IRES: Cross-Cutting Interdisciplinary Research and Integration of Ecology and Biocultural Conservation in the World's Southernmost Forests

IRES：世界最南端森林生态学和生物文化保护的跨领域跨学科研究与整合

• 批准号: 1658651
• 负责人: Jaime Jimenez
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: University of North Texas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-08-01 至 2023-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1658651&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; Cross; Cutting; Interdisciplinary; Research

Using a novel biocultural conservation approach integrating ecological sciences, arts and environmental philosophy, 18 students over three years will participate in theoretical and field-based research conducted in the pristine UNESCO's Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, southern Chile. Mentored by Chilean and U.S. researchers, students will actively engage in crosscutting research in the context of global change integrating bryophyte and bird ecology, impact of invasive species, and the effects of water and air quality on aquatic invertebrates along altitudinal gradients. Additional objectives are to familiarize students with decision-making processes, engage them in regional educational programs focused on social and ecological well-being. They will gain hands-on experience at the interface of environmental science, policy and education, critical for understanding today's complex environmental issues.This IRES presents a unique opportunity to engage U.S. STEM students in research, education, and conservation projects to prepare them to address complex ecological problems in a geographical area comparable to subpolar regions of North America. Students from groups typically underrepresented in STEM disciplines and in particular in conservation biology, will explore, alongside Chilean and other international researchers and students, the interfaces of environmental science, policy and education. They will share their learning and research experiences with local citizens through activities within the school and community to strengthen the understanding of the unique regional biodiversity to broaden their own perspectives of their scientific research and gain the viewpoint of the local community on their natural heritage.

利用一种新的生物文化保护方法，将生态科学，艺术和环境哲学相结合，18名学生将在三年内参加在智利南部原始的联合国教科文组织合恩角生物圈保护区进行的理论和实地研究。在智利和美国研究人员的指导下，学生们将积极参与全球变化背景下的交叉研究，包括鸟类和鸟类生态学，入侵物种的影响，以及水和空气质量对水生无脊椎动物的影响沿着海拔梯度。其他目标是让学生熟悉决策过程，让他们参与以社会和生态福祉为重点的区域教育计划。他们将获得环境科学，政策和教育的实践经验，这对理解当今复杂的环境问题至关重要。这个IRES提供了一个独特的机会，让美国STEM学生参与研究，教育和保护项目，使他们能够解决与北美次极地地区相当的地理区域的复杂生态问题。来自STEM学科，特别是保护生物学领域代表性不足的群体的学生将与智利和其他国际研究人员和学生一起探索环境科学，政策和教育的界面。他们将通过学校和社区内的活动与当地居民分享他们的学习和研究经验，以加强对独特的区域生物多样性的了解，扩大他们自己的科学研究视角，并了解当地社区对自然遗产的看法。

项目成果

Southernmost distribution limit for endangered Peladillas ( Aplochiton taeniatus ) and non‐native coho salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch ) coexisting within the Cape Horn biosphere reserve, Chile

共存于智利合恩角生物圈保护区内的濒临灭绝的 Peladillas (Aplochiton taeniatus) 和非本地银大麻哈鱼 (Oncorhynchus kisutch) 的最南端分布限制

• DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14309
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Journal of Fish Biology
• 影响因子: 2
• 作者: Maldonado‐Márquez, Alan;Contador, Tamara;Rendoll‐Cárcamo, Javier;Moore, Sabrina;Pérez‐Troncoso, Carolina;Gomez‐Uchida, Daniel;Harrod, Chris
• 通讯作者: Harrod, Chris

Evidence of targeted consumption of mosses by birds in sub-Antarctic South America

南美洲亚南极地区鸟类有针对性地食用苔藓的证据

• DOI: 10.1111/aec.12858
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Austral ecology
• 影响因子: 1.5
• 作者: Russo, N.J.;Robertson, M.;MacKenzie, R.;Goffinet, B.;Jiménez, J.E.
• 通讯作者: Jiménez, J.E.

Potential dispersal of tardigrades by birds through endozoochory: evidence from Sub-Antarctic White-bellied Seedsnipe (Attagis malouinus)

• DOI: 10.1007/s00300-020-02680-9
• 发表时间: 2020-05-19
• 期刊: POLAR BIOLOGY
• 影响因子: 1.7
• 作者: Robertson, Michael W.;Russo, Nicholas J.;Jimenez, Jaime E.
• 通讯作者: Jimenez, Jaime E.