International Research in El Salvador: Dissertation Enhancement: Climate, ecophysiology, and evolution in a tropical butterfly (Chlosyne lacinia)

该论文增强奖将为博士生Timothy Bonebrake先生提供支持，在萨尔瓦多广泛地理范围内的斑纹蝴蝶种群中进行小气候对生态生理学和进化的影响的研究。斯坦福大学的Carol Boggs和Paul Ehrlich说。数据将通过生物物理建模、热电偶实验和基因分析来收集。实地工作将在萨尔瓦多的不可能国家公园附近进行，美国调查人员和萨尔瓦多生态学家奥利弗·科马尔博士（Salvanatura）和弗朗西斯科·塞拉诺博士（Bioproductores）之间进行了强有力的国际合作。结果将与哥斯达黎加和北美过去和现在的研究进行比较，并将通过斯坦福大学的双语网站进行传播。这项研究将在一个缺乏经验数据的地区加强目前的生物多样性清查工作和监测能力。美国研究人员和萨尔瓦多研究人员之间将促进强有力的国际合作。对生物多样性的人为影响的研究将使美国和萨尔瓦多都受益。

This dissertation enhancement award will provide support for doctoral student Mr. Timothy Bonebrake, to conduct research on microclimate effects on ecophysiology and evolution within a checkerspot butterfly population in a broad geographic range in El Salvador, under the guidance of Drs. Carol Boggs and Paul Ehrlich, of Stanford University. Data will be gathered through biophysical modeling, thermocouple experimentation and genetic analysis. Field work will be based near the El Imposible National Park in El Salvador, with a strong international collaboration between the U.S. investigators and El Salvadoran ecologists Dr. Oliver Komar (Salvanatura) and Dr. Francisco Serrano (Bioproductores). Results will be compared to past and present research in Costa Rica and North America, and will be disseminated through a Stanford University bilingual website. The research will enhance current biodiversity inventory efforts and monitoring capacity in an area where there is a dearth of empirical data. A strong international collaboration will be fostered between U.S. researchers and those in El Salvador. Research on anthropogenic effects on biodiversity will benefit both the U.S. and El Salvador.