FSML Increasing Capacity for Research and Education at Archbold Biological Station

阿奇博尔德生物站获得了一笔赠款，用于协助建造一个有14间卧室（40张床）和共享浴室设施的新小屋，以增加访问科学家的能力，特别是大型团队，增加隐私和舒适度。该小屋将为阿奇博尔德生物站、麦克阿瑟农业生态研究中心和阿奇博尔德保护区的游客提供住宿，通过补充现有的住宿，解决目前研究使用的限制。新宿舍将促进学生和访问研究人员更多地使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；促进MAERC和阿奇博尔德保护区研究项目的发展和扩大；并通过将大型团队整合在一栋大楼中来改善内务管理和维护。阿奇博尔德探险（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，是一个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保护区，该保护区位于美国最具特色的自然生态系统之一，以及邻近的阿奇博尔德保护区，一个1476公顷的修复地点。阿奇博尔德还长期租赁了麦克阿瑟农业生态研究中心，这是一个位于科考站附近的4168公顷的牧场。工作人员，访问调查人员和学生进行研究集中在威尔士湖岭的环境，以及周边地区。研究重点是种群和保护生物学，强调局部和区域尺度的生态变化，火灾生态学，稀有和特有物种的人口变化以及农业生态学。

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.