U.S.-Australia Cooperative Research: Systematics and Biogeography of Indo-Australian Ants

美国-澳大利亚合作研究：印度-澳大利亚蚂蚁的系统学和生物地理学

• 批准号: 8714076
• 负责人: Philip Ward
• 金额: $ 0.99万
• 依托单位: University of California-Davis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-01-01 至 1990-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8714076&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: U.S.; Australia; Cooperative; Research; Systematics

This award will allow collaborative studies between Dr. Philip S. Ward of the University of California, Davis and Dr. Robert W. Taylor of the Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra, Australia on the systematic relationships of Indo-Australian ants. The principle objectives of the research are (1) to clarify the species-level systematics of several important groups of Indo-Australian ants, (2) to gather data which will facilitate the analysis of phylogenetic relationships among these ants, and (3) to utilize information on ant phylogeny and distribution to test biogeographic hypotheses about the Australian continent. Field collections will be made in Australia and Melanesia. Specimens will be analyzed using a combination of conventional morphological examination, morphometric analysis, and scanning electron microscope studies of microsculpture. Taxonomic assessments will be aided by a taxonomic database management system and computer-assisted programs for phylogenetic inference. Results from this research will provide much-needed taxonomic revisions of several ant groups and will yield insight into the history of the Australian biota. Dr. Ward has broad knowledge of the ant groups to be studied as well as a background in current biochemical and analytical procedures. Dr. Taylor has more than 20 years of experience on the Australian ant fauna in general, as well as access to important collections and computer programs and equipment necessary for analytical evaluation and processing.

该奖项将允许加州大学戴维斯分校的菲利普·S·沃德博士和澳大利亚堪培拉澳大利亚国家昆虫收藏馆的罗伯特·W·泰勒博士就印澳蚂蚁的系统关系进行合作研究。这项研究的主要目的是(1)阐明几个重要的印澳蚂蚁种群的物种水平系统学；(2)收集有助于分析这些蚂蚁之间的系统发育关系的数据；(3)利用蚂蚁系统发育和分布的信息来检验关于澳大利亚大陆的生物地理假说。实地收集将在澳大利亚和美拉尼西亚进行。标本将结合常规形态检查、形态计量学分析和扫描电子显微镜微雕研究进行分析。分类学评估将由分类学数据库管理系统和用于系统发育推断的计算机辅助程序来协助。这项研究的结果将提供几个蚂蚁群体亟需的分类修订，并将深入了解澳大利亚生物群的历史。沃德博士对要研究的蚂蚁群体有广泛的了解，并对当前的生化和分析程序有一定的了解。泰勒博士在澳大利亚蚂蚁动物群方面拥有20多年的经验，并接触到重要的收藏品以及分析评估和处理所需的计算机程序和设备。