Mammalian Diversity in Bolivia - The Yungas and Valles

T.L.博士耶茨和J.A.先生纽约大学的库克 墨西哥和S博士美国自然博物馆的安德森说， 历史将继续他们对哺乳动物多样性的调查工作 在玻利维亚，通过五个海拔样带， 永加斯和瓦勒斯地区的安第斯山脉， 3000米，并获得代表性的标本，遗传物质， 所有生态区的寄生虫。 该研究还旨在 让玻利维亚学生和专业人士参与进来，从而提供 保护和生物多样性方面的培训，并继续 与其他工人合作并加快他们的研究， 研究南美哺乳动物。 很少有南美国家在生物学上像 玻利维亚。 对于那些大部分未被探索的， 生物多样性的区域将在这项研究中进行研究。 多 这一地区已开放大规模的发展， 砍伐森林。 本研究提供的信息将提供 评估未来影响的关键基线 该区域生物多样性的发展，并将提供一个 广泛比较研究的重要数据库。 它将 还为玻利维亚生物学家提供重要培训， 继续在玻利维亚开展这类工作。

Dr. T.L. Yates and Mr. J.A. Cook of the University of New Mexico and Dr. S. Anderson of the American Museum of Natural History will continue their survey work on mammalian diversity in Bolivia, by conducting five elevational transects through the Andes Mountains in the Yungas and Valles region between 500 and 3000 M and obtain representative specimens, genetic material, and parasites from all ecological zones. The study is also designed to involve Bolivian students and professionals, thus, providing training in conservation and biodiversity, and to continue to collaborate with and expedite the studies of other workers doing research on South American mammals. Few South American countries are as biologically unknown as Bolivia. This is particularly true of the largely unexplored, biologically diverse regions to be examined in this study. Much of this area has been opened to large scale development and deforestation. Information provided by this study will provide a critical baseline for evaluating the future impact of this development on the biodiversity of the region and will provide an important database for broad scale comparative research. It will also provide important training for Bolivian biologists wishing to continue this type of work in Bolivia.