Research Trailer Acquisition for Quail Ridge Reserve

鹌鹑岭保护区的研究拖车采购

• 批准号: 1227036
• 负责人: Virginia Boucher
• 金额: $ 16.53万
• 依托单位: University of California-Davis
• 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: 2012-07-15 至 2014-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1227036&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Trailer; Acquisition; Quail; Ridge

The University of California-Davis is awarded a grant to acquire a self-contained mobile laboratory for deployment at Quail Ridge Reserve, a 2000-acre unit of the University of California-Davis Natural Reserve System located in Napa County, California. The laboratory will be a three-room, general purpose facility. The large central room will house work-height countertops, desk space, a fume hood, sink and storage; two peripheral rooms will be available for use in animal holding and for behavioral trials. Lighting and climate control will be programmable; environmental conditions will be monitored by an automatic system linked to the reserve?s wireless communication network, alerting reserve staff immediately of any technical problems. The lab will be appropriate for processing, anesthetizing, tagging, holding, and conducting behavioral experiments on captured animals. A separate mobile generator unit will provide power to the laboratory, while minimizing noise inside the laboratory that could stress animals and disrupt natural behaviors. Water and waste water storage will be integrated into the unit.Quail Ridge Reserve hosts multiple active research initiatives in animal genetics and behavior, as well as in plant physiology, that will directly and immediately benefit from the facility. Other NSF-sponsored initiatives, like the Quail Ridge automated animal tracking system (for which hardware is completed and software is in refinement), will rely heavily on the laboratory as a site for tagging or harnessing animals, or for performing surgical implants of transmitters for use with the system. This unique automatic system is poised to transform understanding of small animal movements, dispersal, and response to stressors by remotely tracking their locations and physiological conditions.The new facility will promote novel uses of the existing cyber-infrastructure linking research enabled by the lab to remote portals, such as classroom and private computers via an ongoing 'virtual museum of the environment' initiative. Citizen scientists and after-school programs will be able to watch behavioral trials and eventually track the movement of animals from their computers in near real time. The lab will also be used by instructors from institutions of higher education that currently use the reserve and are largely minority-serving. On-going collaborations with international investigators and interns will benefit as well. Results from combined use of the lab facility and the animal tracking system will enhance understanding of animal movement and habitat use, thus informing habitat protection and conservation decisions.

加州大学戴维斯分校获得一笔拨款，用于购买一个独立的移动实验室，用于部署在鹌鹑岭保护区，该保护区是加州大学戴维斯分校自然保护区系统位于加利福尼亚州纳帕县的一个占地 2000 英亩的单位。该实验室将是一个三室通用设施。大型中央房间将容纳工作高度的台面、办公桌空间、通风柜、水槽和储藏室；两个外围房间将可用于动物饲养和行为试验。照明和气候控制将是可编程的；环境条件将由与保护区无线通信网络相连的自动系统进行监控，一旦出现任何技术问题，立即向保护区工作人员发出警报。该实验室将适合对捕获的动物进行处理、麻醉、标记、保存和进行行为实验。一个单独的移动发电机组将为实验室提供电力，同时最大限度地减少实验室内可能给动物带来压力并扰乱自然行为的噪音。水和废水储存将被整合到该装置中。鹌鹑岭保护区在动物遗传学和行为以及植物生理学方面开展了多项积极的研究活动，这些活动将直接立即从该设施中受益。其他由 NSF 资助的计划，例如 Quail Ridge 自动动物追踪系统（其硬件已完成，软件正在完善中），将严重依赖实验室作为标记或驾驭动物的场所，或对与系统一起使用的发射器进行手术植入。这个独特的自动系统准备通过远程跟踪小动物的位置和生理状况来改变对小动物运动、分散和对压力源的反应的理解。新设施将促进现有网络基础设施的新用途，将实验室支持的研究与远程门户连接起来，例如通过正在进行的“环境虚拟博物馆”计划将教室和私人计算机连接起来。公民科学家和课外项目将能够观看行为试验，并最终通过计算机近乎实时地跟踪动物的运动。该实验室也将供目前使用该保护区且主要为少数族裔服务的高等教育机构的教师使用。与国际研究人员和实习生的持续合作也将受益。实验室设施和动物追踪系统结合使用的结果将增强对动物运动和栖息地使用的了解，从而为栖息地保护和保护决策提供信息。