Workshop on Desertification: A Landscape-Ecosystem Perspective, La Serena, Chile, October, 1989

该奖项支持将于1989年10月在智利拉塞雷纳大学举办的荒漠化问题国际研讨会。美国的组织者是新墨西哥州立大学的沃尔特·惠特福德，智利的组织者是拉塞雷纳大学的胡里奥·R·古铁雷斯。与会者包括8名美国科学家，他们代表了动植物生态、微生物和生理生态、土壤科学、系统建模和营养等领域。此外，还将有6名智利人和2名巴西人参加。除了遥感、生物气象学、气候学和地貌学的一些代表外，它们的领域是相似的。讲习班将由准备好的论文和口头陈述组成，从而以西班牙语和英语发表论文。所有讲习班参与者都将受益于扩大他们对生态系统生态学，特别是干旱生态系统的知识和看法。智利科学家通常对美国沙漠有经验；这次研讨会将为美国科学家提供熟悉南部沙漠系统的机会。此外，还将向智利人介绍新的概念框架和模拟模型。通过这种方式并通过启动研究生培训，这次讲习班是实现发展中国家科学计划目标的一个很好的例子。

This award supports an international workshop on desertification to be held in La Serena, Chile at the University of La Serena in October, 1989. The U.S. organizer is Walter Whitford of New Mexico State University and the Chilean organizer is Julio R. Gutierrez of the University of La Serena. The participants include eight U.S. scientists who represent the areas of plant and animal ecology, microbial and physiological ecology, soil science, system modeling and nutrition. In addition, six Chilean and two Brazilians will attend. Their fields are similar except for some representation of remote sensing, biometeorology, climatology and geomorphology. The workshop will consist of prepared papers and oral presentations resulting in published papers in spanish and english. All workshop participants will benefit by broadening their knowledge and perceptions of ecosystem ecology and arid ecosystems in particular. The Chilean scientists have generally had experience in U.S. deserts; this workshop will afford the U.S. scientists the opportunity to become familiar with southern desert systems. Also, the Chileans will be introduced to new conceptual frameworks and simulation models. In this way and through the initiation of graduate student training, this workshop is a good example of the fulfillment of the goals of the Science in Developing Countries program.