RCN: The Novus Project for Integrating Paleo- and Neo-ecosystem Ecology

RCN：整合古生态系统和新生态系统的 Novus 项目

• 批准号: 1145815
• 负责人: Douglas Goodin
• 金额: $ 49.98万
• 依托单位: Kansas State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-03-01 至 2019-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1145815&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; Novus; Project; Integrating; Paleo

By their very nature, events such as beetle outbreaks, catastrophic fires, large windstorms, and severe droughts are considered to be disturbances. Although it is now understood that some ecosystems require certain kinds of disturbance, there are no general rules about how ecosystems respond to disturbance. As a result, it is difficult to develop strategies for dealing with disturbances, which are in some ecosystems becoming more frequent and more severe as a consequence of changing climates. The Novus network will bring together groups of scientists who study different types of disturbance, and in particular scientists who have studied the impacts and consequences of disturbance on different time scales, with the goal of coordinating and promoting research about ecosystem responses to disturbance. An important contribution of the network will be to enhance communication between scientists studying contemporary ecosystem responses to disturbance and scientists studying historical responses at time scales of hundreds to thousands of years ago. The network will conduct four workshops, develop an interactive website (www.ksu.edu/novus), jointly mentor a postdoctoral researcher, publish collaborative manuscripts, organize sessions at scientific meetings, and foster a science exchange program. Additionally, data will be added to a public database, making them widely available. The network will engage and train young scientists, share information about new developments in methods, and interact with government agencies and NGOs to provide information about the effects of disturbance (especially insect outbreaks and wildland fire management). Participants will be recruited to the network through broad solicitation efforts and a variety of mechanisms.

就其本质而言，甲虫暴发、灾难性火灾、大风暴和严重干旱等事件被认为是干扰。虽然现在人们了解到一些生态系统需要某些种类的干扰，但关于生态系统如何应对干扰并没有一般的规则。因此，很难制定应对干扰的战略，在一些生态系统中，由于气候变化，干扰变得更加频繁和严重。Novus网络将汇集研究不同类型干扰的科学家小组，特别是研究不同时间尺度上干扰的影响和后果的科学家，目的是协调和促进关于生态系统对干扰的反应的研究。该网络的一个重要贡献将是加强研究当代生态系统对干扰的反应的科学家与研究数百至数千年前历史反应的科学家之间的交流。该网络将举办四个讲习班，开发一个互动网站(www.ksu.edu/novus)，联合指导一名博士后研究员，出版合作手稿，在科学会议上组织会议，并促进科学交流计划。此外，数据将被添加到公共数据库，使其广泛可用。该网络将吸引和培训年轻科学家，分享有关方法新发展的信息，并与政府机构和非政府组织互动，提供有关干扰(特别是昆虫暴发和荒地火灾管理)影响的信息。参与者将通过广泛的征集努力和各种机制被招募到该网络。