Collaborative Proposal: Harnessing the Power of Herbaria to Understand the Changing Flora of California: A Biodiversity Hotspot in Peril

本项目的目的是汇编和提供信息（例如，种名、位置、生境和开花时间），这些标本来自加利福尼亚收集的维管植物标本，保存在加州的19个标本馆和哈佛大学（许多更古老的加州标本的储存库）。目标植物是那些主宰加州栖息地的植物，以及那些受到生物多样性威胁（包括气候变化）最严重的植物。标本信息可在加州草本植物联盟（CCH）门户网站（http：//ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium）在线获取。该项目还将通过CCH网站实现SEINet（西南环境信息网）博物馆所拥有的加州植物数据的无缝提供，作为建立区域和国家联盟的一个步骤。该项目为公众、各级学生和研究界提供了实实在在的好处。样本数据将是可下载的，以便任何人都可以使用这些信息来追求兴趣和问题（例如，了解当前植物分布、识别特定地方的植物、预测未来植物迁移）。本科生将广泛参与数据输入，为他们提供适用于未来职业追求的技能和培训。这个项目是建立一个美国虚拟植物博物馆的重要一步，该博物馆提供关于全国植物分布的信息，该项目的图像和数字化数据将被纳入在线国家资源，如社区战略计划所述，可在http://digbiocol.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/digistratplanfinaldraft.pdf上查阅。

The purpose of this project is to compile and provide information (e.g., species name, location, habitat, and flowering time) from California-collected vascular plant specimens held at 19 herbaria in California and at Harvard University (repository of many older California specimens). The plants targeted are those that dominate California habitats and those most imperiled by threats to biodiversity (including climate change). Specimen information will be available online at the Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH) Web portal (http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium). The project will also accomplish the seamless provision of data on California plants held by the museums of SEINet (Southwest Environmental Information Network) via the CCH web site as a step toward building regional and national consortia. This project provides tangible benefits to the public, students of all levels, and the research community. Specimen data will be downloadable so that anyone can use the information to pursue interests and questions (e.g., understanding current plant distributions, identifying plants of a particular place, predicting future plant migrations). Undergraduate students will be involved extensively with data entry, providing them with skills and training applicable to future professional pursuits. This project is a major step toward building a United States virtual plant museum that provides information on the distribution of plants nationwide.The images and digitized data from this project will be integrated into the online national resource as outlined in the community strategic plan available at http://digbiocol.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/digistratplanfinaldraft.pdf.