Unifying Ecology Across Scales

跨尺度统一生态

• 批准号: 1347648
• 负责人: Morgan Ernest
• 金额: $ 3.2万
• 依托单位: Gordon Research Conferences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-04-15 至 2014-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1347648&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Unifying; Ecology; Across; Scales

This proposal will integrate young scientists into a Gordon Research Conference focused on the emerging field of macroecology, which incorporates a synthesis of ecology, evolution and physiology to develop a mechanistic approach to understanding ecological patterns in nature. Students and postdocs will be mentored in an atmosphere where young scientists are comfortable sharing ideas with their peers and with more senior scientists. The increased participation of the future leaders of cross-disciplinary research will improve the scientific discourse at the meeting by bringing fresh ideas and perspectives on this important new synthetic field of research.Macroecology holds significant potential to increase our scientific understanding of plant and animal responses to climate change, habitat alterations, and other environmental perturbations. This proposal will help support and mentor the next generation of cross-disciplinary scientists by providing them access to a network of scientists with similar interests, providing venues for them to improve their presentation skills, and receive mentoring from leaders in their fields. The program will also target members of under-represented groups in biology, to ensure that these individuals have access to the ideas presented at the Gordon Research Conference.

这一提议将把年轻科学家纳入戈登研究会议，重点关注宏观生态学这一新兴领域，该会议综合了生态学、进化和生理学，以发展一种机制方法来理解自然界的生态模式。学生和博士后将在一种氛围中接受指导，在这种氛围中，年轻科学家可以轻松地与同行和更资深的科学家分享想法。跨学科研究的未来领导者的更多参与将通过为这一重要的新的综合研究领域带来新的想法和观点来改善会议上的科学论述。宏观生态学具有巨大的潜力，可以增加我们对植物和动物对气候变化、栖息地变化和其他环境扰动的反应的科学理解。该提案将帮助支持和指导下一代跨学科科学家，为他们提供与具有相似兴趣的科学家组成的网络的机会，为他们提供提高演讲技巧的场所，并从他们所在领域的领导者那里获得指导。该计划还将针对生物学中代表性不足的群体的成员，以确保这些人有机会获得戈登研究会议上提出的想法。