REU Site: Assessment and Sustainable Management of Ecosystem Services

阿肯色州大学将为三组10名本科生提供综合研究经验，每组与联邦政府认可的俄克拉荷马州、内布拉斯加州和南达科他州的美洲土著部落合作。 学生将开始为期两周的沉浸式课程实验设计和跨文化的可持续发展伦理探索（模块1），随后是为期六周的研究体验（模块2），并在数据分析和科学交流（模块3）中完成为期一周的强化课程，学生将起草，审查，修改并提交书面和口头报告。工作的重点将是在可持续框架内衡量、管理和恢复生态系统服务。REU计划将通过制定可检验的假设，收集和分析数据，并以口头和书面形式交流结果的过程来培养学生的技能。 该小组将与项目组的教师顾问以及切罗基、波尼和桑蒂苏族部落项目内的环境项目官员合作。 该计划将强调科学的过程，可持续发展的伦理，以及生态与部落传统的文化联系。学生将与教师和研究生合作开展项目，从GIS土地利用分析到河流中的营养螺旋，再到河岸带的鸟类/哺乳动物调查。更多信息可在http：//www.baeg.uark.edu/REUSustainableTribes/上获得，或通过mmatlock@uark.edu或479/575-2849与马蒂马特洛克博士联系。

The University of Arkansas will provide an integrated research experience for three cohorts of 10 undergraduate students, each working with federally recognized Native American Tribes in Oklahoma, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Students will begin with a two-week immersion course on Experimental Design and an Exploration of Sustainability Ethics across cultures (Module 1), followed by a six week Research Experience (Module 2), and concluding with a one week intensive program in Data Analysis and Scientific Communications (module 3) where students will draft, review, revise, and submit written and oral reports of their work. The focus of the work will be measuring, managing, and restoring ecosystem services in a sustainable framework. The REU program will develop student skills thru the process of developing testable hypotheses, collecting and analyzing data, and communicating results in both oral and in written form. The cohort groups will work with a faculty advisor from the Project Team, as well as Environmental Program Officers within the Cherokee, Pawnee and Santee Sioux Nation Tribal programs. The program will emphasize the process of science, the ethic of sustainability, and the cultural connections of ecology with tribal traditions. Students will work with faculty and graduate students on projects ranging from GIS-land use analysis to nutrient spiraling in streams to bird/mammal surveys in riparian zones. More information is available at http://www.baeg.uark.edu/REUSustainableTribes/, or by contacting Dr Marty Matlock at mmatlock@uark.edu or 479/575-2849.