Workshop on Food Webs: Integration of Patterns and Dynamics;September 12-15, 1993; Ft. Collins, CO

将举办一个研讨会，以评估食物网研究作为社区和生态系统生态学综合范例的作用。会议将采用研讨会/工作坊的形式：32名科学家将发表论文，预计还会有5-10人参加。受邀的参与者来自美国、加拿大和欧洲，包括从事食物网理论和实证方面工作的人。讲习班的主要目标包括：(1)定义食物网研究的最新进展；(2)在不同的组织和复杂程度上使用各种方法探索食物网研究的共性；(3)改善食物网理论与社区生态学中其他理论的整合；(4)批判性地评估实证食物网研究中的现有方法；(5)综述了粮食网方法在资源管理和农业中的局限性和潜力。研讨会参与者将做出特别的努力(1)确定当前食物网理论和实证方法中主要的缺陷领域，(2)构建解决这些缺陷的指导方针，(3)激发更大的合作研究。一个编辑多作者的书将由查普曼和霍尔出版社出版。本次会议是讨论和传播经验和理论食品网研究信息的重要和及时的论坛。已从其他来源收到额外资金，使该讲习班具有成本效益。

A workshop will be held to evaluate the role of food web research as an integrative paradigm in community and ecosystems ecology. The meeting will follow a symposium/workshop format: 32 scientists will present papers with an anticipated 5-10 additional people attending. Invited participants are from the United States, Canada, and Europe, and include people working on theoretical and empirical aspects of food webs. The primary objectives of the workshop include: (1) to define the state of the art in food web research, (2) to explore commonalities in food web research using a variety of approaches and at different levels of organization and complexity, (3) to improve the integration of food web theory with other bodies of theory in community ecology, (4) to critically evaluate existing methodology in empirical food web research, and (5) to review the limitations and potential of food web approaches for resource management and agriculture. Workshop participants will make special efforts (1) to identify major areas of deficiency in the current body of food web theory and in empirical methodology, (2) to construct guidelines to address such deficiencies, and (3) to stimulate greater collaborative research. An edited multiple-authored book will be published by Chapman and Hall Publishers. %%% This conference is an important and timely forum for discussion and dissemination of information on empirical and theoretical food web research. Additional funds have been received from other sources making this a cost-effective workshop.