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（Duke University）获得了一项赠款，以完成当前的LAS CRUCES生物站的改建和扩展，以增强学生和科学家的教育和研究机会。 改进将：1）改建和扩展当前的实验室并增加长期存储空间； 2）通过在实验室中大修来完成网络基础设施的范围升级； 3）改建了前住宅物业，以容纳其他研究人员，并建造了第四个研究人员小屋，以补充由2007 NSF-FSML的资金建造的三个小木屋； 4）重塑植物标本室以充分容纳当前标本，并允许收集的未来增长。 这些升级将大大改善为访问研究人员和学生提供的设施，并充分重新定位该电台，以说明研究人员探视的大量增加以及课程逗留时间的增长。 LAS CRUCES于1973年被热带研究组织（OTS）收购，这是美国，来自美国，拉丁美洲，南非和澳大利亚的60个大学和研究机构的一个非营利联盟，致力于在教育，研究中提供领导力，以及在热带地区负责自然资源。 多年来，拉斯克鲁塞斯（Las Cruces）已将自己确立为关键的中海时野外站，侧重于应用的研究领域，尤其是森林碎片化及其对植物动植物保护和恢复生态的影响。 该站保护了325公顷的主要森林，具有异常高的植物多样性（〜2000种）和许多地方性物种。 该项目的改进将使该站继续担任热带生物学国际教育和研究的领先机构。 可以从OTS网站http://www.ots.ac.cr/获取有关Las Cruces的未来信息。