in this study include the co-PI (who has dual citizenship in Bolivia and the U.S.), two B.S. students from the local university in Bolivia, and a female researcher from the MHNNKM. All will be at the study site full-time.