Integrative Migration Biology Symposium held in conjunction with SCIB

马丁Wikelski 0950470综合迁移生物学研讨会大多数人都熟悉迁移的现象，虽然他们可能没有意识到它是多么重要。 迁徙被一些研究人员称为关键行为，因为迁徙动物对其生态系统的巨大影响。 这次会议的主要目标之一是将试图了解动物迁移方式和原因的研究人员聚集在一起，以便生物学家能够了解，例如，如何保护太平洋西北部的鲑鱼以及移民如何影响禽流感的传播。 回答这些重要问题的最佳方法是对移民进行综合研究，其中包括多个科学学科（如气象学，遗传学，生理学和行为学），许多不同的物种，以及基于实验室和基于实地的研究。这次会议和相关的旅费赠款旨在吸引世界各地对移徙感兴趣的学生和博士后研究人员，这是适当的，因为移徙是一种全球现象。 会议将允许这些年轻的研究人员与发言者和其他致力于执行综合迁移生物学的研究人员交流。 学生们也将有机会在协调会议上展示自己的研究。 无法参加会议的个人将能够通过演讲者撰写的论文获得有关移民生物学的见解，并发表在期刊《综合与比较生物学》上，这是一本影响力很大、阅读量很大的期刊。 总的来说，这次会议旨在提高综合迁移生物学的知名度，并促进综合项目，这将导致对数百年来困扰世界各地儿童和成人的现象有更深入的了解：动物如何以及为什么迁移？

Martin Wikelski 0950470 Integrative Migration Biology SymposiumMost people are familiar with the phenomenon of migration, though they may not realize how important it is. Migration has been called a keystone behavior by some researchers because of the large effects that migratory animals have on their ecosystems. One of the main goals of this meeting is to bring together researchers who are trying to understand how and why animals migrate so that biologists can understand, for example, how to conserve salmon in the Pacific Northwest and how migrants may affect the spread of the avian flu. The best way to answer these important questions is to perform integrative research on migration, which combines, among other things, multiple scientific disciplines (such as meteorology, genetics, physiology, and behavior), many different species, and laboratory-based and field-based studies. This meeting and the associated travel grants are designed to attract students and post-doctoral researchers interested in migration from all over the world, which is appropriate since migration is a global phenomenon. The meeting will allow these young investigators to mingle with the speakers and other researchers who are committed to performing integrative migration biology. The students will also have the opportunity to present their own research in coordinated sessions. Individuals who are not able to attend the meeting will be able to gain insights about migration biology through papers authored by the speakers and published in the journal, Integrative and Comparative Biology, a high-impact, well-read journal. Overall, this meeting is designed to increase the visibility of integrative migration biology and promote integrative projects that will lead to a deeper understanding of a phenomenon that has puzzled both children and adults everywhere for hundreds of years: how and why do animals migrate?