Biota and Ecosystems of the Southern Temperate Zone: Group Travel Award for an International Conference in Cape Town, South Africa 2003

该奖项将允许来自美国大学的23名科学家参加2004年1月在南非开普敦举行的关于“南半球温带生态系统和生物群：对全球综合的贡献”的国际会议。这次会议将组成第四届南方联系大会，这是一个由大约400名科学家组成的组织，他们对南半球温带纬度生物群和生态系统的比较研究感兴趣。大会将包括全体发言、座谈会、口头提交的论文、提交的海报、关于选定主题的特别讨论会议，包括技术研讨会和实地考察。将在会议上介绍和讨论的作品将描述生态系统生态学(主要是陆地生态系统，但也包括海洋生态系统)、进化生态学、景观生态学、古生物学、动植物相互作用、系统发育、进化、古生态学、生态和历史生物地理学、生物入侵、植被历史、生态系统恢复和可持续管理等领域的原创研究成果。该讲习班由生态系统科学、生态学、地理学和区域科学以及科学和工程办公室共同资助。

This award will allow 23 scientists from U.S. universities to participate in an international conference on "Southern Hemisphere Temperate Ecosystems and Biota: Contributions towards a Global Synthesis" to be held January 2004 in Cape Town South Africa. This conference will constitute the IV Congress of the Southern Connection, an organization of approximately 400 scientists with an interest in comparative studies of the biota and ecosystems of the southern hemisphere temperate latitudes. The Congress will include plenary addresses, symposia, oral contributed papers, contributed posters, special discussion sessions on chosen topics including technical workshops, and field trips. Works to be presented and discussed at the conference will describe the results of original research in fields such as ecosystem ecology (primarily terrestrial ecosystems but also marine ecosystems), evolutionary ecology, landscape ecology, paleontology, plant-animal interactions, phylogeny, evolution, paleoecology, ecological and historical biogeography, biological invasions, vegetation history, and ecosystem restoration and sustainable management. This workshop is co-funded through Ecosystem Science; Ecology; Geography and Regional Sciences; and the Office of Science and Engineering.