Conference: The Multiple Dimensions of Biodiversity Science; Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 26-30, 2015

会议：生物多样性科学的多个维度；

• 批准号: 1536691
• 负责人: Ana Carnaval
• 金额: $ 4.86万
• 依托单位: CUNY City College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-04-15 至 2018-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1536691&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Multiple; Dimensions; Biodiversity; Science

Understanding and predicting spatial patterns of biodiversity and turnover in space and time is central to understanding the interplay between ecology and evolution. Despite the appeal of broadly integrative research programs, advances in biodiversity science have been constrained by the isolation of these fields within biology, as well as between biology and related fields such as geology and climate science. This symposium seeks to identify and broadcast new ways to overcome the challenge of effectively uniting the fields of earth sciences, evolution and ecology through research, teaching, and outreach. Participants will include graduate students, postdocs, and principle investigators associated with the NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity program from the US, and from partner funding agencies in Brazil and China. This meeting will provide a unique opportunity to disseminate new and promising integrative approaches to biodiversity studies, and to brainstorm and discuss the best strategies to educate and train the next generation of integrative scientists. This research is of high priority for developing viable approaches to conservation and sustainability in the neotropics that can be applied in diverse geographic regions. This funding will support the participation of US-based graduate students and postdocs from diverse backgrounds who are conducting cutting-edge research in integrative approaches to biodiversity studies, as well as four undergraduate minority students involved with or interested in similar topics. All student awardees will attend the symposium and be invited to actively participate in the symposium discussions and a joint publication emerging from it. Student posters will be advertised to the symposium audience to maximize their attendance. The poster session will use the scientific networks of our speakers to foster new connections and collaborations between attendees from South America and those from other continents, thereby fostering new scientific links across countries. Local outreach efforts in Brazil will feature new integrative studies that either focus on or encompass tropical biotas, or that develop novel frameworks that can be readily applied to these regions.

了解和预测生物多样性的空间格局以及在空间和时间上的周转对于理解生态学和进化之间的相互作用至关重要。尽管广泛综合的研究项目具有吸引力，但生物多样性科学的进步一直受到生物学内部以及生物学与地质学和气候科学等相关领域之间的孤立的限制。这次研讨会旨在确定和传播新的方法，以克服通过研究、教学和推广有效地联合地球科学、进化论和生态学领域的挑战。参与者将包括来自美国的与美国国家科学基金会生物多样性维度计划相关的研究生、博士后和主要研究人员，以及来自巴西和中国的合作伙伴资助机构。这次会议将提供一个独特的机会，传播生物多样性研究的新的和有希望的综合方法，并集思广益，讨论教育和培训下一代综合科学家的最佳战略。这项研究对于开发可应用于不同地理区域的新热带地区的保护和可持续性的可行方法具有高度的优先地位。这笔资金将支持来自不同背景的美国研究生和博士后参与对生物多样性研究进行综合方法的尖端研究，以及四名参与或对类似主题感兴趣的本科生。所有获奖学生将参加研讨会，并被邀请积极参与研讨会的讨论和由此产生的联合出版物。将向研讨会的观众发布学生海报，以最大限度地提高他们的出席率。海报会议将利用我们演讲者的科学网络来促进南美洲和其他大陆与会者之间的新联系和合作，从而促进各国之间新的科学联系。巴西的地方推广工作将以新的综合性研究为特色，这些研究要么侧重于热带生物群或涵盖热带生物群，要么开发可随时应用于这些地区的新框架。