A WORKSHOP ON ALPINE RESEARCH IN THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES, - Bretton, N.H., Jan.12-13, 2011

美国东北部的高山生境范围有限，但对该地区的生物多样性贡献不成比例。由于气候变暖，这些生态系统的面积减少，与世隔绝的程度增加，这些生境中的物种面临的风险越来越大。近几十年来，对新罕布什尔州、纽约、缅因州和佛蒙特州高山地区的植物和动物进行的生态学研究很少，而且大部分研究的结果也不容易获得。该项目将评估目前对美国东北部高山生态系统的研究，提高对这些生态系统研究机会的认识，并建立一个框架，以便在这些生态系统中工作的研究人员与负责管理这些生态系统的州和联邦机构之间进行合作和持续的信息交流。该项目的智力价值在于，它将增加美国东北部高山生态系统研究的数量和协调。这也将使其他高山生态系统的反应，其中许多面临类似的气候变暖相关的压力进行比较。该项目更广泛的影响将主要是由于这项研究可能应用于该区域的土地和资源管理人员。

Alpine habitat in the northeastern United States is limited in extent but contributes disproportionately to biodiversity in the region. Species in those habitats are increasingly at risk because of warming climates that reduce the area of those ecosystems and increase their isolation. In recent decades, little ecological research has been conducted on the plants and animals of alpine areas in New Hampshire, New York, Maine, and Vermont, and results of much of that research are not easily accessible. This project will assess current research on alpine ecosystems in the northeast US, increase awareness of research opportunities in those ecosystems, and establish a framework for cooperation and continued exchange of information among researchers working in those ecosystems and state and federal agencies responsible for managing those ecosystems. The intellectual merit of the project is that it will increase the amount and coordination of research in alpine ecosystems in the northeast US. This will also enable comparison of responses of other alpine ecosystems, many of which are facing similar climate warming related stresses. The broader impacts of the project will result primarily from the likely application of this research to land and resource managers in this region.