Symposium: "Physiological Ecology of Migration," New Orleans, LA, 24-30 September, 2002

本提案是为了支持2002年9月24-31日在美国路易斯安那州新奥尔良市举行的第三届北美鸟类学大会（NAOC）上的一个专题讨论会“迁徙的生理生态学：如何飞行、快速和途中进食”。本次研讨会的目标有两个方面：（a）汇集积极研究候鸟不同层次生物组织（分子，细胞，有机体，种群）的杰出研究人员和（B）包括研究人员谁可以在广泛的生态背景下解决生理学的分类多样性的候鸟。 这种关注是及时的，因为最近的重要工作已经解决了飞鸟的代谢生理学和候鸟器官系统表型灵活性的重要性。 然而，这项工作还没有得到充分的整合，特别是在不同层次的生物组织，也没有这项工作被传播到更广泛的观众感兴趣的鸟类生态学在迁徙过程中。专题讨论会的贡献者将提供一套不同的观点和方法来研究移徙的生理生态，部分原因是他们包括处于职业生涯不同阶段的科学家，以及来自不同国家的男女科学家。

This proposal is for support of a symposium "Physiological Ecology of Migration: How to Fly, Fast, and Feed En Route " at the Third North American Ornithological Congress (NAOC) on 24-31 September 2002 in New Orleans, LA. The objectives for this symposium are twofold: (a) to bring together outstanding researchers who are actively studying migratory birds at different levels of biological organization (molecular, cellular, organismal, populations) and (b) to include researchers who can address the physiology of a taxonomically diverse set of migratory birds within a broad ecological context. Such a focus is timely in that significant recent work has addressed the metabolic physiology of flying birds and the importance of phenotypic flexibility in organ systems for migrating birds. However, this work has not been adequately integrated especially across various levels of biological organization, nor has this work been disseminated to a broader audience of ornithologists interested in the ecology of birds during migration. The contributors at the symposium will provide a diverse set of perspectives and approaches for studying the physiological ecology of migration in part because they include scientists at different stages of their careers, and from various countries represented by both men and women.