Unifying Ecology Across Scales

该提案将把年轻科学家纳入戈登研究会议，重点关注新兴的宏观生态学领域，该领域将生态学，进化和生理学结合起来，以开发一种机械的方法来理解自然界的生态模式。学生和博士后将在年轻科学家乐于与同行和更资深的科学家分享想法的氛围中接受指导。跨学科研究的未来领导者的更多参与将通过为这一重要的新合成研究领域带来新的想法和观点来改善会议上的科学话语。宏观生态学具有重要的潜力，可以增加我们对植物和动物对气候变化，栖息地改变和其他环境扰动的科学理解。该提案将帮助支持和指导下一代跨学科科学家，为他们提供访问具有相似兴趣的科学家网络的机会，为他们提供提高演讲技巧的场所，并接受各自领域领导者的指导。该计划还将针对生物学中代表性不足的群体的成员，以确保这些人能够获得戈登研究会议上提出的想法。

This proposal will integrate young scientists into a Gordon Research Conference focused on the emerging field of macroecology, which incorporates a synthesis of ecology, evolution and physiology to develop a mechanistic approach to understanding ecological patterns in nature. Students and postdocs will be mentored in an atmosphere where young scientists are comfortable sharing ideas with their peers and with more senior scientists. The increased participation of the future leaders of cross-disciplinary research will improve the scientific discourse at the meeting by bringing fresh ideas and perspectives on this important new synthetic field of research.Macroecology holds significant potential to increase our scientific understanding of plant and animal responses to climate change, habitat alterations, and other environmental perturbations. This proposal will help support and mentor the next generation of cross-disciplinary scientists by providing them access to a network of scientists with similar interests, providing venues for them to improve their presentation skills, and receive mentoring from leaders in their fields. The program will also target members of under-represented groups in biology, to ensure that these individuals have access to the ideas presented at the Gordon Research Conference.