SGER: Rescuing an important collection of Cambodian mammal specimens for curation and archiving at the University of Alaska Museum

SGER：抢救一批重要的柬埔寨哺乳动物标本，供阿拉斯加大学博物馆保管和存档

• 批准号: 0709787
• 负责人: Trina Roberts
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-07-01 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0709787&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SGER; Rescuing; important; collection; Cambodian

This grant will fund an emergency expedition to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to retrieve a large collection of orphaned biological specimens that are currently at high risk of becoming unusable to the conservation and scientific communities. These specimens, presently under the control of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), are kept in an open area exposed to rain and sunlight. In some cases, morphological and genetic data are already severely compromised and may not be redeemable. In others, high-quality specimens are losing associated information as labels fade, disintegrate, or become dissociated, and without accurate geographic and collecting information such specimens lose much of their scientific value. WCS has no resources, facilities, or budget for the proper continuous maintenance of these specimens or for making them available to the research community. This grant will allow the personnel at the University of Alaska (UAM) to travel to Cambodia, sort, identify, and properly store the specimens, and transport the entire collection back to UAM, where it will be permanently archived, accessioned, and stored in accordance with approved collections management policies.

这笔赠款将资助一次前往柬埔寨金边的紧急考察，以取回大量孤儿生物标本，这些标本目前极有可能无法供保护和科学界使用。 这些标本目前由野生动物保护协会 (WCS) 管理，保存在暴露在雨水和阳光下的开阔区域。 在某些情况下，形态和遗传数据已经受到严重损害，并且可能无法挽回。 在其他情况下，随着标签褪色、分解或分离，高质量标本正在丢失相关信息，并且如果没有准确的地理和采集信息，这些标本就会失去大部分科学价值。 WCS 没有资源、设施或预算来适当持续维护这些标本或将它们提供给研究界。这笔赠款将允许阿拉斯加大学 (UAM) 的人员前往柬埔寨，对标本进行分类、识别和妥善存储，并将整个藏品运回阿拉斯加大学，在那里根据批准的藏品管理政策对其进行永久存档、登记和存储。