Conservation of Mammal Collections, Museum of Natural History, The University of Kansas

摘要：DEB-9321021， PI-Timm：这项支持将使堪萨斯大学自然历史博物馆的加勒比哺乳动物孤儿收藏品的准备、合并和计算机化成为可能。堪萨斯大学自然历史博物馆拥有美国最重要的哺乳动物研究收藏品之一。该项目还需要改善并使研究人员和学生能够接触到相当大的哺乳动物精神收藏，这些收藏迄今为止一直被安置在拥挤和恶劣的管理条件下。这个奖项是机会主义的，因为它发生在博物馆计划扩建成一个新的侧翼来容纳所有的精神收藏品的同时。通过该奖项，系统的收集得到了改善，是生物多样性研究的重要研究和教育资源。堪萨斯大学自然历史博物馆的现代哺乳动物收藏是研究和教育的最佳资源之一，是北美第四大收藏，也是大学博物馆中第二大收藏。它的活动产生了拥挤的条件，这个收藏改进奖将通过提供额外的存储案例和策展材料来帮助缓解。此外，该收藏还吸收了加勒比哺乳动物的孤儿收藏，这对美国和中美洲哺乳动物生物多样性的研究和教育极为重要。

ABSTRACT: DEB-9321021, PI-Timm: This support will allow preparation, incorporation and computerization of an important orphaned collection of Caribbean mammals by the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, which holds one of the premiere research collections of living mammals in the U.S.. The project also entails improving and making accessible to researchers and students the sizeable spirit collection of mammals, which hitherto has been housed under crowded and poor curatorial conditions. This award is opportunistic, in that it occurs in concert with a planned expansion of the museum into a new wing to house all spirit collections. The systematic collections improved through this award are critical research and educational resources for studies in biodiversity. The collection of Recent mammals at the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History is one of the finest resources for research and education, being the fourth largest in North America and the second largest collection in a university museum. It's activity has produced crowed conditions which this collection improvement award will help alleviate through the provision of additional storage cases and curatorial material. Additionally, the collection is absorbing an orphaned collection of Caribbean mammals, which is extremely important to research and education on U.S. and Central American mammalian biodiversity.