NSF/AID: Moss Flora of Colombia

NSF/AID：哥伦比亚苔藓植物群

• 批准号: 9201281
• 负责人: Steven Churchill
• 金额: $ 31.76万
• 依托单位: New York Botanical Garden
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-09-15 至 1997-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9201281&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; AID; Moss; Flora; Colombia

This proposal represents the highest ideal in biodiversity research in a developing country. Relatively few scientists work with the bryophytes, yet the group has a significant function in tropical ecosystems. The PI has already devoted considerable time and expertise in the development of moss herbaria throughout the country. In addition, he regularly teaches courses on the mosses at those institutions, and has inspired Colombian scientists and students to work with and publish on the mosses of the country. Churchill deposits the first set of each accession in the largest moss herbarium in Columbia, to which he already has given personal collections. Although funds were not requested for development of a database in the proposal, he has initiated such a project and has already begun to enter data. The materials are collected so that nucleic acids can be extracted at a later date. If A.I.D. funds become available then this aspect of his work will also be supported. The moss flora of Colombia is exceptionally rich and diverse primarily because of the diverse topography and climate. The PI is making excellent progress toward the treatment of the mosses of Colombia ıin Spanish! for Flora de Colombia, for which he is cooperating with Colombian botanists, and an English manual of the mosses. Thus, this proposal fully satisfies, and exceeds, all the criteria for the Biotic Survey & Inventory competition.

该提案代表了发展中国家生物多样性研究的最高理想。 研究苔藓植物的科学家相对较少，但该类植物在热带生态系统中发挥着重要作用。 PI 已经投入了大量的时间和专业知识来开发全国各地的苔藓植物标本馆。 此外，他定期在这些机构教授苔藓课程，并激励哥伦比亚科学家和学生研究该国的苔藓并发表有关苔藓的文章。 丘吉尔将每个品种的第一套存放在哥伦比亚最大的苔藓植物标本馆中，他已经向该标本馆提供了个人收藏。 尽管提案中没有要求为数据库开发提供资金，但他已经启动了这样一个项目，并已经开始输入数据。 收集材料以便稍后提取核酸。 如果 A.I.D.如果资金到位，那么他这方面的工作也将得到支持。 哥伦比亚的苔藓植物区系异常丰富且多样化，主要是因为其多样化的地形和气候。 PI 在治疗哥伦比亚苔藓方面取得了巨大进展（西班牙语）！他与哥伦比亚植物学家合作编写了《哥伦比亚植物志》和一本英文苔藓手册。 因此，该提案完全满足并超过了生物调查和清单竞赛的所有标准。