Inventory of Plants Dispersed by Bats in a Neotropical Forest

新热带森林中蝙蝠传播的植物清单

• 批准号: 0414098
• 负责人: Scott Mori
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: New York Botanical Garden
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-01 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0414098&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Inventory; Plants; Dispersed; Bats; Neotropical

Inventory of Plants Dispersed by Bats in a Neotropical Forest Scott A. Mori and Tatyana A. Lobova Bats play an important role in the dispersal of flowering plants in tropical forests. They are especially critical in the colonization of plants into forest gaps and man-made clearings. The goals of the proposed project are to inventory plants dispersed by bats in the forests of French Guiana; to create a tool for the identification of bat-dispersed plants based on morphological, anatomical, and molecular data; and to address hypotheses about bat/plant interactions. This project will be directed by Dr. Scott Mori, a specialist in the Guianan flora, and will utilize the expertise of Dr. Tatyana Lobova, a specialist in dispersal biology and plant morphology. To accomplish the proposed goals, a Web-based bat/plant interaction database will be enhanced and updated, a list with descriptions of the plants dispersed by bats in central French Guiana will be published and, an illustrated atlas of the seeds dispersed by bats will be created.This project will result in the first community-wide inventory of all plants potentially dispersed by bats in a Neotropical rain forest and in the production of a guide for the identification of bat-dispersed species. This information is essential for understanding rain forest regeneration and conservation. The project will have a broad impact in achieving a better understanding of plant/animal co-evolution and will point out the important ecological and evolutionary roles that bats play in tropical ecosystems. This study will promote the conservation of bats and the plants upon which they depend.

新热带森林中蝙蝠传播的植物名录。Mori和Tatyana A. Lobova蝙蝠在热带森林中开花植物的传播中发挥着重要作用。它们在将植物移入森林空隙和人造空地方面尤其重要。拟议项目的目标是清点植物分散的蝙蝠在法属圭亚那的森林;创建一个工具，用于识别蝙蝠分散的植物形态学，解剖学和分子数据的基础上;并解决蝙蝠/植物相互作用的假设。该项目将由圭亚那植物群专家Scott Mori博士指导，并将利用扩散生物学和植物形态学专家Tatyana Lobova博士的专业知识。为了实现拟议的目标，将加强和更新一个基于网络的蝙蝠/植物相互作用数据库，将公布一份描述法属圭亚那中部蝙蝠散布的植物的清单，将创建一个蝙蝠传播种子的图解地图集。该项目将产生第一个社区-在新热带雨林中所有可能被蝙蝠传播的植物的广泛清单中，并在制作用于识别蝙蝠传播物种的指南中。这些信息对于了解热带雨林的再生和保护至关重要。该项目将对更好地理解植物/动物共同进化产生广泛影响，并将指出蝙蝠在热带生态系统中发挥的重要生态和进化作用。这项研究将促进蝙蝠和它们所依赖的植物的保护。