NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) for FY 2013 in Japan

2013 财年 NSF 东亚及太平洋夏季学院 (EAPSI) 在日本举行

• 批准号: 1309349
• 负责人: George Livingston
• 金额: $ 0.51万
• 依托单位: Livingston George
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-06-01 至 2014-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1309349&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; East; Asia; Pacific; Summer

This action funds George Livingston of The University of Texas at Austin to conduct a research project in Biological Sciences during the summer of 2013 at the National Institute for Environmental Studies in Tsukuba, Japan. The project title is "Using Microcosms to Test the Effect of Disturbance on Spatial Food Webs." The host scientists are Noriko Takamura and Kayoko Fukumori.This award implements an experiment testing spatial ecological theory using aquatic microbial microcosms. The experiment is aimed at testing the combined effects of dispersal and disturbance on the matching between species and their optimal environments, food webs, and ecosystem function. This is accomplished by manipulating the rate at which patches are destroyed in landscapes with low levels of dispersal. Humans are dramatically reducing connectivity in many landscapes, resulting in the decline and collapse of food webs and ecosystem services like pollination and pest control. This experiment will help provide general mechanisms for landscape-level food web decline. Broader impacts of an EAPSI fellowship include providing the Fellow a first-hand research experience outside the U.S.; an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and an orientation to the society, culture and language. These activities meet the NSF goal to educate for international collaborations early in the career of its scientists, engineers, and educators, thus ensuring a globally aware U.S. scientific workforce. Furthermore, the Fellow will engage in two outreach seminars at universities in Japan and network to establish future collaborations with two research groups beyond the primary host scientists.

该行动资助德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的乔治·利文斯顿 (George Livingston) 于 2013 年夏季在日本筑波国家环境研究所开展生物科学研究项目。 该项目的标题是“利用微观世界测试干扰对空间食物网的影响”。主持科学家是 Noriko Takamura 和 Kayoko Fukumori。该奖项实施了一项利用水生微生物微观世界测试空间生态理论的实验。该实验旨在测试扩散和干扰对物种与其最佳环境、食物网和生态系统功能之间的匹配的综合影响。这是通过控制散布程度较低的景观中斑块被破坏的速度来实现的。人类正在急剧减少许多景观中的连通性，导致食物网和授粉和害虫防治等生态系统服务的衰退和崩溃。该实验将有助于提供景观水平食物网衰退的一般机制。 EAPSI 奖学金的更广泛影响包括为研究员提供美国以外的第一手研究经验；各自地点的科学、科学政策和科学基础设施的介绍；以及对社会、文化和语言的定位。 这些活动符合 NSF 的目标，即在科学家、工程师和教育工作者职业生涯的早期进行国际合作教育，从而确保美国科学劳动力具有全球意识。此外，该研究员还将在日本的大学参加两次外展研讨会，并与主要主办科学家以外的两个研究小组建立未来的合作关系。