Arthropod Biodiversity in a Lowland Tropical Rainforest II

低地热带雨林中的节肢动物生物多样性 II

• 批准号: 9401069
• 负责人: Gary Hartshorn
• 金额: $ 36.5万
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-09-01 至 1997-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9401069&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Arthropod; Biodiversity; Lowland; Tropical; Rainforest

9401069 Stone As the second phase of an ongoing collaborative project between the Organization for Tropical Studies and the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio, Costa Rica), a faunal inventory of tropical rainforest arthropods (mites, spiders, and insects) will be intensified and broadened at La Selva, a biotically rich and scientifically active biological station situated in the Atlantic lowlands of Costa Rica. A full-equipped, dedicated arthropod laboratory, collections facility, and data management system created with previous NSF support in Phase 1 of the project, and the talents of the ALAS Parataxonomists and Biodiversity Technician, who were extensively trained with that support, will allow immediate and efficient use of physical and human resources in Phase 2. The scope of the inventory will be expanded with the addition of two kinds of new focal Taxa: (1) those within the broader Survey Taxa established in Phase 1, for with many collections have been made and specimens already prepared, and (2) new Focal Taxa not within Phase 1 Survey Taxa, but added to enlarge the ecological and phylogenetic scope of the project. Collection and preparation of new material in Phase 2 will shift to a series of concentrated efforts, by the project staff and relevant collaborators, for one Focal Taxon (or set of related Focal Taxa) at a time, using an ecologically-structured, quantified-effort collection strategy and all techniques appropriate for each taxon. Twenty-five systematists P.I.'s and Collaborators (including 7 Collaborators from Costa Rican institutions) will contribute to work of the inventory in Phase 2, while enriching their own phylogenetic and biogeographical studies with material form La Selva. Specimens will be integrated into the national biodiversity inventory already underway at INBio, thus placing the La Selva survey material in a larger geographical and systematic context, promoting further study of this material by INBio's growing international network of specialist s, and ensuring permanent accessibility of the specimens. The project is structured to promote extensive avenues of collaboration between North American and Costa Rican scientists. Exploration and evaluation of methods for estimating arthropod faunal richness and composition will continue, through the use of taxon ratios (both hierarchical and intergroup), species accumulation curves, and parametric and non-parametric analyses of abundance patterns. The design and functionality of the database application successfully developed and implemented in Phase 1 for the project will be further refined and expanded, and the application will be made available to other projects, both as a source of experience-based ideas and as a working tool. Taken together, these activities should serve to further position the project as a demonstration and methodological evaluation pilot for other multi-taxon biodiversity inventories, as well as a ground-breaking and significant inventory in its own right.

小行星9401069 作为热带研究组织和国家生物多样性研究所（INBio，哥斯达黎加）正在进行的合作项目的第二阶段，将在位于哥斯达黎加大西洋低地的生物丰富和科学活跃的生物站La Selva加强和扩大热带雨林节肢动物（螨类、蜘蛛和昆虫）的动物区系清单。 一个设备齐全的，专用的节肢动物实验室，收集设施和数据管理系统，在项目的第一阶段由NSF先前的支持创建，以及ALAS Parataxonomists和生物多样性技术员的人才，他们在该支持下接受了广泛的培训，将允许在第二阶段立即有效地利用物理和人力资源。 目录的范围将扩大，增加两种新的重点分类群：（1）在第一阶段建立的更广泛的调查分类群内的分类群，因为已经收集了许多标本，并且已经准备好了标本，（2）不在第一阶段调查分类群内的新的重点分类群，但增加了该项目的生态和系统发育范围。 第二阶段新材料的收集和准备将转向一系列集中的努力，由项目工作人员和相关合作者，一次针对一个焦点分类单元（或一组相关的焦点分类单元），使用生态结构化的、量化的努力收集策略和适合每个分类单元的所有技术。的和合作者（包括来自哥斯达黎加机构的7名合作者）将有助于第二阶段的清单工作，同时丰富他们自己的系统发育和地理学研究与材料形式La Selva。 标本将被纳入国家生物多样性目录已经在INBio，从而把拉塞尔瓦调查材料在更大的地理和系统的背景下，促进进一步研究这一材料由INBio的专家不断增长的国际网络，并确保标本的永久访问。 该项目旨在促进北美和哥斯达黎加科学家之间广泛的合作渠道。 将继续探索和评价估计节肢动物区系丰富程度和组成的方法，方法包括使用分类单位比率（包括等级和组间）、物种累积曲线以及对丰富程度模式的参数和非参数分析。 在第一阶段为该项目成功开发和实施的数据库应用程序的设计和功能将进一步完善和扩大，该应用程序将提供给其他项目，既作为基于经验的想法的来源，也作为一种工作工具。 总之，这些活动应有助于进一步将该项目定位为其他多分类生物多样性清单的示范和方法评价试点，以及其本身的开创性和重要清单。