Workshop: Frontiers in Ecology: January 12-13, 2006, at NSF

研讨会：生态学前沿：2006年1月12日至13日，在NSF Anurag AgrawalDEB-0544929该奖项将组织和进行一个研讨会，生态学前沿，以解决生态学中新兴的研究重点。 为了反映生态生物学的增长和新的发展，本次研讨会将考虑理论和经验的方法和工具，解决在多个空间和时间尺度上定义生态系统的模式和过程。 范围将包括生态研究的范围和生态生物学集群和NSF生物科学理事会相关计划考虑的主题。 研讨会计划于2006年1月12日至13日在阿灵顿的NSF举行。 本次会议的具体目标是：1）审查，讨论，并提供对当前的研究活动和生态生物学进展的观点，2）提出一个研究优先事项的框架，突出快速进展似乎可能的领域，和3）产生我们的研究结果的报告，供NSF工作人员和其他人使用。 本次研讨会要考虑的主题整体涉及NSF的几个项目;结论无疑将促进更大的跨学科努力。 此外，一些可能的主题领域，如景观，疾病，入侵物种和城市生态，具有更广泛的社会意义。

Workshop: Frontiers in Ecology: January 12-13, 2006, at NSF Anurag AgrawalDEB-0544929This award is will organize and conduct a workshop, Frontiers in Ecology, to address emerging research priorities in ecology. To reflect the growth and new developments in ecological biology, this workshop will consider theoretical and empirical approaches and tools that address patterns and processes that define ecological systems at multiple spatial and temporal scales. The scope will include the range of ecological research and topics considered by the Ecological Biology Cluster and related programs in the Directorate for Biological Sciences at NSF. The workshop is planned to take place on January 12-13, 2006, at NSF in Arlington. The specific goals of this meeting are to: 1) review, discuss, and provide perspective on current research activities and progress in ecological biology, 2) propose a framework of research priorities that highlights areas where rapid progress seems likely, and 3) produce a report of our findings to be used by NSF staff and others. The topics to be considered at this workshop integrally involve several programs at NSF; the conclusions will undoubtedly foster greater cross-disciplinary efforts. In addition, several of the likely topic areas, such as landscape, disease, invasive species, and urban ecology, are of broader societal relevance.