REU Site: Ecohydrology of Tropical Montane Forests -- Diversity in Science, Interdisciplinary Breadth, and Global Awareness

REU 网站：热带山地森林的生态水文学——科学多样性、跨学科广度和全球意识

基本信息

批准号：
1659848
负责人：
Kirk Winemiller
金额：
$ 47.88万
依托单位：
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
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 2022-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1659848&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
REU Site Ecohydrology Tropical Montane

项目摘要

This REU site will support eight students per year, recruited from 2-year community colleges, to participate in a 10-week international research experience. The participants will characterize the gradient of water, climate, and biodiversity in the watershed of a tropical montane forest in central Costa Rica under the guidance of Texas A&M University faculty from the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Civil Engineering, and Geosciences, alongside faculty and students at institutions in Costa Rica. Students utilize natural climate gradients from lowland rainforests to high-elevation cloud forests to characterize land-atmosphere interactions and processes that impact streamflow generation. The program is designed to provide crosscutting understanding of the interactions among biophysical processes, water management, and human impacts in a regional-to-global context. Activities provide a firsthand international research experience, foster a learning community, demonstrate the foundational importance of diversity in science, provide students with a cultural experience, and increase awareness of the interconnection between forests, water and people. Recruitment strategies to enhance participation of students from diverse backgrounds include visiting target schools, making the website more attractive to a wide range of applicants, providing resources and assistance in the application process, and breaking down barriers to participate in study abroad programs. The assessment team will examine how those mentoring experiences encourage students to understand the scientific research process, develop individual research interests, and appreciate their mentoring experiences with faculty members. The expected outcomes include joint faculty-student publications in leading research journals, research conference presentations, and studies to assess the success of international field experiences.Recent evidence suggests that projected temperature increases over land and sea will lead to decreased cloud cover and altered precipitation regimes in Central America. Deforestation of lowland rainforest can further reduce cloud and mist, which amplifies drought, alters forest structure, and reduces stream flows crucial for dry-season water supplies to downstream users. REU students will observe how water from the mountains affects agriculture and society in the valley below via cultural exchanges and service learning projects that provide them with global competences including the ability to live and work effectively in a diverse and global society, and articulate the value of a diverse and global perspective.This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program

此REU网站将每年为八名学生提供从2年社区大学招募的八名学生，以参加为期10周的国际研究经验。参与者将在哥斯达黎加中部的热带蒙塔尼森林流域中的水，气候和生物多样性的梯度，在德克萨斯州A＆M大学教职员工的指导下，农业和生命科学学院，公民工程学，土木工程，以及地理学家以及Costa rica costa rica的机构以及地球科学的学生。学生利用自然气候梯度从低地雨林到高海拔云森林来表征陆地 - 大气相互作用以及影响流量产生的过程。该计划旨在在区域到全球环境下对生物物理过程，水管理和人类影响之间的相互作用进行横切了解。活动提供了第一手国际研究经验，培养一个学习界，证明了多样性在科学中的基本重要性，为学生提供文化经验，并提高人们对森林，水和人之间相互联系的认识。加强来自不同背景学生参与的招聘策略包括访问目标学校，使网站对广泛的申请人更具吸引力，在申请过程中提供资源和帮助，并打破参加出国留学计划的障碍。评估团队将研究那些指导经验的人如何鼓励学生了解科学研究过程，发展个人研究兴趣并欣赏他们与教职员工的指导经验。预期的结果包括领先的研究期刊，研究会议演讲以及评估国际现场经验成功的研究中的联合教师出版物。出现证据表明，预计在土地和海上的温度升高将导致云覆盖率下降和中美洲的降水状况变化。低地雨林的森林砍伐可以进一步减少云和薄雾，从而扩大干旱，改变森林结构，并减少对下游用户的干季供水至关重要的溪流流量。 REU学生将通过文化交流和服务学习项目观察到下面的山谷中的水影响下面的农业和社会，这些项目为他们提供了全球能力，包括在多元化和全球社会中有效生活和工作的能力，并阐明了多元化和全球视角的价值。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（3）

专著数量（0）

科研奖励数量（0）

会议论文数量（0）

专利数量（0）

Assessing Forest Level Response to the Death of a Dominant Tree within a Premontane Tropical Rainforest

评估森林水平对山前热带雨林中主要树木死亡的反应

DOI：
10.3390/f12081041
发表时间：
2021
期刊：
Forests
影响因子：
2.9
作者：
Flores III, Manuel R.;Aparecido, Luiza Maria;Miller, Gretchen R.;Moore, Georgianne W.
通讯作者：
Moore, Georgianne W.

Measurement of above‐canopy meteorological profiles using unmanned aerial systems

使用无人机系统测量冠层上方气象剖面