MEETING: Phys-Fest: Advancing the Field of Plant Physiological Ecology; Konza Prairie, June 6-10, 2016

会议：Phys-Fest：推进植物生理生态学领域；

• 批准号: 1545807
• 负责人: Jesse Nippert
• 金额: $ 3.11万
• 依托单位: Kansas State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-09-01 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1545807&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MEETING; Phys; Fest; Advancing; Field

This project is a scientific conference (Phys-Fest) focused on plant physiological ecology at the Konza Prairie Biological Station, in Kansas. Participants will collaborate in data collection as an organized group, each with their own field research equipment to address the question: What is the physiological variability within plant species of the tallgrass prairie? This question has scientific value, as physiological ecologists are aware that statistical variability in physiological processes often exceeds the mean response. Without replicated scientific equipment and trained scientists, measuring the physiological variability within an ecosystem is impossible. The meeting format will also promote networking and interactions among participants through a series of scientific presentations and meeting with established leaders in the field. Participants at Phys-Fest will create a plant eco-physiology video teaching library for free distribution online. Participants (and others within the field) will be encouraged to create short video lectures on their research specialty. As this video library grows over time, the educational outreach potential will be high. The final objective of Phys-Fest includes strategic planning for activities that promote long-term coalescence of the field. These activities include mentorship of students and postdoctoral associates at the conference, planning for future symposia addressing key questions in ecological physiology, and planning for a second Phys-Fest meeting. At least half of the invitees to the conference will be students and post-docs, allowing them to be exposed to important training and networking opportunities as they become established in the field. This conference will focus on plant eco-physiology (Phys-Fest) and deviate from the typical conference format of short presentations and posters. Here, participants will collaborate in data collection to characterize the spatial and diurnal variability in leaf-level carbon and water traits of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem. This question has important scientific value as leaf-level plant physiology data is variable - yet no one quantifies this variability because adequately characterizing such variability in an entire ecosystem is beyond the capacity of an individual investigator and the equipment and instrumentation in an individual's laboratory. Conference participants will characterize the inherent physiological variability in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem (1) spatially across resource gradients on site; (2) diurnally within functional group/species; (3) serve to assess linkages between response variables and environmental variability in both space and time. These data will provide multi-metric, high temporal and spatial coverage for key physiological plant traits in mesic grassland and will provide baseline assessments of variability for future measurements in other ecosystems. The organization of Phys-Fest is specifically designed to promote networking and professional development for student and post-doctoral participants. Nightly sessions with established scientists in this research field will be held to mentor junior scientists and initiate discussion addressing research frontiers within plant eco-physiology. Finally, attendees will develop short video presentations on subject material within their specialty for classroom teaching. This video library will be hosted on a YouTube channel and will be an invaluable teaching resource.

该项目是一个科学会议（物理），该会议重点介绍了堪萨斯州的Konza Prairie Biological Station的植物生理生态学。参与者将作为有组织的组进行数据收集，每个人都有自己的现场研究设备来解决以下问题：塔格拉斯草原植物种类的生理变异性是什么？这个问题具有科学价值，因为生理生态学家意识到生理过程中的统计变异通常超过平均反应。如果没有复制的科学设备和经过训练的科学家，就不可能测量生态系统内的生理变异性。 会议格式还将通过一系列科学演讲来促进参与者之间的网络和互动，并与该领域的既定领导人会面。 Phys-Fest的参与者将在线创建一个植物生态生理学视频教学库。将鼓励参与者（以及该领域的其他人）在其研究专业上创建简短的视频讲座。 随着视频库的发展，教育外展的潜力将很高。物理学的最终目标包括促进该领域长期合并的活动的战略计划。 这些活动包括在会议上对学生和博士后同事的指导，计划未来的研讨会解决生态生理学中的关键问题，以及为第二次胜利会议计划。 参加会议的邀请师的至少一半将是学生和职业后，使他们在该领域建立时会受到重要的培训和网络机会。这次会议将重点关注植物生态生理学（物理），并偏离典型的会议形式的简短演示和海报。 在这里，参与者将在数据收集中进行合作，以表征Tallgrass Prairie生态系统的叶子水平碳和水性状的空间和昼夜变异性。这个问题具有重要的科学价值，因为叶片水平的植物生理数据是可变的 - 但是没有人量化这种可变性，因为在整个生态系统中充分表征这种可变性超出了个体研究者的能力以及个人实验室中的设备和仪器的能力。会议参与者将在现场的资源梯度上空间上表征塔格拉斯草原生态系统（1）的固有生理变异性； （2）在功能群/物种中终身； （3）有助于评估响应变量与时空之间的环境变异性之间的联系。这些数据将为MESIC草原的关键生理植物特征提供多件，高时空和空间覆盖，并将为其他生态系统的未来测量值提供可变性的基线评估。专门设计的物理学组织是为了促进学生和博士后参与者的网络和专业发展。与该研究领域的既定科学家的夜间会议将由导师的初级科学家举行，并开始讨论植物生态生理学中的研究前沿。最后，与会者将在其课堂教学专业中开发有关主题材料的简短视频演示文稿。 该视频库将托管在YouTube频道上，并将成为宝贵的教学资源。