U.S.-Czech Research on Growth and Development of Clonal Plants in Normal and Polluted Sites

9416925伯纳德这个由伊萨卡学院的约翰·伯纳德博士和捷克科学院景观生态研究所的卡雷尔·菲亚拉博士合作的美国-捷克合作研究项目，将研究正常、未受污染的系统中克隆植物种群的发展，以及在受污染系统中生长的种群。要研究的污染系统将包括：1)受酸沉降影响的山地森林系统；2)受污水、垃圾填埋场或农业来源影响的湿地沼泽系统，这些系统产生更高的分解有机物负荷。研究人员打算通过比较他们对美国和捷克的自然和扰动环境以及实验室环境的观察，来分析污染对这两个自然生态系统中克隆植物的影响。结果应该会产生关于植物对污染水平的反应的丰富的新数据来源。这一人口生物学项目通过使美国和东欧的顶尖专家能够将互补的人才结合在一起，并在相互感兴趣和能力很强的领域汇集研究资源，实现了促进科学知识发展的计划目标。***

9416925 Bernard This U.S.-Czech cooperative research project between Dr. John Bernard of Ithaca College and Dr. Karel Fiala of the Institute of Landscape Ecology, Czech Academy of Sciences, will address the development of clonal plant populations in normal, unpolluted systems to populations growing in polluted systems. The polluted systems to be studies will feature: 1) mountain forest systems impacted by acid deposition and 2) wetland marsh systems affected by sewage, landfill, or agricultural sources that produce higher loads of decomposing organic matter. The researchers intend to produce an analysis of the effects of pollution on clonal plants in these two natural ecosystems by comparing their observations of natural and perturbed settings and laboratory environments both in the U.S. and the Czech Republic. Results should yield a rich new source of data on plant response to levels of pollution. This project in population biology fulfills 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. ***