Biological Field Station Proposal: Refurbishment of Kemp Natural Resources Station

9311436 Gower，S.The Kemp Natural Resources Station是威斯康星大学麦迪逊农业与生命科学学院运营的研究中心，位于威斯康星中北部。空间站有几个独特的特点：(1)它位于美国复活节仅存的几大片古老森林中的一些附近，(2)它所在的地区包含以复杂模式并列的各种地形，(3)Keep to Trout Lake站的最近位置为检查陆地与研究和本科生/研究生培养规模之间的互动提供了一个极好的机会。Keep作为群落生态学、野生动物生态学、植物病理学和昆虫学的研究中心，有着悠久的历史。目前的研究项目包括生物和物理科学，如陆地生态系统生态学、生态生理学、恢复和景观生态学；来自威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校和其他威斯康星大学、USFS、USGS以及几所美国和加拿大大学的科学家参与其中。尽管Keep空间站的物理结构和研究能力最近和正在不断改进，但实验室设施不足以满足当前和未来的需求。该项目将支持现有研究实验室的改建和扩建，并购买图像分析系统。该实验室的现代化将重新建立Keep自然资源站作为陆地研究中心，并促进与鲑鱼湖站--水生研究中心--的科学家就陆地-水生相互作用进行跨学科研究。***

9311436 Gower, S. The Kemp Natural Resources Station, a research center operated by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, is located in north-central Wisconsin. The station has several unique characteristics: (1) It is located near some of the few remaining large tracts of old growth forests int he easter United States, (2) It is located in a region that contains diverse landforms that are juxtaposed in complex patterns, (3) The proximal location of Keep to Trout Lake Station offer an excellent opportunity to examine interactions between terrestrial and research and undergraduate/graduate training scale. Keep has a long history as a center for community ecology, wildlife ecology, plant pathology and entomology. Current research programs include biological and physical sciences such as terrestrial ecosystem ecology, ecophysiology, restoration, and landscape ecology; and involve scientists from UW-Madison and other UW campuses, USFS, USGS, and several American and Canadian universities. Despite recent and ongoing improvements to both physical structure and research capabilities at Keep Station, the laboratory facilities are not adequate to meet current and future demands. This project will support the remodeling and expansion of the existing research laboratory and the purchase an image analysis system. The modernization of the laboratory will re-establish Keep Natural Resources Station as a center for terrestrial research and promote inter-disciplinary research on terrestrial-aquatic interaction with scientists at Trout Lake Station -- a center for aquatic research. ***