US-Pakistan Cooperative Research: Insect Diversity and Ecology at High Altitude: An Expedition to Hunza, Pakistan

美国-巴基斯坦合作研究：高海拔昆虫多样性和生态：巴基斯坦罕萨探险

• 批准号: 0002100
• 负责人: David Smith
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: Florida International University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-07-15 至 2002-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0002100&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Pakistan; Cooperative; Research; Insect

0002100SmithDescription: This award is to support a collaborative project by Dr. David Smith, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, and Dr. Syed Azhar Hasan, Zoological Sciences Division, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad, Pakistan. They plan an intensive, comprehensive survey of insect biodiversity and ecology of the Hunza region of the Karakoram in northern Pakistan, with botanical and geological investigation of localities/habitats. Emphasis is placed on medium-to-high elevation sites (8,000-18,000 ft) that include a scientifically unexplored traverse along the Sino-Pakistan border. The team, including seven members from the United States and the United Kingdom and seven from Pakistan, in addition to a resident of the Hunza area itself, will conduct field research for five weeks. Material collected, with additional specialist taxonomic work, will include preparation of material for molecular genetic investigation of evolutionary divergence through topographic isolation in extremely mountainous terrain.Scope: The US team leader, Dr. Smith, has done work recently on taxonomy of butterflies in northern Pakistan and is familiar with the region. This project will broaden the study to cover various other insects, and will be a major contribution to the study of Central Asian biodiversity, biogeography and ecology where specimens are scarce to nonexistent. Data on the biotic inventory in this unstudied region will provide significant contribution to 1) general biotic awareness of the region, 2) conservation and biodiversity related decision-making, and 3) broader systematic, evolutionary and biogeographic themes for which information from Karakoram is essential. This experienced multinational team will employ diverse sampling methods to enable them to document a large portion of the insect fauna of the areas visited. The inclusion of a geologist and botanist on the team will enhance the value of the insect collections by providing host plant data and detailed characterization of the sample localities. This proposal meets the INT objective of supporting collaborative research in areas of mutual interest. The Division of International Programs and the Division of Environmental Biology are supporting this project

0002100史密斯描述：该奖项是为了支持佛罗里达迈阿密佛罗里达国际大学生物科学系的大卫史密斯博士和巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡自然历史博物馆动物科学部的赛义德·阿兹哈尔·哈桑博士的合作项目。 他们计划对巴基斯坦北方喀喇昆仑罕萨地区的昆虫生物多样性和生态进行深入全面的调查，并对当地/栖息地进行植物学和地质学调查。 重点放在中高海拔地区（8，000 - 18，000英尺），其中包括沿沿着中巴边境的科学上未经勘探的穿越。该小组包括来自美国和联合王国的七名成员和来自巴基斯坦的七名成员，以及罕萨地区本身的一名居民，将进行为期五周的实地研究。 收集的材料，加上额外的专业分类工作，将包括通过在极端山区地形的地形隔离，为进化趋异的分子遗传学调查准备材料。范围：美国小组组长史密斯博士最近在巴基斯坦北方做过蝴蝶分类工作，对该地区很熟悉。 该项目将扩大研究范围，涵盖各种其他昆虫，并将对中亚生物多样性、昆虫地理学和生态学的研究作出重大贡献，因为中亚的标本很少或根本不存在。 这一未研究区域的生物名录数据将为以下方面做出重要贡献：1）该区域的一般生物意识，2）保护和生物多样性相关决策，3）更广泛的系统，进化和地理主题，其中喀喇昆仑的信息至关重要。 这支经验丰富的多国小组将采用不同的取样方法，使他们能够记录所访问地区的大部分昆虫动物群。 该小组中包括一名地质学家和植物学家，将通过提供寄主植物数据和样本地点的详细特征来提高昆虫收集的价值。该提案符合INT的目标，即支持在共同感兴趣的领域进行合作研究。 国际方案司和环境生物学司正在支持这一项目