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CSBR: Natural History Collections: Replacement of antiquated cabinets for the D.R. Dickey Collection of Birds and Mammals

CSBR：自然历史收藏：更换 D.R. 的陈旧柜子

基本信息

批准号：
1203352
负责人：
Blaire Van Valkenburgh
金额：
$ 19.34万
依托单位：
University of California-Los Angeles
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2012-07-01 至 2014-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1203352&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
CSBR Natural History Collections Replacement

项目摘要

An award was made to the University of California, Los Angeles to purchase much needed replacement cabinets for the Donald R. Dickey Collection of Birds and Mammals. For the past several decades, the collection has resided in deteriorating 70 year-old wooden cases that can no longer protect specimens from possible insect and water damage. Funds from this award are being used to purchase new specimen cabinets that will be housed in a new space-saver system purchased on a prior grant. Natural history collections serve as vital records of past ecosystems. The UCLA Dickey Bird and Mammal Collection houses over 64,000 specimens, a large number of which were collected prior to the widespread industrialization and population expansion that occurred after World War II. As a result, it includes specimens that can provide baseline data on genetic diversity, disease distribution, and industrial contaminant levels (e.g. mercury) for comparison with post WWII individuals. In addition, the collection is used to expose thousands of students to tangible evidence of variation in nature, the relationship of animal form to function, and evolutionary relationships. Moreover, UCLA faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, high school interns, and visiting scientists use the collections for research.

加州大学洛杉矶分校获得了一项奖励，为唐纳德·r·迪基的鸟类和哺乳动物收藏购买急需的替换柜。在过去的几十年里，这些藏品一直保存在已有70年历史的破旧木箱中，这些木箱已经无法保护标本免受可能的昆虫和水的破坏。该奖项的资金将用于购买新的标本柜，这些标本柜将安装在先前拨款购买的新的节省空间的系统中。自然历史藏品是过去生态系统的重要记录。加州大学洛杉矶分校迪基鸟类和哺乳动物收藏馆收藏了超过64,000个标本，其中大部分是在第二次世界大战后广泛的工业化和人口扩张之前收集的。因此，它包括可以提供关于遗传多样性、疾病分布和工业污染物水平（例如汞）的基线数据的标本，以便与二战后的个体进行比较。此外，这些藏品还使成千上万的学生接触到自然变化、动物形态与功能的关系以及进化关系的切实证据。此外，加州大学洛杉矶分校的教师、研究生和本科生、高中实习生和访问科学家使用这些藏品进行研究。