US-India Cooperative Research: How Do Human Seed Predators Affect the Population Ecology of Tropical Forest Trees?

美印合作研究：人类种子捕食者如何影响热带林木的种群生态？

• 批准号: 0352827
• 负责人: Tamara Ticktin
• 金额: $ 3.06万
• 依托单位: University of Hawaii
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-05-15 至 2008-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0352827&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; India; Cooperative; Research; How

0352827TicktinDescription: This award supports the US-India cooperative research, How do Human Seed Predators Affect the Population Ecology of Tropical Forest Trees? US PI Tamara Ticktin, University of Hawaii will collaborate with Dr. Rengaian Ganesan, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore to assess the effects of seed predation through fruit-harvesting by humans on the population ecology of four animal-dispersed tropical forest trees in India's Western Ghats. While humans have acted as important frugivores of tropical trees for thousands of years, little ecological research has been conducted to assess the significance of the role that human gathering of wild resources may have played, and continue to play, in altering forest tree ecology. Additionally, the investigators will use both demographic and seed-dispersal analyses to study the role that animal frugivores play in shaping the structure and dynamics of tree populations. Scope: This collaboration combines the expertise of the US and Indian scientists in regeneration dynamics (Ganesan), and population modeling and frugivory studies (Ticktin) to address the complexities of this plant-human-animal interaction. The collaborating institution ATREE is a recognized scientific research institution that has conducted ecological research since its establishment in 1996. As a well-respected environmental science and policy group, it has the expertise to translate the scientific results of this project into meaningful management and educational activities regarding conservation and sustainable harvesting of tropical forests. Both Indian and US PIs are recent PhDs. This collaboration will provide training opportunities for US and Indian doctoral students and mutual benefits for faculty, researchers and students at both institutions.

0352827TICKTINDESCRIPTION：该奖项支持美国印度合作研究，人类种子捕食者如何影响热带林木的种群生态学？夏威夷大学的美国皮塔玛拉克丁（Us Pi Tamara Ticktin）将与班加罗尔（Ashoka）生态与环境研究的Ashoka Ganesan博士合作（Ashoka for of Ashoka - 印度西高止山脉的热带林木。 尽管人类一直是热带树木的重要育动物已有数千年的历史，但几乎没有进行生态研究来评估人类聚集野生资源可能在改变森林树生态学中发挥并继续发挥作用的作用的意义。 此外，研究人员将同时使用人口统计学和种子散布分析来研究动物节食动物在塑造树木种群的结构和动力学中发挥的作用。 范围：这种合作结合了美国和印度科学家在再生动力学（Ganesan）以及种群建模和淡化研究（TICKTIN）的专业知识，以解决这种植物 - 人类 - 动物相互作用的复杂性。 合作机构ATREE是一家公认的科学研究机构，自1996年成立以来就进行了生态研究。作为一个受人尊敬的环境科学和政策小组，它具有将该项目的科学结果转化为有意义的管理和教育活动的专业知识关于热带森林的保护和可持续收获。 印度和美国PI都是最近的博士学位。 这项合作将为我们和印度的博士学生提供培训机会，并为这两个机构的教师，研究人员和学生提供互惠互利。