Terrestrial Arthropod Survey - Fiji

陆地节肢动物调查 - 斐济

• 批准号: 0425790
• 负责人: Neal Evenhuis
• 金额: $ 40.07万
• 依托单位: Bernice P Bishop Museum
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-15 至 2007-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0425790&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Terrestrial; Arthropod; Survey; Fiji

Fiji Terrestrial Arthropod SurveyA two-year grant has been awarded to the Bishop Museum under the direction of Dr. Neal Evenhuis to survey selected biodiverse terrestrial arthropods (insects and related organisms) of the Fiji islands and make the information from the survey (which will include databases, checklists, and scientific papers) available to a wide user community through the web and peer-reviewed scientific journals. Fiji is one of the most unique island groups in the Pacific and as such offers opportunities for helping understand the biogeographic dynamics that have taken place in the southern island groups in the Pacific and their relationship to the faunas of surrounding land masses. The results of the surveys of the biodiverse terrestrial arthropod elements of these islands can be used as comparative examples when studying similar faunas of Samoa, New Caledonia, and other areas. With $25,000 per year partnership funding from the Schlinger Foundation to augment funds from NSF, this project will significantly help increase our knowledge of the unique terrestrial arthropod fauna of the Fiji islands and make available to researchers the specimens collected. These researchers will sort and identify new species and publish descriptions of them in peer-reviewed papers. It is estimated that there will be over 500 new species of flies, beetles, aquatic bugs, ants, wasps, and spiders that will be discovered and described by specialists during the course of this study. After sorting, specimens collected during this project will be databased and sent to specialists worldwide who have agreed to further identify and describe new species they find in the material collected. This information will be published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and the information also added to a list of all publications concerning Fiji terrestrial arthropods and a complete checklist of names of Fiji terrestrial arthropods, both lists of which will be made available via the web, electronically, and hard copy publication. With added funding through a partnership with PACINET via the South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), research specialists who travel to Fiji to conduct surveys to collect organisms in their specialty will train in-country students through periodic workshops. These workshops will include hands-on teaching of how to collect, sort, and identify the various biodiverse insects and related arthropods of this study that occur in Fiji. Further community meetings will be held to inform villagers about the project and will be used as a medium for interaction between scientists and villagers in that both parties can learn from each other about the natural heritage of Fiji.

斐济陆地节肢动物调查已向Neal Evenhuis博士指导下的Bishop博物馆提供了一笔为期两年的赠款，用于调查斐济群岛的某些生物多样性陆地节肢动物（昆虫和相关生物），并通过网络和同行评审的科学期刊向广大用户提供调查资料（包括数据库、清单和科学论文）。 斐济是太平洋最独特的岛屿群之一，因此提供了帮助了解太平洋南部岛屿群发生的地理动态及其与周围大陆群动物群关系的机会。在研究萨摩亚、新喀里多尼亚和其他地区的类似动物群时，这些岛屿的生物多样性陆生节肢动物成分的调查结果可用作比较实例。施林格基金会每年提供25 000美元的伙伴关系资金，以增加国家科学基金会的资金，该项目将大大有助于增加我们对斐济群岛独特陆地节肢动物区系的了解，并向研究人员提供收集的标本。这些研究人员将对新物种进行分类和鉴定，并在同行评议的论文中发表对它们的描述。据估计，将有超过500种新的苍蝇，甲虫，水生昆虫，蚂蚁，黄蜂和蜘蛛，将被发现和描述的专家在这项研究的过程中。分类后，在该项目期间收集的标本将被数据库化，并发送给世界各地的专家，他们同意进一步识别和描述他们在收集的材料中发现的新物种。这一信息将在同行评审的科学期刊上发表，并将添加到有关斐济陆地节肢动物的所有出版物清单和斐济陆地节肢动物名称完整清单中，这两份清单将通过网络、电子和硬拷贝出版物提供。通过南太平洋区域环境方案与PACINET建立伙伴关系，增加了资金，前往斐济进行调查以收集其专业生物的研究专家将通过定期讲习班培训国内学生。这些研讨会将包括如何收集，分类和识别各种生物多样性昆虫和本研究中发生在斐济的相关节肢动物的实践教学。还将举行更多的社区会议，向村民介绍该项目，并将作为科学家和村民之间互动的媒介，双方可以相互了解斐济的自然遗产。