Scientific Equipment for Undergraduate Instruction in AnimalPhysiology and Behavior.

在动物生理学领域，基本的研究工具是计算机记录系统和用于监测生理功能和变化的存储示波器。在动物行为学和鸟类学中，存储示波器已经成为显示和分析一系列动物发声的标准工具。在这两个领域，都有许多实验有助于阐明重要的概念，而没有这些工具，这些概念是无法完成的。通过这笔赠款进行的采购正在扩大该部在这些领域培训本科生的能力。这些增加的重要性源于这样一个事实，即近年来，生理学和动物行为的研究变得越来越依赖高科技设备。由于这种类型的设备在研究实验室中的使用已成为理所当然的事情，它也成为教学目的的必备条件。如果学生想要熟悉并最终评估作为实验结果产生的概念，就必须向他们介绍经常用来收集数据的设备。同样，通过对当前研究中广泛使用的方法的工作熟悉，他们作为研究科学家的潜力得到了增强。

In the area of Animal Physiology, fundamental research tools are a computer-recorder system and a storage oscilloscope for monitoring physiological functions and changes. In Animal Behavior and Ornithology a storage oscilloscope has become the standard tool for displaying and analyzing an array of animal vocalizations. In both areas there are many experiments that help to elucidate important concepts that cannot be done without these instruments. The purchases made possible through this grant are enlarging this Department's capacity to train undergraduates in these areas. The importance of these additions stems from the fact that, over recent years, research in Physiology and Animal Behavior has become increasingly dependent on high-technology equipment. As usage of this type of equipment has become a matter of course in research laboratories, it has become essential for instructional purposes as well. Students must be introduced to equipment that is used routinely to gather data if they are to become familiar with and eventually to evaluate concepts developed as a result of that experimentation. Likewise, their potential as research scientists is enhanced by a working familiarity with the methodologies that are used widely in current research.