Montana Flora Online: Constructing a Web-Searchable Database of the Vascular Plant Collections of the University of Montana Herbarium (MONTU)

Montana Flora Online：构建蒙大拿大学植物标本馆 (MONTU) 维管束植物收藏的网络可搜索数据库

• 批准号: 0447391
• 负责人: Lila Fishman
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Montana
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-03-15 至 2010-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0447391&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Montana; Flora; Online; Constructing; Web

A grant has been awarded to the University of Montana under the direction of Drs. Lila Fishman and Elizabeth Crone for partial support of a web-searchable database of the Montana Flora based on the specimen collections of The University of Montana Herbarium (MONTU). MONTU is a unique resource for scientists, managers and educators in Montana and nationwide. It has the largest collection of vascular plant specimens from the Northern Rocky Mountain region and is a unique repository of historical, taxonomic, biogeographical and ecological information about Montana plants. The proposed project will enhance the utility of the UM Herbarium collection to both scientists and the wider public. The project will transfer the georeferenced label data from MONTU's 72,000 Montana vascular plant specimens into a powerful database program, integrate the specimen data with photo archives and dynamic distribution maps, and present the integrated information in a simple and flexible online format. The development of a web-searchable database of the MONTU specimens will improve management of the collection, accelerate an ongoing effort to write an illustrated Flora of Montana monograph, add valuable missing information to regional and national databases of biotic diversity, and enhance taxonomic, ecological and evolutionary research at UM and nationwide. The databasing project also provides new opportunities for integration of the Herbarium into teaching and training at the University level. The online accessibility of specimen locality data enlarges the utility of the Herbarium from botany/plant identification to a range of ecology and conservation classes across multiple Divisions. In addition, the databasing project will provide training for students in data entry, georeferencing, collections curation and plant taxonomy, provide computer databasing and web design training for undergraduate students, and provide curatorial, plant taxonomy and mentoring experience to graduate students.The MONTU vascular plant database will be a valuable resource for the management of federal, state tribal and private lands throughout the region. Managers of public lands, which make up the majority of Montana's area, currently rely heavily on plant taxonomy and distribution information from the UM Herbarium. The specimen database and interactive maps will greatly increase the accessibility of specimen data to these established users and will broaden access to a larger audience. By combined specimen data with maps and photos, the online Montana flora database will also be an excellent resource of K-12 education, creating the opportunity for classroom research projects using Herbarium data to generate and test hypotheses about the local flora. To ensure the greatest awareness of Herbarium database and train potential users, the project also includes two workshops in the final year. One will demonstrate uses of the MONTU and similar databases to tribal land managers from throughout the state and one will introduce the database and Herbarium-related classroom projects to local teachers.

在Lila Fishman博士和Elizabeth Crone博士的指导下，向蒙大拿大学授予了一笔赠款，用于部分支持以蒙大拿大学植物标本馆(Montu)标本收藏为基础的蒙大拿州植物群可在网上搜索的数据库。蒙图是蒙大拿州和全国科学家、管理人员和教育工作者的独特资源。它拥有北落基山脉地区最大的维管植物标本收藏，是关于蒙大拿州植物的历史、分类学、生物地理和生态信息的独特储存库。拟议的项目将提高UM植物标本馆收藏对科学家和更广泛公众的效用。该项目将把蒙图72,000个蒙大拿州维管植物标本的地理参考标签数据传输到一个强大的数据库程序中，将标本数据与照片档案和动态分布图集成在一起，并以简单而灵活的在线格式呈现综合信息。开发一个可在网上搜索的蒙图标本数据库将改善对标本的管理，加快正在进行的撰写《蒙大拿州植物志》专著的工作，将宝贵的缺失信息添加到区域和国家生物多样性数据库中，并加强密歇根大学和全国的分类学、生态学和进化研究。数据库项目还为将标本馆纳入大学一级的教学和培训提供了新的机会。标本产地数据的在线可访问性扩大了标本馆的用途，从植物学/植物鉴定扩展到多个部门的一系列生态和保护类别。此外，数据库项目将为学生提供数据输入、地理参考、藏品管理和植物分类学方面的培训，为本科生提供计算机数据库和网页设计培训，并为研究生提供策展、植物分类学和指导经验。蒙图维管植物数据库将成为整个地区联邦、州部落和私人土地管理的宝贵资源。占蒙大拿州大部分面积的公共土地的管理者目前严重依赖于UM植物标本馆的植物分类和分布信息。标本数据库和互动地图将大大增加这些既定用户获取标本数据的机会，并将扩大接触更多受众的途径。通过将标本数据与地图和照片相结合，在线蒙大拿州植物数据库也将成为K-12教育的优秀资源，为使用植物标本馆数据的课堂研究项目创造机会，以生成和测试关于当地植物区系的假设。为了确保最大限度地提高对标本数据库的认识，并培训潜在的用户，该项目还在最后一年包括两个讲习班。其中一人将向全州的部落土地管理者演示蒙图和类似数据库的使用，另一人将向当地教师介绍数据库和与植物标本馆相关的课堂项目。