Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biosciences Related to the Environment

这项行动为1996年国家科学基金会与环境有关的生物科学博士后研究金提供资金。 该研究金支持生态学领域的研究和培训。 生态多样性的山区草甸的内华达州改变牲畜放牧正在研究，以确定的原因和后果的空间变化，在重建本地禾本科物种。 一个基于规则的模型将结合特定地点的，定性的和轶事的信息来预测灌木-禾本科植物在给定地点的dyantimes。 一系列的田间试验将调查调节禾本科恢复和物理条件，如水的可用性，已知是重要的生态参数确定的因果过程之间的相互作用。 这项研究的桥梁之间的差距差距生态和资源管理相结合的定量和定性的知识，以确定必要的信息，以评估替代管理方案的生态后果。

This action funds a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biosciences Related to the Environment for 1996. The fellowship supports research and training in the area of ecology. Ecological diversity in the montane meadows of the Sierra Nevada altered by livestock grazing is being studied to determine the causes and consequences of spatial variation in the re-establishment of native graminoid species. A rule-based model will incorporate site-specific, qualitative, and anecdotal information to predict shrub- graminoid dyanamics at a given site. A series of field experiments will investigate the interplay between causal processes regulating graminoid recovery and physical conditions, such as water availability, known to be important in determining ecological parameters. This study bridges the gap between ecology and resource management by combining quantitative and qualitative knowledge to determine the information necessary to evaluate the ecological consequences of alternative management options.