Hawaiian land snail biodiversity: Systematics, phylogenetics and conservation status of a vanishing fauna

夏威夷蜗牛生物多样性：消失动物群的系统学、系统发育学和保护状况

• 批准号: 1120906
• 负责人: Kenneth Hayes
• 金额: $ 65万
• 依托单位: University of Hawaii
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-01 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1120906&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Hawaiian; land; snail; biodiversity; Systematics

Land snails help maintain healthy ecosystems, act as indicators of environmental integrity, and have distinctive evolutionary, ecological and cultural legacies that are important in understanding biodiversity. The Hawaiian Islands support a spectacular diversity of land snails (750 species), comparable to the continental USA and Canada combined. Unfortunately they have not been comprehensively studied this century, and are vanishing fast; 90% may already be extinct. By documenting and identifying the remaining species, assessing their diversity and clarifying their taxonomy and relationships through phylogenetic analysis, this project will provide the basis for further study of their biology and conservation in a manner not possible before. Two postdoctoral researchers, two graduate, five undergraduate, and multiple high school students will be trained in techniques ranging from systematics to field surveys and museum curation. Broad multidisciplinary research training will foster the next generation of conservation biologists and systematists while providing the means to conserve a vanishing fauna. Results will be widely available through peer-reviewed publications, public workshops, and electronic resources, providing data for a more profound understanding of evolution and biodiversity and giving conservationists the tools to develop appropriate management strategies.

土地蜗牛有助于维持健康的生态系统，充当环境完整性的指标，并具有独特的进化，生态和文化遗产，这些遗产对于理解生物多样性很重要。夏威夷群岛支持了壮观的蜗牛（750种），可与美国大陆和加拿大的加在一起。不幸的是，他们在本世纪没有得到全面的研究，并且正在快速消失。 90％可能已经灭绝了。通过记录和识别其余物种，评估其多样性并通过系统发育分析阐明其分类学和关系，该项目将为以前无法​​以某种方式进一步研究其生物学和保护的基础。两名博士后研究人员，两名毕业生，五名本科生和多名高中生将接受从系统调查到现场调查和博物馆策划等技术的培训。广泛的多学科研究培训将培养下一代的保护生物学家和系统主义者，同时提供节约消失动物群的手段。结果将通过经过同行评审的出版物，公共研讨会和电子资源广泛获得，提供数据以更深刻地了解进化和生物多样性，并为保护主义者提供制定适当管理策略的工具。

项目成果

Rapid range expansion of an invasive predatory snail, Oxychilus alliarius (Miller 1822), and its impact on endemic Hawaiian land snails

入侵性掠食性蜗牛 Oxychilus alliarius (Miller 1822) 范围的快速扩张及其对夏威夷特有蜗牛的影响

• 发表时间: 2016
• 期刊: Biological invasions
• 影响因子: 2.9
• 作者: Curry, Patrick A.;Yeung, Norine W.;Hayes, Kenneth A.;Meyer, Wallace M.;Taylor, Andrew D.;Cowie, Robert H.
• 通讯作者: Cowie, Robert H.

Discordance between morphological and taxonomic diversity: land snails of oceanic archipelagos

• DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12757
• 发表时间: 2016-10
• 期刊: Journal of Biogeography
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: K. Triantis;F. Rigal;C. Parent;R. Cameron;B. Lenzner;A. Parmakelis;Norine W. Yeung;M. Alonso;M. Ibáñez;A. M. de Frias Martins;D. Teixeira;O. Griffiths;Y. Yanes;K. Hayes;R. C. Preece;R. Cowie