Biodiversity: The Interface Between Systematics and Conservation Workshop in Bloomington, IN (June 23-27, 2000)

该项目支持于2000年6月23 - 27日在印第安纳州布卢明顿举行的题为“生物多样性：系统分类学与保护之间的接口”的研讨会。研讨会将与系统生物学家学会、进化研究学会、美国自然学家学会和热带生物学协会的联合会议一起举行。该研讨会旨在首次将生物多样性和保护相关领域的研究人员聚集在一起，讨论系统分类学与他们研究的相关性，并评估利用系统和分类学数据的各种技术。由于人们越来越认识到系统数据在保护生物学中的重要性，以及大量可用的新方法，这个主题是及时的。与会者将探讨生物多样性研究的各个方面，即系统学和保护学如何共同探讨生物多样性问题。专题讨论会还将强调利用系统数据评价基于地理的保护活动的计算机软件的最新发展。

ABSTRACTPI: FunkDEB-0073209 Institution: Smithsonian Institution This project supports a symposium to be held on 23 - 27 June, 2000, in Bloomington, Indiana, titled "Biodiversity: the Interface between Systematics and Conservation." The workshop-symposium will be held in conjunction with the joint meetings of the Society of Systematic Biologists, Society for the Study of Evolution, the American Soceity of Naturalists, and the Association for Tropical Biology. The symposium is designed to bring together for the first time researchers from a wide variety of fields related biodiversity and conservation to discuss the relevance of systematics to their research and to evaluate various techniquest that make use of systematic and taxonomic data. The topic is timely because of the increasing recognition of the importance of systematic data in conservation biology, and the wealth of new methods available. The participants will explore various aspects of biodiversity studies in light of how systematics and conservation can work together to explore biodiversity issues. The symposium will also highlight recent developments in computer software that utilize systematic data for assesment of geographically based conservation activities.