中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园2013高级生态学与保护生物学野外培训班

AFEC-X 2013 开放申请直到2013年8月30日

培训目标：本次培训班由中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园举办，它将促进国内生态学领域的研究生与国际热带生物学研究者相互之间的交流与合作；通过开设生态学野外研究方法培训，培养生态学研究领域的国际化人才；同时提高我国在世界热带生物学研究与生态保护工作中的影响力。

举办时间：2013年10月19日－11月30日 (6周)

培训地点：中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园（云南省勐腊县勐仑镇）

培训内容：模块1：热带亚洲森林生态学和保护， 模块2：实验设计和数据统计（R），模块3：保护生态学实践，模块4：独立课题研究

培训课程：热带环境，生理生态学，动植物分类，进化生态学，动植物关系，生物多样性，保护生物学，入侵生物学，气候变化，分子生态学，土壤生态学等，实验设计与统计（R）等共计210个学时。

学分：从2011年起“高级生态学与保护生物学野外培训班”课程已经列入中国科学院研究生院课程学分，参加培训的中国科学院各研究所的学生完成培训课程并通过考核后将获得2个学分，其它学员可咨询并申请所在单位对该学分的认可。

申请条件：研究生，具备熟练的英语听说能力。

培训费用：低收入国家学生2500元/人或等值美元，高收入国家学生8000元/人或等值美元。食宿费用自理（野外考察期间除外），在植物园职工食堂或勐仑镇小饭店每天的伙食费大概在25-45之间，我们可以协助安排住宿（勐仑镇宾馆双人床标准间约60元/晚，植物园宾馆双人床标准间约200元/晚）并鼓励大家合住分摊费用，因此报名时请在备注里注明您需要的住宿地点和是否希望和别人合住。

奖学金：根据学习成绩和经济能力部分学员将得到全额资助（免收学费＋路费补助）或部分资助（减免学费）。

报名方式：登陆http://www.pfs-tropasia.org在线填写申请。

详情请登录http://www.pfs-tropasia.org

联系人：

刘景欣 liujingxin@msn.com　

Richard Corlett corlett@xtbg.org.cn

AFEC-X China 2013, Application Open

Title: Advanced Fieldcourse in Ecology and Conservation - XTBG, China 2013 (POSTER)

Type: Field course

Venue: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China

Dates: 19 Oct – 30 Nov 2013 (6 weeks)

Organiser: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Registration: Registration is open

Sponsors: Center for Integrative Conservation, Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, and Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resource and Sustainable Use of the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden

Course Fee: RMB 8,000 (or equivalent US$, high-income countries/regions), RMB 2,500 (or equivalent US$, other countries/regions) based on your salary country, which is not necessarily your home country.

Accommodation, food and local transport: the course fee will cover local transport but will not cover food and accommodation (except during field trips). Participants should expect to spend approximately RMB 25-45 per day on food, which is available through the XTBG canteen or in Menglun town. We can also help to arrange accommodation for participants at either a budget hotel in Menglun town (RMB 60/day) or at the XTBG hotel (RMB 200/day). We are happy to arrange room sharing. Please indicate your hotel preference and room sharing preference when registering for the course.

Fellowships: We have a limited budget for full fellowships (fee exemption + travel grant), and half fellowships (fee exemption only), which will be awarded based on both merit and financial need.

Course credits: AFEC-X has obtained accreditation from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Graduate students from the Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (GUCAS) and institutes under CAS will receive two course credits towards their degree program upon completion of the AFEC-X field course. Other participants may be able to arrange recognition of these credits by their home institutions.

About: This program is an intensive course in field research methods, including research design, sampling and data analysis, intended primarily for early-stage graduate students in Ecology and Conservation. A typical day will include lectures, practical work in the field or laboratory, and opportunities for informal discussion. Participants will take part in established long term field monitoring experiments and gain experience in independent project design. With guidance, participants will develop and present research proposals and conduct field-based data collection. The statistical program R will be introduced and used for the data analysis throughout the course. The course concludes with a symposium, where participants present results of course activities amongst their peers and instructors. The course is based mainly at XTBG, with excursions organized to different field sites in the region. During the training course participants are encouraged to approach the XTBG professors to discuss their current research and future plans. For more details, see Modules and People.

Topics: Tropical environments, Ecophysiology, Systematics, Evolutionary Ecology, Plant-Animal Interactions, Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, Invasive Species, Climate Change, Molecular Ecology, Soil Ecology, and more. Both natural ecosystems and human dominated landscapes will be covered.

Please help us to circulate the course flyer in English and Chinese! Thanks a lot!!

If you have any questions about the course, please email liujingxin@msn.com and/or corlett@xtbg.org.cn