UMEB: Human Impacts on Ecosystems of the Colorado Plateau

UMEB：人类对科罗拉多高原生态系统的影响

• 批准号: 0080156
• 负责人: Nancy Johnson
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Northern Arizona University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-01 至 2006-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0080156&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UMEB; Human; Impacts; Ecosystems; Colorado

0080156DrickamerNorthern Arizona University is combining ongoing Colorado Plateau researchinitiatives and a diverse student population to create an UndergraduateMentoring in Environmental Biology program. Seventeen faculty mentors arecommitted to work with seven community collaborators to recruit, train andpromote talented students for careers in environmental biology. Strongemphasis is placed on recruitment of Native Americans and HispanicAmericans. Selected students gain support and training through stipends,coursework, advising and mentoring. This program provides studentsopportunities to participate in cutting-edge research related to humanimpacts on ecosystems of the Colorado Plateau. Students work closely withfaculty mentors to pose hypotheses, design experiments, complete researchprojects, and disseminate results thorough oral presentations and publishedworks. Cohorts of UMEB seniors share their training with incoming cohortsand also act as mentors themselves to high school students involved in theGLOBE program and other NAU outreach activities. What are the impacts of climate change on the carbon balance of ColoradoPlateau ecosystems? How does livestock management influence productivityand diversity of Southwestern grasslands? Do mycorrhizae functiondifferently in traditional Native American maize and high-input maize?Research on these questions and many more are being advanced by UMEBstudents and their faculty mentors. Another important outcome of thisprogram is that it increases the number of Native American and HispanicAmerican environmental biologists. These professionals will be particularly wellqualified to contribute expertise towards ameliorating many of the complexenvironmental problems on the Colorado Plateau and throughout the nation.

0080156Drickamernorthern亚利桑那大学正在将正在进行的科罗拉多高原研究人员和多样化的学生群体结合在一起，以创建一个在环境生物学计划中的大学生。 17名教师导师曾与七个社区合作者合作，招募，培训和推广才华横溢的学生从事环境生物学职业。强调对招募美洲原住民和西班牙裔美国人的招募。选定的学生通过津贴，课程，建议和指导获得支持和培训。该计划为学生提供与科罗拉多高原生态系统有关的尖端研究。学生与教师的导师紧密合作，提出假设，设计实验，完整的研究项目，并分发结果彻底的口头演示和已发表作品。 UMEB老年人队列与即将到来的同伙分享他们的培训，并担任与球员计划和其他NAU外展活动的高中生的导师。气候变化对科罗拉多普生态系统的碳平衡有什么影响？ 牲畜管理如何影响西南草原的生产力和多样性？ Mycorrhizae在传统的美国原住民玉米和高投入玉米中是否有效？对这些问题的研究以及Umebstudents及其教师导师正在提出更多问题。该计划的另一个重要结果是，它增加了美洲原住民和西班牙裔美国环境生物学家的数量。这些专业人员将特别有资格地促进专业知识，以改善科罗拉多高原和全国各地的许多复杂环境问题。