U.S.-Mexico Research: Birds of the Coast of Mexico: Diversity, Distribution, Systematics, Abundance, Habitat Associations and Movements

9403053 Winker美国-墨西哥奖将支持史密森尼学会的Kevin Winker博士与墨西哥自治大学（UNAM）生物研究所的Patricia Escalante博士进行研究合作。 研究人员正在墨西哥韦拉克鲁斯州南部对新热带鸟类的种群动态、系统分类和栖息地选择进行研究。 对于这个项目，他们打算通过吸引和培训年轻科学家，并对该地区的鸟类进行及时的标准化研究，在沿着建立一个广泛的研究人员网络。 该网络的地理范围将有助于建立一个关于鸟类分布、丰度、栖息地利用以及物种和亚种一级系统学的沿海数据库。 通过这一合作者网络，在现代，适当的方法培训，可以在解决更大的问题（沿海分布，系统分类，栖息地选择和运动），使该地区非常重要的鸟类进化和保护的角度取得重大进展。 ***

9403053 Winker This U.S.-Mexico award will support Dr. Kevin Winker of the Smithsonian Institution in a research collaboration with Dr. Patricia Escalante of the Instituto de Biologia of the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). The researchers are conducting research on the population dynamics, systematics, and habitat selection of neotropical birds in southern Veracruz, Mexico. For this project, they intend to establish a broad network of researchers along the coast by attracting and training young scientists and initiating timely, standardized research on the avifauna of the region. The network's geographic scope will help to establish a coastal database on avian distribution, abundance, habitat use, and species-and subspecies-level systematics. Through this network of collaborators, trained in modern, appropriate methods, significant progress can be made in addressing the larger issues (coastal distribution, systematics, habitat selection, and movement) that make this region very important from the perspectives of avian evolution and conservation. ***