Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: The Pteridological Collections Consortium: An integrative approach to pteridophyte diversity over the last 420 million years

数字化 TCN：合作研究：蕨类植物收藏联盟：过去 4.2 亿年蕨类植物多样性的综合方法

• 批准号: 1802033
• 负责人: Robyn Burnham
• 金额: $ 27.9万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-08-01 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1802033&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Digitization; TCN; Collaborative; Research; Pteridological

Ferns and their relatives ("pteridophytes") arose approximately 420 million years ago and were the dominant plant groups for hundreds of millions of years afterwards. Today the pteridophytes are outnumbered by the diversity and abundance of other plant groups, such as those that bear flowers, but they remain diverse (with around 12,000 species), ecologically important, and are found throughout the world. This Thematic Collections Network (TCN) brings together 9 core institutions whose goal is to make digital images and data on the distribution and biology of 1.6 million fossil and modern ferns and their relatives available to researchers. This effort includes 39 US Museums and Herbaria that will provide on-line access of collections data to researchers worldwide who will be able to address pressing questions about the evolution, distribution, and biology of land plants. This project would train students and reach the public through teacher training opportunities, the development of curriculum and education boxes and through the production of informative science videos. The Pteridological Collections Consortium TCN is an interdisciplinary initiative that will database, image, and disseminate information on an unprecedented number of extant and fossil pteridophyte specimens. The combining of neo- and paleobotanical collections data will produce an online resource via a Symbiota framework to enable research on the distribution, ecology, genetics, and deep-time evolution of an important group of vascular plants. Pteridophytes are important because they 1) are relatively diverse and have extensive global distributions, 2) are associated with evolutionary innovations that shaped adaptations to terrestrial ecosystems, 3) they are sensitive to local environmental conditions and play important roles in modern communities, and 4) they have an excellent fossil record for addressing deep-time questions. This award is made as part of the National Resource for Digitization of Biological Collections through the Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections program and all data resulting from this award will be available through the national resource (iDigBio.org).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

蕨类植物和它们的亲戚（“蕨类植物”）出现在大约4.2亿年前，并且是数亿年之后的主要植物群。今天，蕨类植物的数量超过了其他植物群的多样性和丰富性，例如那些开花的植物，但它们仍然多样（约有12，000种），具有生态重要性，并且在世界各地都有发现。这个专题收集网络（TCN）汇集了9个核心机构，其目标是为研究人员提供160万种化石和现代蕨类植物及其亲属的分布和生物学的数字图像和数据。这项工作包括39个美国博物馆和植物标本馆，将为世界各地的研究人员提供在线访问馆藏数据的机会，这些研究人员将能够解决有关陆地植物进化，分布和生物学的紧迫问题。 该项目将通过教师培训机会、课程和教育盒的开发以及通过制作信息丰富的科学视频，培训学生并向公众宣传。蕨类植物收藏联盟TCN是一项跨学科举措，将对前所未有的数量的现存蕨类植物和化石标本进行数据库、成像和传播信息。新植物学和古植物学收集数据的结合将通过共生群框架产生一个在线资源，以研究一组重要的维管植物的分布，生态学，遗传学和深层进化。蕨类植物是重要的，因为它们1）相对多样，具有广泛的全球分布，2）与形成陆地生态系统适应性的进化创新有关，3）它们对当地环境条件敏感，在现代社区中发挥重要作用，4）它们有很好的化石记录来解决深时间问题。该奖项是通过推进生物标本数字化计划作为国家生物标本数字化资源的一部分颁发的，该奖项产生的所有数据将通过国家资源（iDigBio.org）提供。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

(2615) Proposal to conserve the name Lorinseria C. Presi (Blechnaceae) against Lorinsera Opiz (Apiaceae)

(2615) 建议保留 Lorinseria C. Presi（Blechnaceae）名称，以对抗 Lorinsera Opiz（伞形科）

• DOI: 10.12705/673.20
• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: TAXON
• 影响因子: 3.4
• 作者: de Gasper, André Luís;Rabeler, Richard K.;Smith, Alan R.
• 通讯作者: Smith, Alan R.

Investigating Mazon Creek fossil plants using computed tomography and microphotography

使用计算机断层扫描和显微摄影技术研究马松溪植物化石

• DOI: 10.3389/feart.2023.1200976
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Frontiers in Earth Science
• 影响因子: 2.9
• 作者: Herrera, Fabiany;Hotton, Carol L.;Smith, Selena Y.;Lopera, Paula A.;Neander, April I.;Wittry, Jack;Zheng, Yuke;Heck, Philipp R.;Crane, Peter R.;D’Antonio, Michael P.
• 通讯作者: D’Antonio, Michael P.