Support for the Primate Facility at Field Museum of Natural History

对菲尔德自然历史博物馆灵长类动物设施的支持

• 批准号: 9204356
• 负责人: Bruce Patterson
• 金额: $ 2.55万
• 依托单位: Field Museum of Natural History
• 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: 1992-08-01 至 1994-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9204356&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Support; Primate; Facility; Field; Museum

With National Science Foundation support, the Field Museum of Natural History will rennovate and equip space to serve as a study area for its extensive primate specimen collection. A large formica work counter will be constructed and overhead fluorescent lights installed. Electrical outlets will be situated along the counter to permit convenient and multipe access for lights, computers and other electric-powered equipment. Shutters will be removed from windows near the counter to permit reseachers to utilize natural light to study materials. Finally the floor will be painted and sealed. The Field Museum in Chicago houses one of the finest collections of primate specimens in the world. The total of ca. 4,500 individuals includes all families, most genera and a majority of species and subspecies of primates worldwide. The taxonomic and geographic composition of the collection is excellent and the majority of the individuals were taken from the wild at a time when it was legally and ethically possible to do so. These specimens document natural distributions and habitat associations of species and reveal the morphological effects of natural foods, movement patterns and social conditions. It would be impossible to duplicate the materials today. While the museum has undertaken major work in restoring the materials to make them more accessible to reseachers, lack of a proper study area still hampers access. This grant will remedy that situation. This project is important because it will make a significant national scientific resource more readily accessible to a large number of interested reseachers.

在国家科学基金会的支持下，菲尔德博物馆 自然历史将重新设计和装备空间，作为一个 研究领域的广泛灵长类动物标本收集。大 将建造福米卡工作台， 灯安装电源插座将位于沿着 柜台允许方便和多个访问灯， 计算机和其他电动设备。百叶窗将 从柜台附近的窗户上取下， 利用自然光研究材料。最后， 油漆和密封。 位于芝加哥的菲尔德博物馆收藏了 灵长类动物标本的数量。总的CA。4,500 个体包括所有科、大多数属和大多数 灵长类动物的物种和亚种。分类学和 收藏品的地理组成是优秀的， 大部分的个体都是从野外采集的 在法律上和道德上都可行的情况下这些 标本记录自然分布和栖息地协会 揭示了自然食物的形态效应， 运动模式和社会条件。不可能 复制这些材料虽然博物馆承诺 主要工作是恢复材料，使他们更多 研究人员可以进入，仍然缺乏适当的研究区域 阻碍访问。这笔赠款将弥补这种情况。 这个项目很重要，因为它将使一个重要的 国家科学资源更容易为广大 感兴趣的研究人员。