NSF/AID: Moss Flora of Colombia

这个建议代表了生物多样性的最高理想 在发展中国家的研究。 相对而言， 但该组织在以下方面发挥着重要作用： 热带生态系统 PI已经投入了大量的资金 时间和专业知识，在整个苔藓植物标本库的发展 全国 此外，他还定期讲授 苔藓在这些机构，并激发了哥伦比亚 科学家和学生的工作和发表的苔藓 全国 丘吉尔存放了每一次登基的第一套 在哥伦比亚最大的苔藓植物标本馆里， 都是私人收藏。 虽然资金没有 在建议中要求开发数据库，他已 启动了这样一个项目，并已开始输入数据。 收集这些材料，以便可以 在稍后的日期提取。 如果艾滋病。资金到位后， 他在这方面的工作也将得到支持。 苔藓植物群 哥伦比亚是非常丰富和多样的，主要是因为 不同的地形和气候。 私家侦探正在 哥伦比亚苔藓的治疗取得了巨大进展 西班牙语！为哥伦比亚的植物群工作， 和哥伦比亚植物学家一起，还有一本英文的苔藓手册 因此，这一建议完全满足，并超过了所有 生物调查清单竞赛的标准。

This proposal represents the highest ideal in biodiversity research in a developing country. Relatively few scientists work with the bryophytes, yet the group has a significant function in tropical ecosystems. The PI has already devoted considerable time and expertise in the development of moss herbaria throughout the country. In addition, he regularly teaches courses on the mosses at those institutions, and has inspired Colombian scientists and students to work with and publish on the mosses of the country. Churchill deposits the first set of each accession in the largest moss herbarium in Columbia, to which he already has given personal collections. Although funds were not requested for development of a database in the proposal, he has initiated such a project and has already begun to enter data. The materials are collected so that nucleic acids can be extracted at a later date. If A.I.D. funds become available then this aspect of his work will also be supported. The moss flora of Colombia is exceptionally rich and diverse primarily because of the diverse topography and climate. The PI is making excellent progress toward the treatment of the mosses of Colombia ıin Spanish! for Flora de Colombia, for which he is cooperating with Colombian botanists, and an English manual of the mosses. Thus, this proposal fully satisfies, and exceeds, all the criteria for the Biotic Survey & Inventory competition.