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APerspectiveforInternationalCollaborationinAridLandsResearchinBajaCaliforniaPeninsula

RicardoRodríguezEstrella1,2*1CentrodeInvestigaciones Biológicas delNoroeste,S.C.,LaPaz,B.C.S.,23096,México.2UniversityofArizona,EnvironmentalandNaturalResources,Tucson,85721,AZ*;*Sabbatical.Email:estrella@cibnor.mx

RESEARCHINARIDLANDS

• JoininginstitutionsforthestudyofaridlandsinBajaCaliforniaPeninsula

• Toestablishandstrengthencross-bordercollaborations

• Toattractandgatheryoungresearchersinearlyorstartingcareer

People

• RicardoRodríguezEstrella,PhD.CIBNOR,México• MelanieCulver,PhD.UniversityofArizona,USA• FernandoHiraldo,PhD.Estación Biológica deDoñana,Spain• JordiBascompte,PhD.UniversityofZurich,Switzerland• JohnRotenberry,PhD.UniversityofCaliforniaRiverside,USA• GerardoCeballos,PhD.UniversidadNacionalAutónoma deMéxico,México• BarbaraKus,PhD.USGS,SanDiego,CA• AdrianMunguia,PhD.CIBNOR-UniversityofArizona• Yarelys Ferrer,PhD.UTEQ,Quevedo,Ecuador• VíctorHugoLuja,PhD.UniversidadAutónoma deNayarit,México

• Biodiversity• Ecologyandevolution• Evolutionarygenetics• Plant-animalinteractions• Animalinteractions(trophicwebs,parasitism,pathogens)• Ecophysiology• Epidemiology• Spatialanalysis,GIS• Migration,movementsecology• Spatialvariationpopulations,abundance,distribution• Chemicalecology• Climatechange• Geomorphology;Soils,erosion;Hidrology,ecohidrology• Ecosystemfunction• IntegrativeEcology

• HumanActivityConsequences• (landusechanges,invasivespecies,emergentdiseases,overexploitation)• Landsuitabilityanalysis;decisionmaking;politicalscience• Sustainability ü LocalPeople,NaturalResourcesManagement

ü Economyü Sociologyü Politics

• Offices• Laboratories

• VirtualInstitution• LaPaz,50ha

WHYTHISINSTITUTION-CONSORTIUMFORCOLLABORATIONISTIMELY?

§ Understand how arid lands evolve and function given the differences in biogeography of regions, but also in naturalresources management between countries and between regions. Using frontier research.

§ OfferoptionsforYoungresearcherswithhigh,strongskillsinScience.§ Researchthatcrosstheboundariesbetweendifferentfields,emergingfieldsofresearch,innovativeapproaches.

• Researchersconsolidated(Established)

• New,youngresearchers

• Outstanding,gettingaposition• Postdocs• Consultants

PhDMScBachs Students

→Mid-termfinancingØ SalariesØ PilotprojectsØ Maintenanceoffacilities

→ Infrastructurefacilities,financialsupport

→ Attractandretainoutstandingnewandyoungresearchers

§ CONACYT§ UniversityofArizona-CONACYT(CAZMEX)

- NewInstitution?- Bepartoftheconsortiumofinstitutionsalreadyworkingup?

OBJECTIVES

HOWTHISPROPOSALHASBEENCONSTRUCTED?

RESEARCHLINES

WHERE?INFRASTRUCTURE

CRUCIALPOINTS

INSTITUTIONSTHATCANHELP/SUPPORTINGTHISINSTITUTION

§ UniversityofCaliforniaUCMexus-CONACYT§ Others?

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

IappreciatethesupportandideasofMelanieCulverfromUA.Sheencouragedmetogivethispresentation.ThankstoCONACyT andCIBNORforsupport.