Botanical Inventory of the Madidi Region, Bolivia

0101775乔根森，丘吉尔，基林，泰莱里亚。玻利维亚是世界上生物多样性最丰富的国家之一，马迪迪地区是玻利维亚生物多样性水平最高的地区。一项合作研究工作正在进行中，以编目和描述该地区的植物和真菌多样性。该调查旨在利用互补的方法测量不同层次的生物多样性：1)将根据新收集的标本进行总体清查，以便编制真菌、苔藓和维管植物的综合清单。收集将有助于世界各地的专家使用传统和DNA测序技术进行的系统发育和生物地理学研究。2)永久性研究地块将用于确定特定栖息地内的植物物种丰富度，并建立长期努力来监测容纳这种生物多样性的生态系统的健康状况。3)卫星图像将与地理信息系统（GIS）中的地形、高程、地质和气候数据相结合，创建详细的植被图，提供栖息地和景观水平生物多样性的估计。该项目涉及玻利维亚、美利坚合众国和西班牙的研究机构和保护组织，并得到玻利维亚国家公园管理局的密切合作。玻利维亚的领导机构是玻利维亚国家植物标本馆，它与密苏里植物园（在乔根森博士的全面监督下）和马德里皇家植物园进行协调。拉巴斯的生态研究所、玻利维亚圣克鲁斯的诺埃尔·肯普夫·梅尔卡多自然历史博物馆和保护国际生物多样性应用科学中心也在合作。该项目包括为玻利维亚大学的研究生和本科生提供大量培训。该项目产生的信息将被玻利维亚国家公园管理局用于支持马迪迪国家公园和邻近的皮隆拉哈斯和Apolobamba生物圈保护区的各种管理举措。

0101775Jorgensen, Churchill, Killeen, Telleria.Bolivia is one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world and the Madidi region has the highest level of biodiversity within Bolivia. A collaborative research effort is underway to catalogue and describe the plant and fungal diversity of that region. The survey is designed to measure biodiversity at different levels using complementary methodologies: 1) A general inventory will be based on newly collected specimens in order to produce a comprehensive list of fungi, mosses, and vascular plants. Collections will contribute to phylogenetic and biogeographic research carried out by specialists all over the world using both traditional and DNA sequencing techniques. 2) Permanent study plots will be used to determine plant species richness within specific habitats and to establish a long-term effort to monitor the health of the ecosystems that house that biodiversity. 3) Satellite images will be combined with data on topography, elevation, geology, and climate in a geographic information system (GIS) to create detailed vegetation maps that provide estimates of both habitat and landscape-level biodiversity.The project involves research institutions and conservation organizations from Bolivia, the United States of America, and Spain, as well as the close collaboration of the Bolivian National Park Service. The lead institution in Bolivia is the National Herbarium of Bolivia, which is coordinating with the Missouri Botanical Garden (under the overall supervision of Dr. Jorgensen) and the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid. Also collaborating are the Ecology Institute of La Paz, the Noel Kempff Mercado Natural History Museum of Santa Cruz, Bolivia and the Center for Applied Biodiversity Science of Conservation International. The project involves a large training component for both graduate and undergraduate level students at Bolivian universities. The information produced by the project will be used by the Bolivian National Park Service to support a variety of management initiatives within Madidi National Park and the adjacent Pilon Lajas and Apolobamba Biosphere Reserves.