Research Participation in a Survey of the Natural Resources of the Venezuelan Guayana Region

发展中国家科学奖将提供 为七名纽约植物园科学家提供差旅支助， 布莱恩·布姆博士的指导下，参加了一项调查， 委内瑞拉瓜亚纳地区的自然资源。 年启动 1985年由Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana（CVG），这十年 正在通过国立实验大学进行调查 de los Llanos Occupientales“Ezequiel Zamora”（UNELLEZ）in Venezuela. 纽约植物园的科学家们将与 他们是植物学顾问和收藏家 勘测旅行， 其中大多数都得到了政府的支持，提供了无与伦比的机会， 在遥远的地方收集植物标本， Guayana的森林。 经过一年的时间和10次旅行，1,200 - 15,400个标本 应该收集。 由于多学科的性质， 调查小组，这些标本将与 卫星遥感和地面实况生态数据。 的 收藏品不仅会增加我们对瓜亚纳的了解 植物地理学，但也将有助于我们 了解区域生物多样性。

This Science in Developing Countries Program award will provide travel support to seven New York Botanical Garden scientists under the direction of Dr. Brian Boom, to participate in a survey of the natural resources of the Venezuelan Guayana region. Initiated in 1985 by the Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana (CVG), this ten-year survey is being done through the Universidad Nacional Experimental de los Llanos Occidentales "Ezequiel Zamora" (UNELLEZ) in Venezuela. The New York Botanical Garden scientists will be cooperating with them as botanical consultants and collectors. The survey trips, most of them helicopter-supported, offer unparalleled opportunities to collect plant specimens in remote, and largely unexplored forest regions of the Guayana. After a year and a schedule of ten trips, 1,200 - 15,400 specimens should be collected. Due to the multi-disciplinary nature of the survey teams, these specimens will be well-correlated with satellite remote-sensing and ground-truth ecological data. The collections will not only add much to our knowledge of Guayana phytogeography, but will also contribute to our understanding of regional biodiversity.