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

该项目是一个科学会议（物理节），重点是植物生理生态学在康扎草原生物站，在堪萨斯。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，以解决这个问题：什么是高草草原植物物种内的生理变异？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中的统计变异性往往超过平均反应。如果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专题介绍和与该领域知名领导人会晤，促进与会者之间的联网和互动。 参与者在物理节将创建一个植物生态生理学视频教学图书馆免费在线分发。将鼓励参与者（和该领域内的其他人）创建关于其研究专业的简短视频讲座。 随着这个视频库随着时间的推移而增长，教育推广潜力将很大。物理节的最终目标包括为促进该领域长期融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同事，规划未来的专题讨论会，解决生态生理学的关键问题，并规划第二次物理节会议。 至少有一半的受邀者将是学生和博士后，使他们能够接触到重要的培训和网络机会，因为他们成为在该领域建立。本次会议将侧重于植物生态生理学（物理节），并偏离了简短的演讲和海报的典型会议形式。 在这里，与会者将合作收集数据，以表征高草草原生态系统的叶级碳和水特征的空间和昼夜变化。这个问题具有重要的科学价值，因为叶级植物生理学数据是可变的-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体研究者以及个体实验室中的设备和仪器的能力。会议参与者将描述高草草原生态系统固有的生理变异性（1）在空间上跨越现场资源梯度;（2）功能组/物种内的昼夜变化;（3）用于评估响应变量与空间和时间上的环境变异性之间的联系。这些数据将为梅西奇草原的关键生理植物性状提供多尺度、高时空覆盖率，并将为其他生态系统的未来测量提供变异性基线评估。物理节的组织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。将与该研究领域的知名科学家举行夜间会议，指导初级科学家，并开始讨论植物生态生理学研究前沿问题。最后，与会者将在他们的专业课堂教学的主题材料开发简短的视频演示。 该视频库将在YouTube频道上托管，将成为宝贵的教学资源。

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.