Ecosystem Transitions from Andean Cloud Forest to the Lowland Amazon:a Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute on Tropical ecology, Biogeochemistry, and Climate in Peru; June, 2011

从安第斯云林到亚马逊低地的生态系统转变：秘鲁热带生态、生物地球化学和气候泛美高级研究所；

• 批准号: 1036400
• 负责人: Scott Saleska
• 金额: $ 9.98万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-01 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1036400&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Ecosystem; Transitions; Andean; Cloud; Forest

This Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place during June/ July 2011 at various sites within the Peruvian Amazon region. Organized by Drs. Scott Saleska (University of Arizona), and Steven Wofsy (Harvard University), with the collaboration of Drs. Plinio Camargo (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Dan Metcalfe (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden) and Norma Salinas (Universidad San Antonio Abad, Peru), the PASI will explore how differences in forest structure along an elevation transect may give insight into the future of Amazon forests under climate change. The course will begin at 3,000 m in a Peruvian Andean cloud forest and finish at a lowland Amazon forest site. The creative component of the proposed activities is the integration of classroom- and field-based instruction with group projects developed along well-defined themes. This approach has proven effective in facilitating interdisciplinary research in new areas, especially in laying the groundwork for future collaborative international research projects. The PASI aims to advance knowledge and understanding of the ecological and biogeochemical mechanisms driving forest-climate interactions in the Andes-Amazon region through an international and interdisciplinary course for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from the U.S., U.K., Peru and Brazil. The knowledge generated from the PASI on the structure and function of tropical forests, now and in the future, stands to inform questions important to a number of disciplines, including ecology, atmospheric science, hydrology, biogeochemistry, soil science and spatial sciences, and has the potential to increase the number of researchers working in tropical environments. The PASI complements an existing NSF PIRE program in the Brazilian Amazon, which will help leverage significant financial and logistical resources. Course projects, as outlined in the proposal, will likely lead to research activities and published papers. Results of the PASI will be disseminated through a program website.

这项由 NSF 和能源部 (DOE) 共同支持的泛美高级研究所 (PASI) 颁奖典礼将于 2011 年 6 月/7 月在秘鲁亚马逊地区的多个地点举行。 由博士组织。 Scott Saleska（亚利桑那大学）和 Steven Wofsy（哈佛大学），与 Drs. 的合作。 Plinio Camargo（巴西圣保罗大学）、Dan Metcalfe（瑞典农业科学大学）和 Norma Salinas（秘鲁圣安东尼奥阿巴德大学），PASI 将探索沿高程断面的森林结构差异如何提供洞​​察力气候变化下亚马逊森林的未来。 赛道将从海拔 3,000 m 的秘鲁安第斯云雾森林开始，结束于亚马逊低地森林。 拟议活动的创意部分是将课堂和现场教学与按照明确主题开发的小组项目相结合。 事实证明，这种方法可以有效促进新领域的跨学科研究，特别是为未来的国际合作研究项目奠定基础。 PASI 旨在通过为来自美国、英国、秘鲁和巴西的研究生和博士后提供国际跨学科课程，增进对驱动安第斯山脉-亚马逊地区森林与气候相互作用的生态和生物地球化学机制的认识和理解。 PASI 产生的有关热带森林结构和功能的知识，无论是现在还是将来，都可以为许多学科提供重要的问题，包括生态学、大气科学、水文学、生物地球化学、土壤科学和空间科学，并已增加在热带环境中工作的研究人员数量的潜力。 PASI 补充了巴西亚马逊地区现有的 NSF PIRE 计划，这将有助于利用重要的财务和后勤资源。 提案中概述的课程项目可能会导致研究活动和发表论文。 PASI 的结果将通过计划网站传播。