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

哥斯达黎加热带旱林、雨林和云林中鳞翅目幼虫及其寄生蜂的清查

• 批准号: 9705072
• 负责人: Daniel Janzen
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Pennsylvania
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-06-01 至 2001-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9705072&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Inventory; Lepidoptera; Larvae; Their; Parasitoids

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.

该项目是哥斯达黎加西北部瓜纳卡斯特保护区所有种类的蝴蝶和飞蛾的幼虫生物多样性调查的一个为期三年的部分，以及这些幼虫与其寄主植物及其拟寄生物（苍蝇、黄蜂、蛔虫、真菌、肠道微生物）的关系。收集毛虫和其他生物的栖息地包括热带干林、雨林和云雾林。本研究的直接目标是为这些生物的生态学（捕食者/猎物、食物来源、生活史等）关系的研究提供基本信息，用于系统学、生态学、行为学和生理学的研究，并用于保护、教育、生物多样性勘探、生态旅游、环境监测和病虫害管理。该项目的长期目标是将这个生物系统建立为一个“已知的宇宙”，以鼓励社会各界对复杂的热带荒地进行非破坏性的可持续利用。研究结果将放在万维网上，供用户直接查阅。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利用的其他资金来源以及美国国家科学基金会之间的国际合作。哥斯达黎加国民将参加该项目的活动，这将产生有助于今后INBio项目的行政、科学和商业潜力的培训。