Database Development and Verification of the Mammal Collection at the University of Alaska Museum

这一奖项将使阿拉斯加大学博物馆(UAM)的哺乳动物收藏继续得到改善。具体地说，私营部门将对10 000份标本进行追溯编目，建立一个数据库，并开始对整个收集工作进行核查(28 000份标本)，加强冷冻组织收集工作(目前为700份)，并设立一个常设收集管理员职位。UAM哺乳动物收藏是阿拉斯加州立、联邦和学术界科学家容易获得的唯一地区性资源，用于研究和教育北极和亚洲区的哺乳动物。UAM是阿拉斯加事实上的自然历史博物馆，并继续是环境管理研究和其他研究项目产生的凭证材料的中央储存库。最近，UAM成为阿拉斯加国家统计局和国家海洋和大气管理局项目的冷冻组织(带有代金券)的储存库。改进后的藏品将广泛用于北极和亚北极哺乳动物生物学和猎物管理的研究和教育。

This award will allow the continued improvement of the mammal collection at the University of Alaska Museum (UAM). Specifically, PIs will catalog retroactively 10,000 specimens, construct a database and begin verification of the entire collection (28,000 specimens), enhance the frozen tissue collection (currently at 700 specimens) and establish a permanent collection manager position. The UAM mammal collection is the only regional resource readily accessible to state, federal and academic scientists in Alaska for research and education on mammals from the Arctic and Subarctic biomes. UAM is the de facto natural history museum for Alaska and continues to be the central repository for voucher material arising from environmental management studies and other research projects. Recently, UAM became the repository for frozen tissues (with vouchers) from NBS and NOAA projects in Alaska. The improved collection will be widely used in research and education on the biology and game management of Arctic and subarctic mammals.