FSML: Improving research and education activities at the Las Cruces Biological Station in Costa Rica

FSML：改善哥斯达黎加拉斯克鲁塞斯生物站的研究和教育活动

• 批准号: 1034127
• 负责人: Rakan Zahawi
• 金额: $ 14.94万
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-08-15 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1034127&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FSML; Improving; research; education; activities

Duke University has been awarded a grant to complete the current remodeling and expansion of facilities at the Las Cruces Biological Station that will enhance education and research opportunities for students and scientists. Improvements will: 1) remodel and expand the current laboratory and increase long-term storage space; 2) complete the station-wide upgrade of cyberinfrastructure by overhauling IT in the laboratory; 3) remodel a former residential property to house additional researchers and construct a fourth researcher cabin to complement the series of three cabins built with funds from the 2007 NSF-FSML; and 4) remodel the herbarium to adequately house current specimens and allow for the future growth of collections. These upgrades would considerably improve facilities provided to visiting researchers and students, and fully reposition the station to account for the large increase in researcher visitation, and the surge in the number and length of stay of courses. Las Cruces was acquired in 1973 by the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS), a US-based nonprofit consortium of 60 universities and research institutions from the United States, Latin America, South Africa, and Australia that is dedicated to providing leadership in education, research, and the responsible use of natural resources in the tropics. Over the years Las Cruces has established itself as a key mid-elevational field station focused on applied fields of research, and in particular forest fragmentation and its impacts on the conservation of flora and fauna and restoration ecology. The station protects 325 ha of mostly primary forest with exceptionally high plant diversity (~2000 species) and numerous endemic species. The improvements in this project will allow the Station to continue to serve as a leading institution for international education and research in tropical biology. Futher information on Las Cruces may be obtained from the OTS web site at http://www.ots.ac.cr/.

杜克大学获得了一笔赠款，用于完成拉斯克鲁塞斯生物站目前的设施改造和扩建，这将提高学生和科学家的教育和研究机会。 改进将：1）改造和扩大现有实验室，增加长期存储空间; 2）通过对实验室的信息技术进行大修，完成整个空间站的网络基础设施升级; 3）改造前住宅物业，以容纳更多的研究人员，并建造第四个研究人员舱，以补充2007年NSF-FSML资金建造的三个舱系列;及4）重新设计标本室，以容纳现有标本，并为日后增加标本量作好准备。 这些升级将大大改善为访问研究人员和学生提供的设施，并充分重新定位空间站，以适应研究人员访问量的大幅增加以及课程数量和停留时间的激增。拉斯克鲁塞斯于1973年被热带研究组织（OTS）收购，该组织是一个由来自美国，拉丁美洲，南非和澳大利亚的60所大学和研究机构组成的美国非营利性财团，致力于在热带地区的教育，研究和负责任地使用自然资源方面提供领导。 多年来，拉斯克鲁塞斯已成为一个重要的中海拔实地考察站，重点是应用研究领域，特别是森林破碎化及其对保护植物群和动物群以及恢复生态学的影响。 该保护站保护着325公顷的原始森林，其中植物多样性极高（约2000种），还有许多特有物种。 这一项目的改进将使该台站能够继续作为热带生物学国际教育和研究的主要机构。 有关拉斯克鲁塞斯的更多信息可从OTS网站http://www.ots.ac.cr/获得。