MEETING: Phys-Fest: Advancing the Field of Plant Physiological Ecology; Konza Prairie, June 6-10, 2016

这个项目是在堪萨斯州康扎草原生物站举行的一个以植物生理生态学为重点的科学会议（physfest）。参与者将作为一个有组织的小组合作收集数据，每个人都有自己的实地研究设备来解决这个问题：高草草原植物物种的生理变异性是什么？这个问题具有科学价值，因为生理生态学家意识到生理过程的统计变异性往往超过平均反应。没有复制的科学设备和训练有素的科学家，测量生态系统内的生理变异性是不可能的。会议形式还将通过一系列科学报告和与该领域知名领导人的会晤，促进与会者之间的联网和互动。物理节的参与者将创建一个植物生态生理学视频教学库，并在网上免费分发。鼓励参与者（以及该领域内的其他人）制作有关其研究专业的短视频讲座。随着这个视频库的发展，教育推广的潜力将会很大。物理节的最终目标包括为促进该领域长期结合的活动进行战略规划。这些活动包括在会议上指导学生和博士后，计划未来的专题讨论会，讨论生态生理学的关键问题，并计划第二次物理节会议。被邀请参加会议的人中至少有一半是学生和博士后，让他们在该领域站稳脚跟的同时，有机会获得重要的培训和交流机会。本次会议将侧重于植物生态生理学（物理节），并偏离了典型的简短演讲和海报的会议形式。在这里，参与者将合作收集数据，以表征高草草原生态系统叶片水平碳和水特征的空间和日变化。这个问题具有重要的科学价值，因为叶片水平的植物生理数据是可变的，但没有人量化这种可变性，因为充分表征整个生态系统中的这种可变性超出了个人研究者和个人实验室的设备和仪器的能力。与会者将描述高草草原生态系统内在的生理变异(1)在场地上跨越资源梯度的空间；(2)在功能群/种内每日发生；(3)用于评估响应变量与环境变异性在空间和时间上的联系。这些数据将提供多尺度、高时空覆盖的中植草地关键生理植物性状，并将为未来其他生态系统的测量提供变异性的基线评估。举办物理节是专门为促进学生和博士后参与者的网络和专业发展而设计的。与该研究领域的知名科学家的夜间会议将举行，以指导年轻科学家并发起讨论，解决植物生态生理学的研究前沿。最后，与会者将制作简短的视频演示，在他们的专业领域内进行课堂教学。这个视频库将被托管在YouTube频道上，将是一个宝贵的教学资源。

This project is a scientific conference (Phys-Fest) focused on plant physiological ecology at the Konza Prairie Biological Station, in Kansas. Participants will collaborate in data collection as an organized group, each with their own field research equipment to address the question: What is the physiological variability within plant species of the tallgrass prairie? This question has scientific value, as physiological ecologists are aware that statistical variability in physiological processes often exceeds the mean response. Without replicated scientific equipment and trained scientists, measuring the physiological variability within an ecosystem is impossible. The meeting format will also promote networking and interactions among participants through a series of scientific presentations and meeting with established leaders in the field. Participants at Phys-Fest will create a plant eco-physiology video teaching library for free distribution online. Participants (and others within the field) will be encouraged to create short video lectures on their research specialty. As this video library grows over time, the educational outreach potential will be high. The final objective of Phys-Fest includes strategic planning for activities that promote long-term coalescence of the field. These activities include mentorship of students and postdoctoral associates at the conference, planning for future symposia addressing key questions in ecological physiology, and planning for a second Phys-Fest meeting. At least half of the invitees to the conference will be students and post-docs, allowing them to be exposed to important training and networking opportunities as they become established in the field. This conference will focus on plant eco-physiology (Phys-Fest) and deviate from the typical conference format of short presentations and posters. Here, participants will collaborate in data collection to characterize the spatial and diurnal variability in leaf-level carbon and water traits of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem. This question has important scientific value as leaf-level plant physiology data is variable - yet no one quantifies this variability because adequately characterizing such variability in an entire ecosystem is beyond the capacity of an individual investigator and the equipment and instrumentation in an individual's laboratory. Conference participants will characterize the inherent physiological variability in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem (1) spatially across resource gradients on site; (2) diurnally within functional group/species; (3) serve to assess linkages between response variables and environmental variability in both space and time. These data will provide multi-metric, high temporal and spatial coverage for key physiological plant traits in mesic grassland and will provide baseline assessments of variability for future measurements in other ecosystems. The organization of Phys-Fest is specifically designed to promote networking and professional development for student and post-doctoral participants. Nightly sessions with established scientists in this research field will be held to mentor junior scientists and initiate discussion addressing research frontiers within plant eco-physiology. Finally, attendees will develop short video presentations on subject material within their specialty for classroom teaching. This video library will be hosted on a YouTube channel and will be an invaluable teaching resource.