Collaborative Research: Joining the Global Bryophyte and Lichen TCN: Filling Gaps from Hawaii, Asia, and Oceania

合作研究：加入全球苔藓植物和地衣 TCN：填补夏威夷、亚洲和大洋洲的空白

• 批准号: 2240481
• 负责人: Timothy Gallaher
• 金额: $ 25.65万
• 依托单位: Bernice P Bishop Museum
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2240481&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Joining; Global; Bryophyte

This award will establish a Partnership to Existing Network (PEN), which will join the Building a global consortium of Bryophytes and Lichens: keystones of cryptobiotic communities Thematic Collection Network (TCN). Bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) and lichens represent a frontier of biodiversity with great opportunities for new species discovery and exploring the role and function of these organisms in ecosystems. Relative to vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens have been significantly understudied. This is particularly true in Hawaiʻi and on the islands of the tropical Pacific. A first step to understanding this biodiversity is cataloging the specimens already collected in museums and herbaria. This award will allow the three largest herbaria in Hawaiʻi, the Bishop Museum, National Tropical Botanical Garden, and the University of Hawaii’’s Joseph Rock herbarium, to collaborate with 25 universities, museums, and gardens across the United States. Known as the GLOBAL Bryophyte & Lichen Thematic Collection Network, these institutions are imaging specimens and digitizing data to enable future research using bryophyte and lichen collections. The project will also provide opportunities for the public to learn about an often-overlooked part of our ecosystem.The study of bryophytes and lichens holds excellent potential for species discovery and for uncovering novel ecosystem processes. In 2020, the NSF funded a Thematic Collection Network (TCN): Building a global consortium of Bryophytes and Lichens: keystones of cryptobiotic communities. The network includes 25 US herbaria and supports collaborative efforts to digitize 1.2 million bryophyte and lichen specimens from US institutions. The TCN focuses on collections from outside North America. The collections from the three largest herbaria in Hawaiʻi (Bishop Museum, National Tropical Botanical Garden, and the University of Hawaiʻi) will significantly augment the digitized collections from Hawaiʻi, the tropical Pacific, and Asia. This project will contribute at least 70,000 imaged, databased, georeferenced, and accessible data records to the global research community, from ca. 58,000 bryophyte and ca. 12,000 lichen specimens, and immediately support research to revise the checklists of Hawaiian bryophytes and lichens. The Hawaii institutions will also conduct bryophyte and lichen identification workshops for natural resource managers, researchers, and University of Hawaii students. The work will also contribute to the development of field guides and conservation assessments for Hawaiian species. Digitized data will be available to the public through iDigBio.org and the Plants of Hawaii website.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.

该奖项将建立与现有网络的伙伴关系(PEN)，该网络将加入建立全球苔藓和地衣联盟：隐生生物群落的基石主题收集网络(TCN)。苔藓植物(苔藓、地衣和地衣)和地衣代表了生物多样性的前沿，为发现新物种和探索这些生物在生态系统中的作用和功能提供了巨大的机会。相对于维管束植物，苔藓和地衣的研究严重不足。在夏威夷ʻI和热带太平洋岛屿上尤其如此。了解这种生物多样性的第一步是对博物馆和草药馆中已经收集的标本进行编目。这一奖项将允许夏威夷ʻI三大草本植物--主教博物馆、国家热带植物园和夏威夷大学的S·约瑟夫·洛克植物标本馆--与美国25所大学、博物馆和花园合作。这些机构被称为全球苔藓和苔藓主题收藏网络，正在对标本进行成像并将数据数字化，以便将来能够使用苔藓和地衣收藏进行研究。该项目还将为公众提供机会，了解我们生态系统中经常被忽视的一部分。对苔藓植物和地衣的研究在物种发现和揭示新的生态系统过程方面具有极大的潜力。2020年，美国国家科学基金会资助了一个主题收集网络(TCN)：建立一个由苔藓和地衣组成的全球联盟：隐生生物群落的基石。该网络包括25个美国草本植物，并支持合作努力，将来自美国机构的120万个苔藓和地衣标本数字化。TCN专注于北美以外的藏品。夏威夷ʻI三大草本植物(主教博物馆、国家热带植物园和夏威夷大学ʻI)的藏品将大大增加夏威夷ʻI、热带太平洋和亚洲的数字化藏品。该项目将从大约58,000个苔藓和大约12,000个地衣标本中向全球研究界贡献至少70,000个成像、数据库、地理参考和可访问的数据记录，并立即支持修订夏威夷苔藓和地衣清单的研究。夏威夷机构还将为自然资源管理人员、研究人员和夏威夷大学的学生举办苔藓和地衣鉴定研讨会。这项工作还将有助于制定夏威夷物种的实地指南和保护评估。数字化数据将通过iDigBio.org和夏威夷植物网站向公众开放。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。