OPUS: Stopover Biology of Intercontinental Migratory Birds:

OPUS：洲际候鸟的中途停留生物学：

• 批准号: 0951406
• 负责人: Frank Moore
• 金额: $ 13.9万
• 依托单位: University of Southern Mississippi
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-02-01 至 2013-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0951406&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: OPUS; Stopover; Biology; Intercontinental; Migratory

Migration is a fundamental characteristic of the life history of many organisms. Over two-thirds of all the songbirds that breed in temperate North America move long distances to non-breeding areas in Mexico, Central and South America, and the islands of the Caribbean. This project will support a critical synthesis of field and laboratory research since the early 1980s on the biology of migrating birds. The foci of the work will be the challenges migrants face when they stop over during migration, how migrants contend with those challenges, and the consequences of their response to en route challenges, the sum of which determine the success of migrations. Two synthetic products will be created: a book and a complementary set of audio-visual (A-V), internet-accessible presentations designed for educational use and outreach. Synthesis of this large body of research is especially important now, as changing global climate may challenge organismal adaptations that have been successful in the past. This project will advance understanding of migration and will reach beyond the scientific community by way of informal science education. The biology of migrating birds us attractive for science education and for making connections with nature. The two, related products will be widely accessible to students and the scientific community, and the set of internet-accessible, downloadable A-V presentations will be designed to be accessible by and attractive to a broader public audience. The A-V presentations will focus on how migratory birds respond to the challenges that arise during stopover, will be made available through a web interface, and will be freely available for educational purposes.

迁移是许多生物生命史的一个基本特征。在北美温带繁殖的鸣禽中，超过三分之二的鸣禽长途迁徙到墨西哥、中美洲和南美洲以及加勒比岛屿等非繁殖地。这个项目将支持自1980年代初以来对候鸟生物学的实地和实验室研究的关键综合。这项工作的重点将是移民在迁移过程中中途停留时面临的挑战，移民如何应对这些挑战，以及他们对途中挑战的反应的后果，这些挑战的总和决定了迁移的成功。将创建两种合成产品：一本书和一套互补的视听（a -v），可访问互联网的演示文稿，用于教育用途和推广。由于不断变化的全球气候可能会挑战过去成功的有机体适应能力，因此综合这一庞大的研究成果现在尤为重要。该项目将促进对移民的理解，并将通过非正式科学教育的方式超越科学界。候鸟的生物学对科学教育和与自然的联系很有吸引力。这两个相关的产品将广泛地提供给学生和科学界，而这套可通过互联网下载的a - v演示文稿将被设计成可供更广泛的公众使用和吸引。a - v演示将重点介绍候鸟如何应对中途停留期间出现的挑战，将通过网络界面提供，并将免费提供用于教育目的。