International Research Fellow Awards Program: Beetle and Bird Biodiversity Under Different Coffee Cultivation Regimes in Central Veracruz, Mexico

0076201戈登国际研究员奖励计划使美国科学家和工程师能够在国外进行三到二十四个月的研究。 该计划的奖项提供了联合研究的机会，以及使用独特或互补的设施，专业知识和国外的实验条件。Gordon将在墨西哥哈拉帕的生态研究所与Juan弗朗西斯科Ornelas博士合作12个月。Gordon博士将在墨西哥韦拉克鲁斯的五个咖啡种植系统下研究生物多样性的持久性。 他将对鸟类和甲虫进行采样，作为种植系统中生物多样性的指标，从原始森林的低到高变化。 一种主要经济作物的种植与当地生物多样性之间的潜在兼容性是制定既满足发展中国家社会经济需要又满足生物保护需要的管理计划的重要机会。为了设计这样的计划，有必要了解不同的咖啡种植策略对生物多样性的影响。韦拉克鲁斯中部是一个理想的竞技场，可以研究不同咖啡种植制度下的生物多样性持久性问题，因为它是该国主要的咖啡生产中心之一，具有高度的多样性。Ornelas博士在鸟类生态学，自然历史和发声方面具有专业知识。

0076201GordonThe International Research Fellow Awards Program enables U.S. scientists and engineers to conduct three to twenty-four months of research abroad. The program's awards provide opportunities for joint research, and the use of unique or complementary facilities, expertise and experimental conditions abroad.This award will provide Dr. Caleb E. Gordon with 12 months of support to work with Dr. Juan Francisco Ornelas at the Instituto de Ecologia in Xalapa, Mexico.Dr. Gordon will investigate biodiversity persistence under five coffee cultivation systems in Veracruz, Mexico. He will sample birds and beetles as biodiversity indicators in cultivation systems ranging from low to high alteration of the original forest. The potential compatibility between the cultivation of a major cash crop and native biodiversity represents an important opportunity to develop management plans that satisfy both the socioeconomic needs of developing nations and the needs of biological conservation. To design such plans, it is necessary to understand the effects of different coffee cultivation strategies on biodiversity.Central Veracruz is an ideal arena to examine this question of biodiversity persistence under different coffee cultivation regimes, as it is one of the country's major coffee production centers and has a high level of diversity. Dr. Ornelas has expertise in bird ecology, natural history, and vocalization.