Collaborative Research: Digitization PEN: Filling in knowledge gaps with key herbaria for understanding vascular plant diversity in the Atlantic coastal plain

合作研究：数字化 PEN：利用关键植物标本室填补知识空白，以了解大西洋沿海平原的维管植物多样性

• 批准号: 1802129
• 负责人: April Wynn
• 金额: $ 1.98万
• 依托单位: University of Mary Washington
• 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 2022-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1802129&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Digitization; PEN; Filling

The Southeast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC) is developing one of the most comprehensive data sets of plant diversity in North America. Through SERNEC, more than 4.5 million herbarium specimens from the southeastern U.S. will be digitized for online access through a project portal and the iDigBio Specimen Portal. In this Partner to Existing Network (PEN) project, three additional herbaria at the College of William and Mary, Old Dominion University, and University of Mary Washington will contribute digitized and georeferenced herbarium records from southeastern Virginia to these efforts. Plant diversity in this region is of interest because of the high degree of turnover due to southern species reaching their northern limit and northern species reaching their southern limit in southeastern Virginia. These records join the SERNEC data set that contribute information about plant diversity in the North American Coastal Plain, an area rich in rare, unique species. The SERNEC data set is a one-stop resource for taxonomic and ecological research and botanical education and aids in the revision of state checklists of plants and specimen curation. Student interns will have opportunities to develop professional skills in team work, communication, and goal-setting, as well as exploring potential career options in museum management. Citizen-scientists aiding in digitization will have opportunities to interact with project personnel and learn about the importance of natural history collections in education and research and local plant diversity. Educational materials developed for K-12 classes will enhance botanical literacy and illustrate plant diversity, structure and geographical range in the Southeast. Images and associated label data for approximately 118,000 vascular plant specimens in the three herbaria will be captured digitally and accessible online at the SERNEC Symbiota Portal and the iDigBio Specimen Portal. If lacking, georeferenced coordinates for the collection location of each specimen will be determined and added to the database. These activities expand the use of software packages that were enhanced for use in the SERNEC project, including Symbiota, GEOLocate, and Zooniverse. Original data, including images and text, will be retained long-term at institutional repositories of the herbaria involved in this project. Specimen digitization will be conducted by undergraduate student interns at each of the institutions and citizen-scientists, including the Virginia Master Naturalists and volunteers working in Notes from Nature.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.

东南区域专业知识和收集网络正在开发北美最全面的植物多样性数据集之一。通过SERNEC，来自美国东南部的450多万份植物标本将被数字化，通过项目门户网站和iDigBio标本门户网站在线访问。在这个合作伙伴现有网络（PEN）项目中，三个额外的植物标本馆在威廉和玛丽，老自治领大学和玛丽华盛顿大学的学院将贡献来自弗吉尼亚州东南部的数字化和地理参考的植物标本记录，这些努力。在这个地区的植物多样性是感兴趣的，因为高度的营业额，由于南部物种达到其北方限制和北方物种达到其南部限制在弗吉尼亚州东南部。这些记录加入了SERNEC数据集，为北美沿海平原的植物多样性提供了信息，该地区富含稀有，独特的物种。SERNEC数据集是分类学和生态学研究以及植物学教育的一站式资源，并有助于修订植物和标本管理的国家清单。学生实习生将有机会发展团队合作，沟通和目标设定方面的专业技能，以及探索博物馆管理方面的潜在职业选择。协助数字化的公民科学家将有机会与项目人员互动，了解自然历史收藏品在教育和研究以及当地植物多样性方面的重要性。为K-12课程开发的教育材料将提高植物学素养，并说明东南部的植物多样性、结构和地理范围。三个标本馆中约118，000个维管植物标本的图像和相关标签数据将以数字方式捕获，并可在SERNEC Symbiota Portal和iDigBio Specimen Portal在线访问。如果缺少，将确定每个标本采集位置的地理参考坐标并添加到数据库中。这些活动扩大了为在SERNEC项目中使用而加强的软件包的使用，包括Symbiota、GEOLocate和Zooniverse。原始数据，包括图像和文本，将长期保存在参与本项目的植物标本库的机构存放处。标本数字化将由每个机构的本科生实习生和公民科学家进行，包括弗吉尼亚博物学家硕士和在自然笔记中工作的志愿者。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。