Revitalization of the Utah Museum of Natural History Collection of Recent Mammals

犹他州自然历史博物馆近代哺乳动物收藏的复兴

• 批准号: 8912415
• 负责人: Eric Rickart
• 金额: $ 6.97万
• 依托单位: University of Utah
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-01-15 至 1993-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8912415&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Revitalization; Utah; Museum; Natural; History

The Mammal Collection of the University of Utah's Museum of Natural History comprises 28,000 specimens, most of which represent the fauna of the western U.S. After a period of very low research activity, Dr. Eric Rickart, Curator in charge of the collection, has instituted an aggressive program of research and curatorial improvement in the collection. A computer catalog has been prepared, physical facilities have been renovated, and an inventory and reorganization of the collection will be initiated. Curatorial improvements to this collection will have significant impact on zoological research and education in Utah. Natural history collections such as this are irreplaceable libraries of data concerning life on earth, and they form the foundation for research on systematics, evolution, ecology, and other facets of biology. This collection provides an excellent record of an important vertebrate fauna, against which future changes will be measured. Future generations of research will depend on its continued care and growth.

犹他大学自然历史博物馆的哺乳动物收藏共有28,000件标本，其中大部分代表了美国西部的动物。在一段时间的研究活动非常少之后，负责收藏的策展人埃里克·里卡特博士制定了一项积极的研究计划，并对收藏进行了策展改进。已经编制了计算机目录，翻新了实物设施，并将开始清点和重组收藏品。对这些藏品的策展改进将对犹他州的动物学研究和教育产生重大影响。像这样的自然历史收藏是关于地球上生命的不可替代的数据库，它们构成了系统学、进化论、生态学和生物学其他方面研究的基础。这个集合提供了一个重要的脊椎动物动物群的极好记录，未来的变化将以此为参照进行衡量。未来几代人的研究将取决于它的持续照顾和发展。