Greenhouse facility to support field ecology and evolution research and teaching at the Kellogg Biological Station

密歇根州立大学（MSU）获得了一笔拨款，用于在W.K. Kellogg生物站（KBS）建造一个新的温室，以补充陆地-水生生态野外设施的现有设施。新的温室将增加KBS的教育和研究机会。KBS将各种自然和管理栖息地与现代实验室和温室设施相结合，为陆地和水生生态学的研究和教育活动提供了理想的场所。KBS主站现有的温室被大量使用，已经达到满负荷运转。新设施将为越来越多的需要进入温室的常驻和访问研究人员提供所需的空间，并将利用该设施和其他KBS设施进行越来越多样化的教育和宣传活动。现有的KBS温室建于20世纪20年代，是W.K. Kellogg夏季庄园的一部分，在过去的20年里，在NSF和MSU的资助下，已经翻新和更新了几次，创造了3600平方英尺的研究空间。现有的温室目前位于离实验室设施比较近的“学术堆栈”研究大楼附近的KBS主会场，但与将建设温室的“陆地-水生生态研究设施”等KBS现场研究中心有一定距离。该设施目前包括植物生态学野外实验室、实验池塘设施、一个有围栏的公共花园区域（以排除鹿），该区域有能力建立水和遮荫处理，以及可用于实验花园和研究地块的开放区域。如果在陆地-水生态现场设施内新建温室，KBS将继续满足常驻科学家和访问科学家的需求，并在陆地生态学家和水生态学家之间建立新的研究联系。此外，由于靠近现有的田间场址，新温室将促进需要温室和田间组成部分的研究。最后，现有的水产研究设施和新温室的结合将为外展和教育活动提供一个极好的场所。KBS每年举办4000人以上的巡回演出；建造一个温室设施来完成陆地-水生生态野外设施，将为旅游团提供一个集中的地点来观察正在进行的陆地和水生系统的研究。欲了解更多信息，请访问KBS网站http://www.kbs.msu.edu/。

Michigan State University (MSU) is awarded a grant to construct a new greenhouse at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) to complement existing facilities at the Terrestrial-Aquatic Ecology Field Facility. The new greenhouse will enhance both educational and research opportunities at KBS. KBS combines access to diverse natural and managed habitats with modern laboratory and greenhouse facilities to provide an ideal site for research and educational activities in terrestrial and aquatic ecology. The existing greenhouse on the KBS main site is heavily used and has reached full capacity. The new facility will provide needed space for the increasing numbers of resident and visiting researchers requiring greenhouse access, along with a growing diversity and number of educational and outreach activities using this and other KBS facilities.The existing KBS greenhouse was built in the 1920's as part of the W.K. Kellogg summer estate and has been renovated and updated several times in the past 20 years with NSF and MSU funding to create 3600 square feet of research space. The existing greenhouse is currently located at the KBS main site, near the Academic-Stack research building, which allows for convenient access to laboratory facilities, but is distant from the heavily used field research areas at KBS, including the Terrestrial-Aquatic Ecology Field Facility where the new greenhouse will be constructed. This facility currently includes the Plant Ecology Field Lab, the Experimental Pond Facility, a fenced common garden area (to exclude deer) that has the capacity to establish water and shade treatments, and open fields that can be used for experimental gardens and research plots. The construction of a new greenhouse at the Terrestrial-Aquatic Ecology Field Facility will allow KBS to continue to serve the needs of resident and visiting scientists, while enabling new research connections between terrestrial and aquatic ecologists. In addition, because of its proximity to existing field sites, the new greenhouse will facilitate studies requiring both greenhouse and field components. Finally, the combination of existing aquatic research facilities and the new greenhouse will provide an excellent arena for outreach and educational activities. KBS hosts tours that serve over 4,000 people annually; constructing a greenhouse facility to complete the Terrestrial-Aquatic Ecology Field Facility will provide a centralized location for tour groups to observe ongoing research in both terrestrial and aquatic systems. For more information please visit the KBS website at http://www.kbs.msu.edu/.