U.S.-Ecuador Planning Visit To El Cajas National Park, Ecuador

在这次由国际科学和工程办公室美洲项目支持的美国-厄瓜多尔计划访问中，凯瑟琳·格雷厄姆、纽约州立大学石溪分校的一名研究生和加利福尼亚州雷耶斯角鸟类天文台(PRBO)的史蒂夫·拉塔将制定一个合作研究项目，由阿祖伊大学(厄瓜多尔昆卡)的Gustavo Chacon博士和Boris Tinoo博士以及国际鸟盟(厄瓜多尔基多)的Ian Davidson共同参与。他们将讨论在厄瓜多尔昆卡的卡哈斯国家公园进行鸟类生态研究的项目，该项目包括对鸟类种群的监测，从而制定国家公园的管理和保护指南。这个预期的合作项目结合了一套独特的方法，从传统的鸟类生态学研究到景观生态学和行为生态学。通过与南美和美国的非政府和学术机构互动，任何合作项目开发的结果和分析技术都将对高度多样化的高安第斯地区的保护和教育产生更广泛的影响。拟议的研究项目将促进一名年轻女教员的职业发展，并使她的学生和博士后研究人员接触到国际合作。

In this U.S.-Ecuador planning visit supported by the Americas Program of the Office of International Science and Engineering, Catherine Graham and a graduate student from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and Steve Latta from the Point Reyes Bird Observatory (PRBO) in California will develop a collaborative research program involving Dr. Gustavo Chacon and Boris Tinoco at the University of Azuay (Cuenca, Ecuador) and Ian Davidson of BirdLife International (Quito, Ecuador). They will discuss a project to pursue avian ecological research in Cajas National Park, Cuenca, Ecuador, that includes the monitoring of bird populations that can result in the development of management and conservation guidelines for the National Park.This prospective collaborative project combines a unique set of methods from traditional ecological studies with birds to landscape ecology and behavioral ecology. By interacting with non-governmental and academic institutions in both South America and the U.S., the results and analytical techniques developed in any collaborative project would have a broader impact on conservation and education in the highly diverse high-Andean regions. The proposed research project would enhance the career development of a young female faculty member and expose her students and post-doctoral researchers to international collaborations.