LTERV: Long-term pulse dynamics in an aridland ecosystem

LTEV：干旱地区生态系统的长期脉冲动态

• 批准号: 1232294
• 负责人: Scott Collins
• 金额: $ 196万
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-01-15 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1232294&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: LTERV; Long; term; pulse; dynamics

This award continues funding the long-term research program in aridland ecology. The research is to understand how the physical environment and climate variability together affect common species, community dynamics and ecosystem processes in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. The Sevilleta LTER Program addresses ecological concepts and theory emphasizing pulse driven processes in space and time through comprehensive and interdisciplinary research in desert grassland, shrubland, forest and riparian habitats in central New Mexico. Through a combination of long-term measurements, experiments, and modeling, the research considers how climate and the physical environment interact to effect change in aridland ecosystems. The focal sites are the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge and the Middle Rio Grande Basin. The Sevilleta LTER support our Schoolyard LTER program, the Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program, reaches hundreds of middle and high school students annually in classroom and outdoor settings. The Arts and Ecology REU Program brings together students from fine arts and ecology for an 11-week summer research and creative experience. LTER scientists and students actively participate in the Ecological Society of America?s SEEDS Program by hosting workshops and mentoring SEEDS Fellows. The Sevilleta LTER participates in the newly developed Junior Scientist Outreach Program, a program sponsored by the Biology Department at the University of New Mexico, which targets underserved Hispanic students in Albuquerque's south valley. Activities include organized visits to the campus, summer field camps, and active participation in field research.

该奖项继续资助干旱地区生态学的长期研究项目。该研究旨在了解物理环境和气候变化如何共同影响奇瓦瓦沙漠北部的常见物种、群落动态和生态系统过程。塞维莱塔 LTER 计划通过对新墨西哥州中部的沙漠草原、灌木丛、森林和河岸生境进行全面和跨学科的研究，探讨生态概念和理论，强调空间和时间上的脉冲驱动过程。通过长期测量、实验和建模的结合，该研究考虑了气候和物理环境如何相互作用以影响干旱地区生态系统的变化。重点地点是塞维利亚国家野生动物保护区和中里奥格兰德盆地。 Sevilleta LTER 支持我们的校园 LTER 计划，即博斯克生态系统监测计划，每年在教室和户外环境中覆盖数百名中学生和高中生。艺术与生态 REU 项目汇集了美术和生态专业的学生，​​进行为期 11 周的暑期研究和创意体验。 LTER 科学家和学生通过举办研讨会和指导 SEEDS 研究员，积极参与美国生态学会的 SEEDS 计划。塞维利亚塔 LTER 参与了新开发的青少年科学家外展计划，该计划由新墨西哥大学生物系赞助，针对阿尔伯克基南谷服务不足的西班牙裔学生。活动包括组织参观校园、夏令营以及积极参与实地研究。