Long-Term Ecological Research at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest

哈伯德布鲁克实验森林的长期生态研究

• 批准号: 1633026
• 负责人: Gary Lovett
• 金额: $ 107.93万
• 依托单位: Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-02-01 至 2019-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1633026&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Long; Term; Ecological; Research; Hubbard

The Hubbard Brook (HBR) Experimental Forest LTER project began in 1988, drawing on a history of forest ecosystem research that began in the 1950s, and has the continuing overall goal of improving understanding of the structure and function of Northern Forest ecosystems and their responses to environmental change and disturbance. This project will advance the conceptual and quantitative basis for predicting fluxes of energy and materials and distributions of the biota under the influences of environmental changes that are accelerated by the activities of people. The project includes observational and experimental approaches, at both small plot and whole watershed scales, and integrates biogeochemical, geohydrologic, and biological approaches to understand the consequences to Northern Forest ecosystems of air pollution, atmospheric deposition, and regional climate change. This project improves understanding of the ecology and dynamics of Northern Forest ecosystems and advances approaches for managing them effectively now and into the future. It assembles and integrates unique long-term data sets that address the important societal issues of forest management, air pollution and atmospheric deposition, invasive species, and regional climate change. Its broader values also include extensive research-based training, K-12 curriculum development and teacher training sessions, and public outreach programs. The project provides scientific syntheses, coupled with scientific assessment of alternative management strategies, in formats readily available to the public, the media, educators, and policy-makers.

哈伯德布鲁克（HBR）实验森林LTER项目始于1988年，借鉴了20世纪50年代开始的森林生态系统研究的历史，其持续的总体目标是提高对北方森林生态系统的结构和功能及其对环境变化和干扰的反应的认识。该项目将为预测在人类活动加速的环境变化影响下的能量和物质通量以及生物群分布提供概念和数量基础。 该项目包括在小地块和整个流域尺度上的观测和实验方法，并整合了地球化学、地质水文和生物方法，以了解空气污染、大气沉积和区域气候变化对北方森林生态系统的影响。该项目提高了对北方森林生态系统的生态和动态的理解，并推进了现在和将来有效管理森林的方法。它汇集和整合了独特的长期数据集，解决森林管理、空气污染和大气沉积、入侵物种和区域气候变化等重要社会问题。其更广泛的价值还包括广泛的研究为基础的培训，K-12课程开发和教师培训课程，以及公共宣传计划。该项目以公众、媒体、教育工作者和决策者容易获得的形式提供科学综合报告，并对备选管理战略进行科学评估。