Biotic inventory and evolution of the terrestrial vertebrate fauna of nuclear Central America

中美洲核陆生脊椎动物群的生物编目和进化

• 批准号: 1026393
• 负责人: Rauri Bowie
• 金额: $ 45.62万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 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 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1026393&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Biotic; inventory; evolution; terrestrial; vertebrate

This project will survey and document the biodiversity of amphibian, reptile, bird and small mammal faunas in Nuclear Central America, defined as the region between the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico and the Nicaraguan depression. Due to its location at the boundary of several tectonic plates, this region is extraordinarily varied in its topography, including volcanic and uplifted highland areas of varying age and geological origin. The continuing recent reports of many new species from the region demonstrates that much of the diversity of the region remains to be described. Unfortunately, this part of Central America has suffered extensive deforestation. This research project aims to generate extensive data on species distributions and diversity that can be used both to test evolutionary hypotheses and to guide conservation actions for the region. The project is a collaboration between the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, the Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School in Honduras, and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua. This project will include training of a postdoctoral student, as well as training and exchange of several undergraduates from the University of California and the four Central American universities mentioned above.

该项目将调查和记录核心中美洲两栖动物、爬行动物、鸟类和小型哺乳动物群的生物多样性，核心中美洲被界定为墨西哥特万特佩克地峡和巴拿马洼地之间的区域。由于它位于几个构造板块的边界，该地区的地形异常多样，包括不同年龄和地质起源的火山和隆起高地地区。最近不断有来自该地区的许多新物种的报告表明，该地区的许多多样性仍有待描述。不幸的是，中美洲的这一地区遭受了大规模的森林砍伐。该研究项目旨在生成有关物种分布和多样性的广泛数据，这些数据既可用于测试进化假设，也可用于指导该地区的保护行动。该项目是脊椎动物学博物馆、加州大学、梅西科国立自治大学、危地马拉圣卡洛斯卡洛斯大学、洪都拉斯萨莫拉诺泛美农业学校和尼加拉瓜国立自治大学之间的合作项目。该项目将包括培训一名博士后学生，以及培训和交流来自加州大学和上述四所中美洲大学的几名本科生。