Improvement of New Mexico State University Herbarium as a Research and Teaching Facility for Plant Ecology, Systematics, and Evolution

该项目将极大地改善研究，教育和公共 在新墨西哥州州立大学植物标本馆的服务活动， 该研究所收藏了来自纽约的6万份标本， 墨西哥栖息地及周边地区。 具体改进 包括植物标本室，以纾缓挤迫情况，取代较旧的 不充分的情况下，并容纳未来4-5年的增长。 其他的改进是一个供学生和游客使用的显微镜， 无酸文件夹，以取代那些可能损害 标本 %%% 该项目将极大地改善研究，教育和公共 在新墨西哥州州立大学植物标本馆的服务活动， 它保存了一个强大的区域植物收藏， 产自新墨西哥州及周边地区。 收集 将接收新病例，以缓解拥挤，并容纳4-5人 多年的增长，以及一个显微镜，供学生和游客使用。 除了大学的学生，植物收藏是一个 许多地方、州和联邦机构的资源， 土地管理、生态研究、保育和旅游业。

This project will greatly improve research, educational and public service activities at the New Mexico State University herbarium, which maintains a research collection of 60,000 specimens from New Mexico habitats and surrounding areas. Specific improvements include herbarium cases to relieve crowding, replace older inadequate cases and accommodate growth for the next 4-5 years. Other improvements are a microscope for student and visitor use and acid-free folders to replace ones that are potentially damaging to specimens. %%% This project will greatly improve research, educational and public service activities at the New Mexico State University herbarium, which maintains a strong regional plant collection representing habitats from New Mexico and surrounding areas. The collection will receive new cases to relieve crowding and accommodate 4-5 years' growth, as well as a microscope for student and visitor use. Apart from students at the university, the plant collection is a resource for many local, state and federal agencies involved in land management, ecological studies, conservation and tourism.