Curation and Databasing of the Gordon Alexander Othoptera Collection at the University of Colorado

科罗拉多大学戈登·亚历山大·直翅目收藏的管理和数据库

• 批准号: 0447315
• 负责人: M. Deane Bowers
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-01-15 至 2007-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0447315&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Curation; Databasing; Gordon; Alexander; Othoptera

A grant has been awarded to the University of Colorado under the direction of Dr. M. Deane Bowers for partial support of a project to curate and database the Gordon Alexander collection of grasshoppers. This collection is composed of over 19,000 grasshoppers from the Rocky Mountain and plains regions of Colorado that were originally collected under the auspices of a 1958 - 1960 NSF grant. Approximately 75% of this collection is composed of representative specimens from over 65,000 grasshoppers, representing 95 different species, that were processed during the tenure of this grant. The remaining 25% is composed of specimens from other studies conducted in Colorado and neighboring states during the 1930's to 1960's. Given the recent and dramatic impacts of humans in this region, this collection is of particular importance for understanding the communities in existence before these changes occurred. The goals of this project are 1) to curate the collection in order to preserve it and make it accessible to researchers; 2) to database the collection; and 3) to make the information from this collection available to researchers as well as lay-people by publishing the data from this collection online. In order to accomplish these goals, the Entomology section requires funds to support curatorial staff and students to coordinate and implement the project. The Entomology section also requires additional curatorial supplies, a microscope and computer equipment, to properly curate and database all specimens. The Alexander grasshopper collection will be curated and databased and information from this historically important collection will be posted online via a new website developed under the auspices of the grant and through publishing the data on global biodiversity networks. The Alexander collection will be made available in a format that will allow professional researchers and the public access to data that can be used for education and outreach-related projects. Participation in this project by students will be extensive. Graduate students will be trained in museum skills, insect taxonomy, curation, databasing, and use of computer programs that are important for making collection data available over the internet. Undergraduates and the general public will have also have access, via the internet, to a relational database that will allow them to examine Alexander's survey and collection data, This project will make the Alexander Collection readily available to researchers, land managers, educators and students. In addition to making the collection and its specimen information available for study, the data can be used by researchers to examine the effects of land use practices and climate change on communities and species. Furthermore, the Education section of the Museum will ensure that the collection and the internet material will be used in public outreach and education to the public.

在M·迪恩·鲍尔斯博士的指导下，科罗拉多大学获得了一笔赠款，以部分支持一个项目，以管理戈登·亚历山大的蚱蜢收藏并建立数据库。这个收藏由来自科罗拉多州落基山和平原地区的19,000多只蝗虫组成，这些蝗虫最初是在1958-1960年NSF拨款的赞助下收集的。大约75%的收藏是由来自65,000多只蝗虫的代表标本组成的，代表95个不同的物种，这些标本是在这笔赠款的有效期内加工的。剩下的25%是1930年S至1960年S期间在科罗拉多州和邻近各州进行的其他研究的标本。考虑到人类在这一地区最近的戏剧性影响，这一收集对于了解这些变化发生之前存在的群落特别重要。这个项目的目标是：1)管理收集，以保存它，并使研究人员能够访问它；2)将收集的信息建立数据库；3)通过在网上发布收集的数据，使研究人员和普通人都可以获得收集的信息。为了实现这些目标，昆虫学部分需要资金来支持策展人员和学生协调和实施该项目。昆虫学科还需要额外的策展用品、显微镜和计算机设备，以适当地管理和保存所有标本。亚历山大蚱蜢收藏将进行管理和建立数据库，来自这一历史上重要收藏的信息将通过在赠款主持下开发的一个新网站并通过发布全球生物多样性网络数据在网上公布。Alexander收藏品将以允许专业研究人员和公众获取可用于教育和外联相关项目的数据的形式提供。学生对这个项目的参与将是广泛的。研究生将接受博物馆技能、昆虫分类学、馆藏管理、数据库管理和计算机程序使用方面的培训，这些对于在互联网上提供收藏数据非常重要。本科生和普通公众还可以通过互联网访问一个关系数据库，使他们能够检查亚历山大的调查和收集数据，该项目将使研究人员、土地管理人员、教育工作者和学生随时可以使用亚历山大收藏。除了为研究提供收集及其标本信息外，研究人员还可以使用这些数据来检查土地利用做法和气候变化对群落和物种的影响。此外，博物馆的教育部分将确保这些藏品和互联网材料将用于公众宣传和对公众的教育。