U.S.-Mexico Joint Workshop on Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Waterfowl; VI Neotropical Ornithological Congress, October 4-10, 1999, Monterrey, Mexico

9908813卡耐尔这个美国-墨西哥奖将支持与第六届新热带鸟类大会在墨西哥蒙特雷举行的新热带鸟类生态和保护区域研讨会。 研讨会的目的是促进来自美国和拉丁美洲的研究人员和管理人员之间的交流;巩固有关新热带地区鸭，鹅和天鹅的现有信息;并促进对这一很少研究的鸟类群体的保护和进一步研究。由于新热带水禽进化的生态环境与温带水禽不同，因此出现了不同的社会系统和繁殖策略。 对这些差异的研究有助于行为生态学和进化领域的研究。研讨会的组织是为了解决缺乏有关新热带区迁徙和栖息的鸭科鸟类的全面信息来源的问题，也是为了发展一个更好的拉丁美洲新热带区水禽研究的本地和外国科学家的交流网络。进化论和自然历史以及其他两个涉及保护和管理的会议。 将结合小组和大组讨论，提出一份建议研究和保护行动的草案，列入讲习班议事录，以便为今后的工作提供指导。

9908813CarbonellThis US-Mexico award will support a regional workshop on the ecology and conservation of neotropical birds in conjunction with the VI Neotropical Ornithological Congress to take place in Monterrey, Mexico. The objectives of the workshop are to facilitate communication among researchers and managers from the United States and Latin America; to consolidate existing information about ducks, geese, and swans in the neotropics; and to stimulate conservation and further research of this little-studied group of birds. Because neotropical waterfowl have evolved in a different ecological context than their temperate counterparts, different social systems and breeding strategies have arisen. Study of these differences can contribute to the field of behavioral ecology and evolution.The workshop, organized in response to the lack of a comprehensive source of current information on neotropical migrants and residents of the family Anatidae and from a desire to develop an improved communication network of local and foreign scientists working with neotropical waterfowl in Latin America, will be divided into two sessions dealing with ecology, behavior, evolution, and natural history and two other sessions dealing with conservation and management. A combination of small and large group discussions will produce a draft of suggested research and conservation actions that will be included in the workshop proceedings in order to provide guidelines for future work.***