Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2007

2007财年少数族裔博士后研究奖学金

• 批准号: 0706756
• 负责人: Bilal Butt
• 金额: $ 18.9万
• 依托单位: Butt Bilal
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0706756&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Minority; Postdoctoral; Research; Fellowship; FY

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2007. The goal of the fellowship is to increase the participation of minority scientists at the postdoctoral level and to prepare them for positions of scientific leadership in US science. To attain this goal, the fellowship provides opportunities for postdoctoral training and research of the highest quality to recent doctoral recipients. It is expected that Fellows supported through these fellowships will play important roles in training of the future workforce.The research and training plan is entitled "Pastoralism, cattle mobility patterns, and ecological dynamics at the micro-scale in southern Kenya." This research examines the relationship between cattle mobility of pastoralists and dynamic ecological processes in savanna rangelands. It is theoretically grounded in non-equilibrium rangeland ecology and the application of state and transition models to characterize ecological variability and test the hypothesis that pastoral livestock mobility and grazing patterns at the micro-scale are a function of short-term fluctuations in ecological conditions. This study stems from deficiencies within the literature on pastoral livestock mobility and ecological variability at fine scales of space and time. The sponsoring scientist is Matthew D. Turner at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The training plan promises to provide practical field and laboratory experience in conducting and analyzing ecological indicators, especially soil and vegetation attributes. Additionally, training will involve finding new and innovative ways of linking these data with indigenous pastoral knowledge and cattle mobility patterns derived from global positioning system (GPS) units. Collaborations with scientists and indigenous pastoralists in Kenya provide an opportunity to study the complex interactions between pastoralists, livestock, and rangeland environments.

这项行动为2007财政年度的NSF少数民族博士后研究奖学金提供资金。 该奖学金的目标是增加少数民族科学家在博士后水平的参与，并为他们在美国科学的科学领导地位做好准备。为了实现这一目标，奖学金提供了最高质量的博士后培训和研究的机会，以最近的博士获奖者。 预计通过这些研究金获得支助的研究员将在培训未来的劳动力方面发挥重要作用，研究和培训计划的标题是“肯尼亚南部微型畜牧业、牲畜流动模式和生态动态。“这项研究探讨了牧民的牲畜流动性与稀树草原牧场动态生态过程之间的关系。 它的理论基础是非平衡牧场生态学和应用状态和过渡模型来描述生态变异性和测试的假设，即牧区牲畜流动性和放牧模式在微观尺度上是一个功能的短期波动的生态条件。这项研究源于文献中的不足之处，在空间和时间的精细尺度上的畜牧业流动性和生态变化。 赞助的科学家是马修·D。特纳在麦迪逊的威斯康星州大学。 培训计划承诺提供实际的实地和实验室经验，进行和分析生态指标，特别是土壤和植被属性。此外，培训将涉及寻找新的创新方法，将这些数据与土著畜牧知识和全球定位系统得出的牲畜流动模式联系起来。与肯尼亚科学家和土著牧民的合作为研究牧民、牲畜和牧场环境之间复杂的相互作用提供了机会。