Jasper Ridge: Facilities for Understanding Wildland/Suburban Boundaries

贾斯珀岭：了解荒地/郊区边界的设施

• 批准号: 0934210
• 负责人: Christopher Field
• 金额: $ 24.96万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2013-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0934210&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Jasper; Ridge; Facilities; Understanding; Wildland

Stanford University is awarded a grant to upgrade environmental monitoring capabilities at its Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve (JRBP). This proposal requests funds for infrastructure to implement a revised mission for the preserve, to better understand and manage the urban/wildland interface, especially it biological diversity. The requested funds will: a) expand broadband network infrastructure to extend connectivity to at least 80% of JRBP lands, b) install an array of soil moisture sensors in grassland habitats for monitoring habitat conditions known to affect native biodiversity, c) install and test fire detection units near the boundaries of the preserve, along with cameras to monitor mammals at the perimeter and interior of the preserve, and d) document the condition of various habitats in an efficient, low-impact, standardized way using close-range remote sensing. These technologies will help JRBP monitor the urban/wildland interface, engage surrounding landowners in preserving local biodiversity, and help offset external impacts with internal policies. It will allow JRBP to conduct more vegetation management and restoration activities in a research context, while still protecting both longterm and new research that is strictly observational. Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is a 482 ha protected natural area contiguous with and owned by Stanford University. The preserve is distinguished by a combination of four features - a history of fundamental and influential discoveries, a balanced emphasis on research, education, and conservation, a high biotic diversity relative to its size, and a location on the campus of a major university near a metropolitan area. JRBP is used as a research site by faculty and students from Stanford as well as many other universities. In recent years, the site has hosted 55 to 68 research projects at any time. The site is used by many college classes, with 1200 to 2600 Stanford student visits per year, plus approximately 500 by students at other colleges. JRBP is also active in K-12 education, regional land management coordination, and public education. The equipment to be installed with funds from this award will support Stanford and non-Stanford research, class experiences, interactions with land managers, K-12 education, and outreach to the general public. Further information about Jasper Ridge may be found at http://jrbp.stanford.edu/.

斯坦福大学获得了其Jasper Ridge生物保护区（JRBP）升级环境监测能力的赠款。 该提案要求资金用于基础设施，以实施修订的保护任务，以更好地理解和管理城市/荒野界面，尤其是IT生物多样性。 请求的资金将：a）扩展宽带网络基础设施以将连通性扩展到至少80％的JRBP土地，b）在草地栖息地中安装一系列土壤水分传感器，以监视已知影响天然生物多样性的栖息地条件，c）安装和测试较大的preserve to preserve and Preserior and Preseriors in perimers of Perimers serversermers serve the Presermers sisteriors the Presermers server serversermals serve the Perimers的栖息地条件使用近距离遥感的栖息地以高效，低影响，标准化的方式。这些技术将帮助JRBP监视城市/野生世界界面，使周围的土地所有者参与当地生物多样性，并通过内部政策帮助抵消外部影响。这将使JRBP能够在研究背景下进行更多的植被管理和恢复活动，同时仍然保护严格观察的长期和新研究。 Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve是一个482公顷保护的自然区域，并由斯坦福大学拥有并拥有。保护保护区的特点是四个特征的组合 - 基本和有影响力的发现的历史，对研究，教育和保护的平衡，相对于其规模的高生物多样性以及在大都市地区附近一所大型大学的校园位置。 JRBP与斯坦福大学以及许多其他大学一起用作研究网站。 近年来，该网站随时接待了55至68个研究项目。 该网站由许多大学课程使用，每年有1200至2600个Stanford的学生访问，以及其他大学的学生约500次。 JRBP还活跃于K-12教育，区域土地管理协调和公共教育。 该奖项资金安装的设备将支持斯坦福大学和非斯坦福大学研究，班级经验，与土地管理者的互动，K-12教育以及向公众推广。有关Jasper Ridge的更多信息，可以在http://jrbp.stanford.edu/上找到。