Development and Utilization of a Database for the Flora of Mount Kinabalu

约翰·毕曼博士建议完成一份 已公布的清单（由微型计算机数据库编制） 的植物种类。马来西亚婆罗洲的京那巴鲁。 山 京那巴鲁可能支持世界上最高的植物多样性， 单位面积，有很多争议的手段， 这种非凡的多样性由此产生并持续存在。 毕曼博士已经完成了16000多个 标本，并开发了一个微型计算机数据库， 标本，它们的分类身份，以及它们的地理位置， 地点 地点数据提供了植物 分布可以相对于土壤类型，地质， 其他环境因素。 詹姆斯·海滩博士将投入18 几个月的时间来开发库存的研究能力， 密歇根州立大学使用地理信息系统（GIS） 大学 这项拟议中的研究对我们理解 东南亚植物群的保护工作， 区域，以及关于植物生态学的一般问题， 多样性和进化。 标本平行展开 数据库和GIS应用将打破新的方法论 为整个植物群落奠定了基础。

Dr. John Beaman proposes to complete the preparation of a published inventory (constructed from a microcomputer database) of the plant species on Mt. Kinabalu in Borneo, Malaysia. Mt. Kinabalu may support the world's highest diversity of plants per unit area, and there are many controversies surrounding the means by which this extraordinary diversity arose and has persisted. Dr. Beaman has completed the identification of more than 16,000 specimens and has developed a microcomputer database for data on the specimens, their taxonomic identities, and their geographic locations. The locality data provides the means by which plant distributions can be analyzed relative to soil type, geology, and other environmental factors. Dr. James Beach will devote 18 months to developing research capabilities for the inventory using a Geographic Information System (GIS) at Michigan State University. The proposed research has implications for our understanding of the southeast Asian flora, for conservation efforts in the region, and for general questions regarding plant ecology, diversity, and evolution. Parallel development of the specimen database and GIS applications will break new methodological ground for the botanical community as a whole.