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.

该奖项将建立一个现有网络（PEN）的合作伙伴关系，该网络将加入建立一个全球苔藓植物和地衣联盟：隐生物社区的基石主题收集网络（TCN）。 苔藓植物（苔藓、地钱和金鱼藻）和地衣代表了生物多样性的前沿，为新物种的发现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。相对于维管植物，苔藓植物和地衣的研究明显不足。在夏威夷群岛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植物标本馆已经收集的标本进行编目。该奖项将允许夏威夷三个最大的植物标本馆，主教博物馆，国家热带植物园和夏威夷大学的约瑟夫岩石植物标本馆，与美国各地的25所大学，博物馆和花园合作。被称为全球苔藓地衣专题收集网络，这些机构正在成像标本和数字化数据，以使未来的研究使用苔藓和地衣收藏。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。对苔藓和地衣的研究具有发现物种和揭示新生态系统过程的巨大潜力。2020年，NSF资助了一个主题收集网络（TCN）：建立一个全球苔藓植物和地衣联盟：隐生物群落的基石。该网络包括25个美国植物标本馆，并支持从美国机构收集120万种苔藓和地衣标本的合作努力。TCN专注于北美以外的收藏。来自夏威夷三个最大的植物标本馆（主教博物馆，国家热带植物园和夏威夷大学）的藏品将大大增加夏威夷，热带太平洋和亚洲的数字化藏品。该项目将为全球研究界提供至少70，000个图像，数据库，地理参考和可访问的数据记录，来自CA。58，000 Brasserte和CA。12，000地衣标本，并立即支持研究，以修订夏威夷的苔藓和地衣的清单。夏威夷的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讲习班。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提供。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得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来支持。