REU in Ecosystem Studies: Establishment of an REU Site withthe SEVILLETA LTER Program.

该奖项提供资金，生物系在 新墨西哥州，阿尔伯克基大学建立一个REU计划 在塞维利亚LTER站点。 十名本科生将参加 在新墨西哥州中部的长期生态研究项目。 作为NSF长期生态研究网络的一部分， 塞维利亚LTER网站为学生提供了一个独特的机会 来研究几个边界的生态过程， 西南部主要生物群落（奇瓦瓦沙漠、大平原 草地，大盆地灌木草原，内部查帕拉尔，Pinon- Juniper Woodland和Sub-Alpine Forest）。 直接工作 与19名LTER教师研究人员，REU 学生将参与各种生态学 研究，包括气象学，植物学，动物学，流域 动力学、养分循环、景观生态学、GIS和数据 管理/计算机系统。 学生将参加一个 研讨会系列，学习各种实地研究技术，设计 并实施自己的研究项目，口头报告， 发表他们的研究结果， 与LTER教师会面。 这些活动将有助于 整合LTER计划的各个方面， 生态系统研究的整体方法。

This award provides funds to the department of biology at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque to establish an REU Program at the Sevilleta LTER site. Ten undergraduates will participate in long-term ecological research projects in central New Mexico. As part of the NSF Long-Term Ecological Research Network, the Sevilleta LTER site provides students with a unique opportunity to examine ecological processes at the boundaries of several major southwestern biomes (Chihuahuan Desert, Great Plains Grassland, Great Basin Shrub-Steppe, Interior Chaparral, Pinon- Juniper Woodland and Sub-Alpine Forest). Working in direct association with the 19 LTER faculty researchers, the REU students will become involved in a wide variety of ecology studies, including meteorology, botany, zoology, watershed dynamics, nutrient cycling, landscape ecology, GIS and data management/computer systems. Students will participate in a seminar series, learn various field research techniques, design and implement their own research project, orally report and publish their results, and travel to a national scientific meeting with the LTER faculty. These activities will serve to integrate various aspects of the LTER Program, and facilitate a holistic approach to ecosystem studies.