Research tools for understanding relationships between landscape patterns and processes

对于这笔拨款，我提议购买几件对我的研究计划非常需要的物品，我将在NSERC发现资助下进行研究计划。我建议购买一台大幅面打印机、两台工作站、一份软件许可证和一台投影仪。现场作业或传统的实验室分析不需要研究工具。我提出这个RTI提案的目的是为我的实验室配备实现我的中期研究目标所需的工具，而不是多余的，使用经过验证和选择的设备，因为它的能力超过了发现基金的时间框架。这里描述的大部分费用用于提供实现和展示我的目标所需的处理能力、内存需求、磁盘空间和表示能力，使用经过充分研究的技术进行具有国际地位的研究，使我们能够在最高水平上执行。

For this grant, I am proposing the purchase of several items that are greatly needed for the establishment of my research program that I will pursue under an NSERC Discovery grant. I am proposing the purchase of a large-format printer, two workstations, a software license, and a projector. There are no needed research tools for field operations or traditional laboratory analysis.My intention with this RTI proposal is to outfit my lab with the tools needed for the achievement of my medium-term research objectives, without excess, using equipment that is proven and chosen for its ability to last beyond the time frame of the Discovery grant. The bulk of the expense described here is in providing the processing power, memory needs, disk space, and presentation ability needed to achieve and present my objectives, conducting research of international stature using well-researched technologies that allow us to perform at the highest levels.