Inventory of the Lepidoptera Larvae and Their Parasitoids from the Tropical Dry, Rain, and Cloud Forests of Costa Rica

9705072 Janzen该项目是哥斯达黎加西北部瓜纳卡斯特保护区所有蝴蝶和蛾类毛虫的生物多样性清单的三年部分，以及这些毛虫与其寄主植物及其寄生物（苍蝇，黄蜂，蛔虫，真菌，肠道微生物）的关系。 毛虫和其他生物的栖息地将被收集，包括热带干燥森林，雨林和云雾林。 该研究的直接目标是使生态（捕食者/猎物，食物来源，生活史等）的基本信息。这些生物的关系可用于系统学，生态学，行为和生理学的研究，并用于保护，教育，生物多样性勘探，生态旅游，环境监测和害虫管理。该项目的长期目标是将这一生物系统建立为“已知的宇宙”，以鼓励社会各界以非破坏性的方式可持续地利用这一复杂的热带荒地。 研究结果将放在万维网上供用户直接访问。 该项目代表了哥斯达黎加国家生物多样性研究所（INBio）、瓜纳卡斯特保护区（ACG）、PI开发的其他资金来源和NSF之间的国际合作。哥斯达黎加国民将参加该项目的活动，这将导致培训，将有助于未来INBio项目的行政，科学和商业潜力。

9705072 Janzen This project is a 3-year portion of an ongoing biodiversity inventory of the caterpillars of all species of butterflies and moths in the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica, and the relationships these caterpillars have with their host-plants and their parasitoids (flies, wasps, roundworms, fungi, gut microbes). The habitats from which the caterpillars and other organisms will be collected include the tropical dry forest, rain forest, and cloud forest. The immediate goal of the study is to make basic information on the ecological (predator/prey, food-source, life history, etc.) relationships of these organisms available for studies in systematics, ecology, behavior, and physiology, and for use in conservation, education, biodiversity prospecting, ecotourism, environmental monitoring, and pest management. The long-term goal of the project is to establish this biological system as a "known universe" to encourage the non-destructive sustainable use of a complex tropical wildland by all sectors of society. The results of the study will be placed on the WWW for direct user access. This project represents international cooperation among the Costa Rican National Biodiversity Institute (INBio), the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste (ACG), other funding sources tapped by the PI, and the NSF. Costa Rican nationals will participate in the activities of the project, which will result in training that will contribute to the administrative, scientific, and commercial potential of future INBio projects.