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

合作提案：利用植物标本馆的力量来了解加利福尼亚州不断变化的植物区系：处于危险之中的生物多样性热点

• 批准号: 0956281
• 负责人: Jennifer Thorsch
• 金额: $ 21.43万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Barbara
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0956281&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Proposal; Harnessing; Power; Herbaria

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.

该项目的目的是收集和提供加利福尼亚19个植物标本馆和哈佛大学（加利福尼亚许多老标本库）收集的维管植物标本的信息（如物种名称、位置、栖息地和开花时间）。目标是那些主导加州栖息地的植物和那些受到生物多样性威胁（包括气候变化）最危险的植物。标本信息将在加州植物标本馆联合会（CCH）门户网站（http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium）上在线提供。该项目还将通过CCH网站完成SEINet（西南环境信息网络）博物馆所拥有的加州工厂数据的无缝提供，作为建立地区和国家联盟的一步。该项目为公众、各级学生和研究界提供了切实的利益。样本数据将可下载，这样任何人都可以使用这些信息来追求兴趣和问题（例如，了解当前的植物分布，识别特定地方的植物，预测未来的植物迁移）。本科学生将广泛参与数据录入，为他们提供适用于未来职业追求的技能和培训。这个项目是朝着建立一个美国虚拟植物博物馆迈出的重要一步，该博物馆提供有关全国植物分布的信息。该项目的图像和数字化数据将整合到在线国家资源中，如社区战略计划所述，可在http://digbiocol.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/digistratplanfinaldraft.pdf上获得。