US-Denmark-Czech Republic-China planning visit to develop an integrative approach to understanding range expansions and biological invasions under global change regimes

美国-丹麦-捷克共和国-中国计划访问，以制定综合方法来了解全球变化机制下的范围扩张和生物入侵

• 批准号: 1419966
• 负责人: James Cronin
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: Louisiana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1419966&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Denmark; Czech; Republic; China

US-China planning visit to develop an integrative approach to understanding range expansion and invasiveness of plants under global change regimes.Global climate change is predicted to have profound effects on species range expansions within continents and species invasions across continents. At present, few studies have examined the effects of global environmental change (GEC) on the interactions between invasive plant species and the native plants, animals and other organisms in the invaded community. Moreover, no studies have attempted to integrate disparate scientific fields such as genetics, physiology, geography and ecology, to determine the mechanisms underlying the effects of GEC on native-invasive species interactions. Such an integrated approach can lead to a greater ability to predict novel plant-herbivore interactions (e.g., acquiring new herbivores during range expansion of a plant) which may be one of the more serious consequences of global climate change.The proposed projects involves a partnership between Co-Investigators Cronin and Meyerson and Hans Brix (Aarhus University, Denmark), Petr Pysek (The Institute of Botany, Czech Republic), and Renqing Wang (Shandong University, China; SDU) to strengthen a network of global scientists working to predict and address the effects of GEC on plant genetics, physiology and interactions with native plants and herbivores. Collaborations already exist between US and European partners, but inclusion of Professor Wang into this collaboration is essential and would represent a new partnership. The project will focus on a global network of experimental gardens (one at each of the five partner institutions) containing specimens of the plant species Phragmites australis collected from all over the world. P. australis is a model study system because it has a global distribution, high genetic diversity, wide latitudinal range (+/-60o), ready availability of both modern and historical samples, and is invasive on some continents. The complementary resources and skills (botany, ecophysiology, statistical modeling, ecology and genetics) and international experience of the proposal partners and supporting organizations will allow researchers to investigate the spatial, temporal and genetic patterns in the distribution of P. australis resulting from past, present, and future GEC. Overall, the collaboration will increase the scale, scope, and capacity of research of all partners and offer opportunities for interdisciplinary research efforts with fields such as economics, policy, and sociology. To establish a new partnership with Professor Wang and SDU, Cronin and Meyerson, along with one student from each lab, will travel to SDU to meet Prof. Wang and his research group. The objectives and associated activities from this visit are four fold. (1) Initiate the establishment of a complementary common garden at SDU. (2) With the assistance of Prof. Wang, collect proof-of-concept data on P. australis physiology, genetics, herbivory, defenses against herbivores, and plant growth. (3) Train and transfer knowledge amongst partners and their students through field demonstrations and web-based seminars. And (4) Foster long-term sustainable collaborative research amongst partner institutions. This project will provide international travel, mentorship and training for two graduate students. Students will have access not only to world renowned scientists in their field, but also to five common gardens and associated laboratory facilities to enable them to conduct cutting-edge international research on important societal and ecological problems. Outreach will include a general-public webinar series on invasion biology and global change ecology.

在全球变化制度下，美国 - 中国计划的访问以理解植物的扩张和植物的侵入性。全球气候变化对大陆范围内的物种范围扩展产生深远影响。目前，很少有研究检查全球环境变化（GEC）对入侵社区中侵入性植物，动物和其他生物的相互作用的影响。此外，没有研究试图整合不同的科学领域，例如遗传学，生理，地理和生态学，以确定GEC对天然侵入性物种相互作用的影响的基础机制。这种综合方法可以导致更大的能力预测新型的植物性植物生物相互作用（例如，在植物的范围扩展期间获取新的草食动物），这可能是全球气候变化的更严重后果之一。拟议的项目涉及共同投资者Cronin和Meyerson和Meyerson和Meyerson和Hans Brix（Aarhus deNmark，petr pyr pyr pyr pyr pyr py the cronin and Meyers and Meyers and Meyers）之间的伙伴共和国）和Renqing Wang（中国山东大学； SDU）加强了一个全球科学家的网络，旨在预测和解决GEC对植物遗传学，生理学以及与本地植物和草食动物的相互作用的影响。我们与欧洲合作伙伴之间已经存在合作，但是将王教授纳入这一合作至关重要，这将代表一种新的伙伴关系。该项目将集中在一个全球实验花园（五个合作伙伴机构中的一个）上，其中包含来自世界各地收集的植物种类的标本。 P. Australis是一种模型研究系统，因为它具有全球分布，高遗传多样性，广泛的纬度范围（+/- 60O），现代和历史样本的现成可用性，并且在某些大陆上具有侵入性。互补的资源和技能（植物学，生态生理学，统计模型，生态学和遗传学）以及提案伙伴的国际经验以及支持组织的国际经验，将使研究人员能够调查澳大利亚疟原虫在过去，现在和未来GEC产生的空间，时间和遗传模式。总体而言，合作将增加所有合作伙伴研究的规模，范围和能力，并为经济学，政策和社会学等领域提供跨学科研究工作的机会。 要与Wang和SDU教授，Cronin和Meyerson建立新的合作伙伴关系，以及每个实验室的一名学生，将前往SDU与Wang教授和他的研究小组会面。这次访问的目标和相关活动是四倍。 （1）在SDU建立一个互补的普通花园。 （2）在Wang教授的协助下，收集有关澳大利亚疟原虫生理学，遗传学，草食性，防御食草动物和植物生长的概念证明数据。 （3）通过现场演示和基于Web的研讨会，培训合作伙伴及其学生之间的知识。 （4）在合作伙伴机构中培养长期可持续合作研究。该项目将为两名研究生提供国际旅行，指导和培训。学生不仅可以进入其领域著名的科学家，还可以进入五个常见的花园和相关的实验室设施，以使他们能够对重要的社会和生态问题进行最先进的国际研究。外展将包括有关入侵生物学和全球变化生态学的通用网络研讨会系列。