Sonoran Desert and Mediterranean California Lichen Flora Project

索诺兰沙漠和地中海加州地衣植物区系项目

• 批准号: 9706984
• 负责人: Thomas Nash
• 金额: $ 17.6万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 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: 1997-08-15 至 2001-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9706984&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Sonoran; Desert; Mediterranean; California; Lichen

9706984 Nash A cooperative, international investigation of the lichens (both micro-and macrolichens) of the greater Sonoran Desert region (Arizona, southern California, Baja California, Sonora and Northern Sinaloa) was funded by DEB 92-01111. The project has made progress toward writing a modern lichen flora for use by systematists and other professional botanists as well as decision-makers. Because the Sonoran Desert includes a significant number of Clean Air Act Class I areas, and because lichens are excellent indicators of air pollution, it is anticipated that the flora will have considerable utility to land managers in both the U.S. Forest Service and National Park Services (both U.S. and Mexican). Liason has been established with institutions within Mexico and collaboration and with over 60 prominent lichen systematists worldwide. Publications from this project so far document the discovery of 50 species new to science, and the first records of distribution in the Sonoran Desert for over 200 more. By the completion of the project, the flora will treat over 1700 species in 328 genera.

9706984 Nash一项合作的、对大索诺兰沙漠地区（亚利桑那州、南加州、下加利福尼亚、索诺拉和北方锡那罗亚）地衣（包括微型地衣和大型地衣）的国际调查由DEB 92-01111资助。该项目在编写现代地衣植物群供系统分类学家和其他专业植物学家以及决策者使用方面取得了进展。由于索诺兰沙漠包括大量的清洁空气法案I类区域，并且由于地衣是空气污染的良好指标，因此预计植物群将对美国林务局和国家公园服务局（美国和墨西哥）的土地管理者具有相当大的实用性。Liason已经与墨西哥的机构建立了合作关系，并与世界各地60多位着名的地衣系统学家合作。到目前为止，该项目的出版物记录了50个新物种的发现，以及索诺兰沙漠中200多个物种的首次分布记录。 项目建成后，该植物群将处理328属1700余种植物。