FSML Increasing Capacity for Research and Education at Archbold Biological Station

FSML 提高阿奇博尔德生物站的研究和教育能力

• 批准号: 0829473
• 负责人: Hilary Swain
• 金额: $ 29.9万
• 依托单位: Archbold Expeditions, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-12-15 至 2011-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0829473&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FSML; Increasing; Capacity; Research; Education

The Archbold Biological Station is awarded a grant to assist in construction of a new lodge with 14-bedrooms (40 beds) and shared bathroom facilities to increase capacity for visiting scientists, particularly large groups, with increased privacy and comfort. The Lodge will house visitors for Archbold Biological Station, the MacArthur Agro-ecology Research Center, and Archbold Reserve, solving current limitations to research use by complementing existing accommodations.The new Lodge will facilitate increased use of existing research laboratory and classroom space by students and visiting investigators; allow more workshops and conferences; stimulate growth and expansion of research programs at MAERC and the Archbold Reserve; and improve housekeeping and maintenance by having large groups consolidated in one building.Archbold Expeditions (Archbold Biological Station, Archbold Reserve and the MacArthur Agro-ecology Research Center), established in 1941, is a not-for-profit institution dedicated to long-term ecological research and education. Archbold owns and manages a 3,653-ha globally significant scrub preserve, which is located in one of the most distinctive natural ecosystems in the USA, and the adjacent Archbold Reserve, a 1,476-ha restoration site. Archbold also has a long-term lease for the MacArthur Agro-ecology Research Center, a 4,168-ha working cattle ranch near the Station. Staff, visiting investigators, and students conduct research focused on the environments of the Lake Wales Ridge, and surrounding areas. Research strengths are population and conservation biology, emphasizing ecological changes over local and regional scales, fire ecology, demographic shifts in rare and endemic species, and agro-ecology.

阿奇博尔德生物站获得了一笔赠款，用于帮助建造一座新的小屋，该小屋有14间卧室(40张床位)和共用的浴室设施，以增加来访科学家的容量，特别是大型群体，并增加隐私和舒适度。该小屋将接待阿奇博尔德生物站、麦克阿瑟农业生态研究中心和阿奇博尔德保护区的参观者，通过补充现有住宿来解决目前研究用途的限制。新小屋将促进学生和来访研究人员更多地利用现有的研究实验室和教室空间；允许更多的研讨会和会议；刺激MAERC和阿奇博尔德保护区的研究计划的增长和扩展；并通过将大群组整合到一栋建筑中来改善内务和维护。阿奇博尔德探险队(阿奇博尔德生物站、阿奇博尔德保护区和麦克阿瑟农业生态研究中心)成立于1941年，是一家致力于长期生态研究和教育的非营利性机构。阿奇博尔德拥有并管理着一个3653公顷的全球重要灌木丛保护区，该保护区位于美国最独特的自然生态系统之一，以及邻近的阿奇博尔德保护区，这是一个1476公顷的修复地点。阿奇博尔德还与麦克阿瑟农业生态研究中心签订了长期租约，这是空间站附近一个占地4168公顷的耕牛牧场。工作人员、访问调查人员和学生对威尔士湖山脉及其周围地区的环境进行研究。研究的优势是人口和保护生物学，强调地方和区域尺度上的生态变化、火生态、稀有和特有物种的人口变化，以及农业生态学。