NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) for FY 2013 in Japan

2013 财年 NSF 东亚及太平洋夏季学院 (EAPSI) 在日本举行

• 批准号: 1309349
• 负责人: George Livingston
• 金额: $ 0.51万
• 依托单位: Livingston George
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-06-01 至 2014-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1309349&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; East; Asia; Pacific; Summer

This action funds George Livingston of The University of Texas at Austin to conduct a research project in Biological Sciences during the summer of 2013 at the National Institute for Environmental Studies in Tsukuba, Japan. The project title is "Using Microcosms to Test the Effect of Disturbance on Spatial Food Webs." The host scientists are Noriko Takamura and Kayoko Fukumori.This award implements an experiment testing spatial ecological theory using aquatic microbial microcosms. The experiment is aimed at testing the combined effects of dispersal and disturbance on the matching between species and their optimal environments, food webs, and ecosystem function. This is accomplished by manipulating the rate at which patches are destroyed in landscapes with low levels of dispersal. Humans are dramatically reducing connectivity in many landscapes, resulting in the decline and collapse of food webs and ecosystem services like pollination and pest control. This experiment will help provide general mechanisms for landscape-level food web decline. Broader impacts of an EAPSI fellowship include providing the Fellow a first-hand research experience outside the U.S.; an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and an orientation to the society, culture and language. These activities meet the NSF goal to educate for international collaborations early in the career of its scientists, engineers, and educators, thus ensuring a globally aware U.S. scientific workforce. Furthermore, the Fellow will engage in two outreach seminars at universities in Japan and network to establish future collaborations with two research groups beyond the primary host scientists.

这项行动资助德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的乔治利文斯顿于2013年夏天在日本筑波的国家环境研究所进行生物科学研究项目。 该项目的名称是“利用微观世界来测试干扰对空间食物网的影响。“主办科学家是Noriko Takamura和Kayoko Jumumori。该奖项实施了一项使用水生微生物微观世界测试空间生态理论的实验。该实验旨在测试扩散和干扰对物种与其最佳环境、食物网和生态系统功能之间匹配的综合影响。这是通过操纵斑块在低水平的分散景观中被破坏的速率来实现的。人类正在大幅减少许多景观的连通性，导致食物网和授粉和虫害控制等生态系统服务的下降和崩溃。这项实验将有助于提供一般的机制，为底层食物网下降。EAPSI奖学金的更广泛的影响包括为研究员提供美国以外的第一手研究经验;介绍各自所在地的科学，科学政策和科学基础设施;以及社会，文化和语言的方向。 这些活动符合NSF的目标，即在科学家，工程师和教育工作者的职业生涯早期进行国际合作教育，从而确保具有全球意识的美国科学工作者。此外，该研究员将在日本各大学参加两次外联研讨会，并建立网络，以便今后与主要东道科学家以外的两个研究小组建立合作关系。