U.S.-Hungary Developmental Research Efforts: Biodiversity and Long-Term Ecosystem Research

小行星9407794 这个美国-匈牙利的发展努力将在美国生态系统专家和匈牙利生物分类调查专家之间建立新的联系。 其目的是通过与东欧各地点（从匈牙利开始）的扩展国际网络，扩大国家科学基金会在长期生态研究（LTER）地点支持的活动。 Diana W.博士科罗拉多州立大学的弗雷克曼将担任美国首席研究员。 她的匈牙利同行将是匈牙利科学院生态与植物研究所的科瓦奇-朗博士。 他们将共同组织一系列互动访问。第一个项目将把LTER科学家带到匈牙利，检查拥有广泛生物调查和物种组合长期数据集的地点。 美国和匈牙利的研究人员将讨论收集和组织这些丰富的生物多样性数据的方法。 第二次访问将使匈牙利的对应人员前往长期环境试验地点，讨论管理如此大量的长期生态数据的方法。 最后一次访问将使美国和匈牙利的参与者聚集在一起，参加在匈牙利举行的一个研讨会，以制定利用两个社区的优势进行生物多样性合作和长期研究的计划。 预计研究结果将大大推动生物多样性研究与长期接触试验地点正在进行的研究相结合，并加强研究全球问题的国际比较能力。 这些发展性的生态学交流活动使美国和东欧的主要专家能够在具有强烈共同兴趣和能力的领域联合收割机互补人才和汇集研究资源，从而实现促进科学知识的计划目标。 ***

9407794 Freckman This U.S.-Hungary developmental effort will create new links among a broad community of ecosystem specialists in the United States and Hungarian specialists in taxonomic biological surveys. The intent is to broaden the NSF supported activities at Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites through an extended international network with sites in Eastern Europe, beginning with Hungary. Dr. Diana W. Freckman of Colorado State University will serve as the U.S. principal investigator. Her Hungarian counterpart will be Dr. Edit Kovacs-Lang at the Institute of Ecology and Botany of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Together they will organize a series of interactive visits. The first will bring LTER scientists to Hungary to examine sites which possess extensive biological surveys and long-term data sets of species assemblages. U.S. and Hungarian researchers will discuss methods for collecting and organizing this wealth of biodiversity data. A second visit will bring Hungarian counterparts to LTER sites to discuss methods of managing such vast sources of long-term ecological data. The final visit will bring the U.S. and Hungarian participants together for a workshop in Hungary to formulate plans for collaborative, long-term research in biodiversity that will draw upon the strengths of both communities. Results are expected to build considerable impetus for integrating biodiversity research with ongoing research at LTER sites and to lead to a strengthened capacity for international comparisons for study of global problems. These developmental ecological exchanges fulfill the program objective of advancing scientific knowledge by enabling leading experts in the United States and Eastern Europe to combine complementary talents and pool research resources in areas of strong mutual interest and competence. ***