Collaborative Research: Caterpillars and Parasitoids in the Eastern Andes of Ecuador.

合作研究：厄瓜多尔安第斯山脉东部的毛毛虫和拟寄生物。

• 批准号: 0717034
• 负责人: Thomas Walla
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Colorado Mesa University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2010-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0717034&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Caterpillars; Parasitoids; Eastern

Plants, caterpillars, and parasitic wasps and flies that attack caterpillars (parasitoids) are important components of most terrestrial ecosystems and represent more than 20% of all described organisms in the world. ?Caterpillars and parasitoids in the Eastern Andes of Ecuador? is an intensive plant, caterpillar, and parasitoid inventory at the Yanayacu Biological Station (YBS) in the Ecuadorian Andes. The primary objectives of the project are to collect and catalog the diverse community of caterpillars and associated parasitoids at this site, to discover new species, to characterize diversity of the region, and to disseminate this information with a searchable database accessible to scientists and the public throughout the world. The intellectual merit of the proposed activity includes significant advances in insect classification as well as providing a critical inventory that can be used in conservation efforts in the equatorial Andes, a global hotspot of biodiversity. The data will also be used to address a variety of basic and applied questions, particularly those associated with climate change and biodiversity. The broader impacts of this project include direct involvement of four local field assistants, three Ecuadorian students, three Ecuadorian senior scientists, one postdoctoral researcher, at least twelve collaborating insect specialists, and various graduate and undergraduate students. The project will also include enhancements in science education and research experience programs for minorities.

攻击毛虫的植物、毛虫、寄生蜂和苍蝇是大多数陆地生态系统的重要组成部分，占世界上所有已描述生物的20%以上。？厄瓜多尔东安第斯山脉的毛毛虫和寄生蜂？是厄瓜多尔安第斯山脉亚纳亚库生物站(YBS)的密集植物、毛虫和寄生蜂清单。该项目的主要目标是收集和编目这一地点的各种毛虫和相关寄生虫群落，发现新物种，描述该区域的多样性，并通过一个可供世界各地的科学家和公众使用的可搜索数据库传播这方面的信息。拟议活动的智力价值包括在昆虫分类方面取得重大进展，以及提供可用于赤道安第斯山脉保护工作的关键清单，赤道安第斯山脉是全球生物多样性的热点。这些数据还将用于解决各种基本和应用问题，特别是与气候变化和生物多样性有关的问题。该项目的更广泛影响包括四名当地外勤助理、三名厄瓜多尔学生、三名厄瓜多尔资深科学家、一名博士后研究员、至少12名合作昆虫专家以及各种研究生和本科生。该项目还将包括加强针对少数族裔的科学教育和研究体验计划。