Conference: Puerto Rico Honey Bee and Evolution of Invasive Organisms on Islands; August 13-15, 2019; San Juan, Puerto Rico

会议：波多黎各蜜蜂和岛屿入侵生物的进化；

• 批准号: 1940621
• 负责人: Shu-Ching Chen
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Florida International University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-08-01 至 2021-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1940621&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Puerto; Rico; Honey; Bee

Honey bees are among the most successful invasive organisms worldwide, both on and off islands. They play a key role as pollinators in agricultural systems worldwide, but are also threatened by human activities. This award supports the first conference to examine one strain of non-native honey bee, the Puerto Rico Gentle Africanized honey bee, through the lens of invasion biology and island biogeography. The conference is timely for two reasons. First, the introduction and radiation of invasive organisms, and threats to honey bee health, continue unabated. Second, invasive organisms - and honey bees in particular - have a critical impact on global food security. In this conference, researchers will communicate new findings that aim to stimulate their research and that of their students and interact directly with stakeholders who can apply basic research findings to improve management decisions. The new research directions and improved management decisions are expected to translate into economic benefits for a much-challenged Puerto Rico island economy. Additionally, because the invited participants include a diverse set of student participants from the University of Puerto Rico, this conference has the potential to broaden participation in STEM.The amount and type of data available for honey bees, including the Puerto Rico Gentle Africanized honey bee, are unparalleled. However, bee researchers do not use an invasive biology perspective, and invasive biology studies typically do not examine the honey bee as a model. The adaptation of Africanized honey bees to the island of Puerto Rico is an example of the changes that can occur to invasive organisms and their ecosystem during island colonization. The invasion process impacts the invading as well as the resident species and the ecosystem in which they navigate. One of the advantages of studying island populations is that such adaptive processes are accelerated. Moreover, adaptive processes may show similar patterns across species and as such, data from island populations can be particularly useful to develop and test models of invasion biology. This three-day conference will develop an integrative analysis approach to honey bee invasions using various types of data generated by different research areas and approaches to invasion biology. These include genomics, morphology, behavior and ecology. On the first day, all participants will give presentations. For the second day, attendees will visit field sites to observe the honey bee population established on the island of Puerto Rico. On the third day, attendees will form breakout groups for round table discussions leading to a strategic plan on research directions, resources, and policy advice on bees and other invasive organisms on islands.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

蜜蜂是全世界最成功的入侵生物之一，无论是岛内还是岛外。它们作为传粉媒介在全世界农业系统中发挥着关键作用，但也受到人类活动的威胁。该奖项支持首次通过入侵生物学和岛屿生物地理学的视角研究一种非本地蜜蜂——波多黎各温和非洲化蜜蜂的会议。这次会议之所以恰逢其时，有两个原因。首先，入侵生物的引入和辐射以及对蜜蜂健康的威胁仍然有增无减。其次，入侵生物，尤其是蜜蜂，对全球粮食安全具有重大影响。 在本次会议上，研究人员将交流新的发现，旨在刺激他们和学生的研究，并与利益相关者直接互动，利益相关者可以应用基础研究结果来改进管理决策。 新的研究方向和改进的管理决策预计将转化为面临严峻挑战的波多黎各岛屿经济的经济效益。 此外，由于受邀参与者包括来自波多黎各大学的不同学生参与者，因此本次会议有可能扩大 STEM 的参与范围。蜜蜂（包括波多黎各温和非洲化蜜蜂）的可用数据数量和类型，无与伦比。然而，蜜蜂研究人员并不使用侵入生物学的观点，侵入生物学研究通常也不以蜜蜂为模型。非洲蜜蜂对波多黎各岛的适应是岛屿殖民期间入侵生物及其生态系统可能发生变化的一个例子。入侵过程会影响入侵物种、常驻物种及其所在的生态系统。研究岛屿种群的优点之一是可以加速这种适应过程。此外，适应过程可能在不同物种之间表现出相似的模式，因此，来自岛屿种群的数据对于开发和测试入侵生物学模型特别有用。这次为期三天的会议将利用不同研究领域和入侵生物学方法产生的各种类型的数据，开发一种蜜蜂入侵的综合分析方法。 这些包括基因组学、形态学、行为学和生态学。第一天，所有参与者都将进行演讲。第二天，与会者将前往实地观察波多黎各岛上的蜜蜂种群。第三天，与会者将组成分组进行圆桌讨论，从而制定有关岛屿上蜜蜂和其他入侵生物的研究方向、资源和政策建议的战略计划。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为值得支持通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估。

项目成果

Genomic regions influencing aggressive behavior in honey bees are defined by colony allele frequencies

• DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1922927117
• 发表时间: 2020-07-21
• 期刊: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• 影响因子: 11.1
• 作者: Avalos, Arian;Fang, Miaoquan;Hudson, Matthew E.
• 通讯作者: Hudson, Matthew E.