Support for Care and Use of the Herpetology Collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences

支持自然科学院爬虫类藏品的保管和使用

• 批准号: 8911216
• 负责人: John Cadle
• 金额: $ 17.59万
• 依托单位: Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-01-01 至 1993-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8911216&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Support; Care; Use; Herpetology; Collection

The Herpetology Collection (amphibians and reptiles) of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences is a mid-sized collection (roughly 30,000 specimens) that contains many types and early collections from the New World. Dr. John Cadle, Curator in charge of the collection, proposes to improve the collection through a general inventory, reorganization, updating of identifications, and implementation of a computer database. The database program chosen for this project, MUSE, is in wide use in other herpetology and fish collections. The proposed collection upgrade and computerization project will have substantial impact both within and beyond the herpetology research community. Important primary type specimens will be located and made accessible for systematic research. Early collections will give ecologists and biogeographers invaluable insight into the effects that several centuries of human occupation have had on the region's biodiversity. The renovated collections will be a long-term asset in research, public education, and the professional development of young herpetologists.

爬行动物学收藏（两栖动物和爬行动物） 费城自然科学院是一个中等规模的 包含许多类型的集合（大约30，000个标本） 以及新大陆的早期收藏品 约翰·卡德尔博士， 策展人负责收集，建议改善 通过总目录收集、重组、更新 身份识别和计算机数据库的实现。 为这个项目选择的数据库程序，MUSE， 用于其他爬虫学和鱼类收藏。 拟议的馆藏升级和计算机化项目 将对世界内外产生重大影响， 爬虫研究团体 重要原生模式标本 将被定位并提供给系统研究。 早期的收集将给生态学家和地理学家 几个世纪以来， 人类活动对该地区生物多样性的影响。 的 翻新的收藏品将是研究的长期资产， 公共教育和年轻人的职业发展 爬虫学家