| 项目编号: | 1349076
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| 项目名称: | Collaborative Research: OPUS: Beavers as Boreal Ecosystem Engineers |
| 作者: | John Pastor
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| 承担单位: | University of Minnesota Duluth
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| 批准年: | 2013
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| 开始日期: | 2014-04-01
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| 结束日期: | 2016-03-31
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| 资助金额: | USD16684
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| 资助来源: | US-NSF
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| 项目类别: | Standard Grant
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| 国家: | US
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 特色学科分类: | Biological Sciences - Environmental Biology
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| 英文关键词: | project
; researcher
; beaver activity
; ecosystem service
; ecosystem effect
; beaver pond
; beaver pond/meadow transition
; beaver-altered landscape
; prior nsf-funded research
; sustainability
; long-term ecosystem effect
; beaver impoundment
; beaver population
; beaver landscape occupation
; beaver ecosystem alteration
; undergraduate researcher
; ecosystem ecology class
; beaver landscape transformation
; beaver pond creation
; opus proposal
; beaver pond sustainability
; opus synthesis
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| 英文摘要: | There is a critical need for ecologists and land managers to understand the potential magnitude, persistence, and ecosystem services of beaver landscape transformation. This OPUS proposal will integrate the results of four previous NSF awards relating to beaver ecosystem alteration, bringing the findings together into works that will analyze the dynamics of a beaver-altered landscape at Voyageurs National Park. The 86-year record of beaver landscape occupation and alteration documented from aerial photography and field work provides a unique perspective of the ecosystem effects and sustainability of beaver activity. The objective is to synthesize the vegetative, water, soil, and biogeochemical alterations associated with beaver impoundments. The aims are to produce a book based on the 37 articles that the researchers have published from prior NSF-funded research, and a monograph about beaver pond/meadow transitions in the landscape that combines datasets documenting beaver pond creation and changes with recent updates about beaver ponds and populations commissioned by the National Park Service. This project will also transfer the previously collected datasets from their current in-house data management system to a public open-format repository.
The results of this project will inform other scientists and managers about the sustainability and long-term ecosystem effects of beaver activity that is still expanding in much of North America. Undergraduate researchers will be recruited from the newly-formed South Dakota State University chapter of SEEDS - Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability. This project will contribute to the training of a graduate student who is researching beaver pond sustainability under separate funding. The project will strengthen pedagogy as the researchers will use elements from this OPUS synthesis in an Ecosystem Ecology class. The National Park Service will publicize and help disseminate the resulting publications, and will also ensure that scientific findings are incorporated into interpretive programs, web and print media, wayside exhibits, and visitor centers to reach a wide and diverse audience. Finally, the project will benefit society by contributing to land management, both directly at Voyageurs National Park and indirectly at locations throughout the continent where beaver populations are expanding. |
| 资源类型: | 项目
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/97155
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| Appears in Collections: | 影响、适应和脆弱性
气候减缓与适应
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| Recommended Citation: | |
John Pastor. Collaborative Research: OPUS: Beavers as Boreal Ecosystem Engineers. 2013-01-01.
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