Collaborative Research: Mammalian Diversity in Bolivia - The Yungas and Valles

新墨西哥大学的T.L.Yates博士和J.A.Cook先生以及美国自然历史博物馆的S.Anderson博士将继续他们对玻利维亚哺乳动物多样性的调查工作，他们将在海拔500-3000米的尤加斯和瓦勒斯地区的安第斯山脉进行五次海拔断面调查，并从所有生态区获取具有代表性的标本、遗传物质和寄生虫。这项研究还旨在让玻利维亚的学生和专业人员参与，从而提供保护和生物多样性方面的培训，并继续与其他从事南美哺乳动物研究的工作人员合作并加快他们的研究。很少有南美国家像玻利维亚这样在生物学上不为人所知。对于这项研究中将要考察的大部分未被探索的、生物多样性的地区来说，情况尤其如此。这一地区的大部分地区已经向大规模开发和砍伐森林开放。这项研究提供的信息将为评估这一发展对该区域生物多样性的未来影响提供一个重要的基线，并将为广泛的比较研究提供一个重要的数据库。它还将为希望继续在玻利维亚从事这类工作的玻利维亚生物学家提供重要培训。

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.