Sonora Desert Lichen Flora

索诺拉沙漠地衣植物区系

• 批准号: 9201111
• 负责人: Thomas Nash
• 金额: $ 44.75万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-08-01 至 1997-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9201111&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Sonora; Desert; Lichen; Flora

A cooperative, international investigation of the lichens (both micro-and macrolichens) of the greater Sonoran Desert region (Arizona, southern California, Baja California, Sonora and Northern Sinaloa) is proposed. The lichen taxa will be revised with near monographic precision for the purpose of writing a modern Flora (for systematists and other professional botanists - with both English and Spanish editions) and popular manual (for naturalists and conservationists). Because the Sonoran Desert includes a significant number of Class I areas (Clean Air Act) and because lichens are excellent indicators of air pollution, it is anticipated that the flora will have considerable utility to land managers in both the U.S. Forest Service and National Park Services (both U.S. and Mexican). Liason is established with four institutions within Mexico and collaboration and with over 40 prominent lichen systematists worldwide. A second purpose of the proposal is to improve the scientific infrastructure of Mexico so that lichenological studies dealing with lichen biodiversity and conservation issues (e.g. preservation of coastal fog zone communities) can be pursued there.

一个合作的，国际性的地衣调查 (both大索诺兰沙漠的微地衣和大型地衣） 地区（亚利桑那州、南部加州、下加利福尼亚、索诺拉和 北方锡那罗亚）。 地衣分类群将被修订 以接近专题的精度，为了写一个 现代植物群（系统分类学家和其他专业植物学家- 英文版和西班牙文版）和流行手册（ 自然主义者和保护主义者）。 因为索诺兰沙漠 包括大量的I类区域（清洁空气法案） 因为地衣是空气污染的极好指标， 预计该植物群将具有相当大的用途， 美国林务局和国家公园的土地管理者 服务（美国和墨西哥）。 联络人与 墨西哥境内的四个机构和合作， 全球40位杰出的地衣分类学家。 的第二目的 该建议旨在改善科学基础设施， 因此地衣学研究 生物多样性和养护问题（例如， 沿海雾区社区）可以在那里进行。