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Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: Lepidoptera of North America Network: Documenting Diversity in the Largest Clade of Herbivores

数字化 TCN：合作研究：北美鳞翅目网络：记录最大食草动物分支的多样性

基本信息

批准号：
1600556
负责人：
Anthony Cognato
金额：
$ 22.64万
依托单位：
Michigan State University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2016-07-01 至 2021-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1600556&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Digitization TCN Collaborative Research Lepidoptera

项目摘要

Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) are one of the most diverse groups of organisms on the planet: worldwide there are approximately 160,000 species, including around 14,300 species in North America. Moths and butterflies are a conspicuous component of terrestrial habitats and one of the most diverse groups of plant-feeding animals worldwide. This group insect includes species of great economic importance. Their juveniles feed on plants useful to humans, including grains, cotton, tobacco, and timber and shade trees. However, many of the adults are beneficial as pollinators and are icons of conservation as evidenced by Monarch butterflies. Given their economic importance and sheer beauty, butterflies and moths are one of the most abundant insect group in museum collections, but only a fraction of the approximately 15 million specimens in non-federal collections have had their specimen label information digitally recorded and accessible to researchers and educators. Of those specimens that have been digitized, fewer than 10% of the North American Lepidoptera species have sufficient, accessible occurrence data to make reliable predictions about habitat use, susceptibility to global change impacts, or other ecologically important interactions. This project will digitize and integrate existing, unconnected collections of lepidopterans to leverage the outstanding potential of this group of organisms for transformative research, training and outreach. The Lepidoptera of North America Network (LepNet) comprises 26 research collections that will digitize approximately 2 million specimen records and integrate these with over 1 million existing records. LepNet will digitize 43,280 larval vial records with host plant data, making this the first significant digitization of larvae in North American collections. LepNet will produce ca. 82,000 high-quality images of exemplar species covering 60% of North American lepidopteran species. These images will enhance remote identifications and facilitate systematic, ecological, and global change research. In collaboration with Visipedia, LepNet will create LepSnap, a computer vision tool that can provide automated identifications to the species level. Museum volunteers and student researchers equipped with smartphones will image 132,000 additional research-quality images through LepSnap. Up to 5,000 lepidopteran species will be elevated to a "research ready" status suitable for complex, data-driven analyses. LepNet will build on the existing data portal (SCAN) in consolidating data on Lepidoptera to the evolution of lepidopteran herbivores in North America. Access to these data will be increased through integration with iDigBio. Data for a broad range of research, including the evolutionary ecology of Lepidoptera and their host plants in the context of global change processes affecting biogeographic distributions will be generated. The LepXPLOR! program will spearhead education and outreach efforts for 67 existing programs, engaging a diverse, nationwide workforce of 400+ students and 3,500+ volunteers. Overall, LepNet will generate a sustainable social-research network dedicated to the creation and maintenance of a digital collection of North American Lepidoptera specimens (http://www.lep-net.org/).

鳞翅目(蝴蝶和飞蛾)是地球上最多样化的生物群体之一：全世界约有16万种，其中北美约有14300种。飞蛾和蝴蝶是陆地栖息地的显著组成部分，也是世界上最多样化的植食性动物群体之一。这一组昆虫包括具有重要经济价值的物种。它们的幼崽以对人类有用的植物为食，包括谷物、棉花、烟草、木材和遮荫树木。然而，许多成年蝴蝶作为传粉者是有益的，它们是保护动物的标志，帝王蝶就是证明。由于它们的经济重要性和绝对的美观，蝴蝶和飞蛾是博物馆藏品中数量最多的昆虫群体之一，但在非联邦收藏的大约1500万份标本中，只有一小部分的标本标签信息被数字记录下来，供研究人员和教育工作者查阅。在那些已经数字化的标本中，只有不到10%的北美鳞翅目物种拥有足够的、可访问的出现数据，以对栖息地的利用、对全球变化影响的敏感性或其他重要的生态相互作用做出可靠的预测。该项目将数字化和整合现有的、互不相连的鳞翅目昆虫集合，以利用这组生物在变革性研究、培训和推广方面的突出潜力。北美鳞翅目网络(LepNet)包括26个研究收藏，将把大约200万个标本记录数字化，并将这些记录与100多万个现有记录整合在一起。LepNet将用寄主植物数据数字化43,280条幼虫小瓶记录，使其成为北美收藏的第一个重要的幼虫数字化。LepNet将制作大约82,000张高质量的样本物种图像，覆盖北美60%的鳞翅目物种。这些图像将加强遥感识别，促进系统、生态和全球变化研究。与Visipedia合作，LepNet将创建LepSnap，这是一种计算机视觉工具，可以提供物种水平的自动识别。博物馆志愿者和配备智能手机的学生研究人员将通过LepSnap额外拍摄13.2万张研究质量的图像。多达5000种鳞翅目昆虫将被提升到适合复杂的、以数据为导向的分析的“研究准备”状态。LepNet将建立在现有数据门户(SCAN)的基础上，将鳞翅目的数据整合到北美鳞翅目食草动物的进化中。通过与iDigBio整合，将增加对这些数据的访问。将产生广泛研究的数据，包括鳞翅目及其寄主植物在影响生物地理分布的全球变化过程中的进化生态学。LepXplor！该计划将带头为67个现有项目开展教育和推广工作，吸引全国400多名学生和3500多名志愿者组成的多元化劳动力队伍。总体而言，LepNet将建立一个可持续的社会研究网络，致力于创建和维护北美鳞翅目标本的数字收藏(http://www.lep-net.org/).