Global Positioning System (GPS) for Hastings Reserve, University of California, Berkeley.

9413040韦克，D. B。 加州大学伯克利分校的脊椎动物学博物馆自1937年以来一直在经营黑斯廷斯自然历史保护区。 黑斯廷斯位于圣露西亚山脉，这是加州中部的一个沿海山脉。 超过900公顷的自然群落马赛克受到保护，用于研究和教学。 黑斯廷斯支持许多正在进行的研究项目; 1994年黑斯廷斯将为大约40个实地研究提供住房和设施。 1989年，NSF提供了一个现代化的实验室空间。 最近的私人捐款，支持从国家科学基金会，从脊椎动物学博物馆和伯克利分校已经允许黑斯廷斯的设施显着升级。 自1988年以来，为34名研究人员增加或翻修了住房。 已经安装了一个新的家用水储存、处理和分配系统。 在过去六年中，黑斯廷斯的使用量急剧增加，并达到了由设施能力和持续管理计划决定的最大季节性使用水平。 来自加州大学自然保护区系统的资金允许购买地理信息系统（GIS）的硬件和软件黑斯廷斯的GIS将对我们的居民和访问研究人员、邻近的土地所有者和管理人员具有重要价值。 该项目将提供一个全球定位系统，以便将现有的脊椎动物种群和遗传学数据纳入我们的地理信息系统。 其他行政用途包括保护区边界的位置，保护区建筑物和公用事业的更新地图，以及进行植被和栖息地测绘。 现代地理信息系统和全球定位系统的能力将继续吸引新的研究人员，并将扩大现有调查人员的研究和培训机会。

9413040 Wake, D. B. The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California at Berkeley, has operated the Hastings Natural History Reservation since 1937. Hastings is located in the Santa Lucia Mountains, a coastal mountain range in central California. Over 900 ha of the natural community mosaic is protected for research and teaching use. Hastings supports many ongoing research projects; in 1994 Hastings will provide housing and facilities for about 40 field studies. In 1989, funding from NSF provided a modern laboratory space. Recent private donations, support from NSF, from the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and the Berkeley campus has allowed significant upgrading of Hastings' facilities. Housing for 34 researchers has been added or renovated since 1988. A new domestic water storage, treatment and distribution system has been installed. Over the past six years, use at Hastings has increased dramatically and reached maximum seasonal use level determined by facility capacity and an ongoing management plan. Funding from the UC-Natural Reserve System allowed purchase of hardware and software for a geographic information system (GIS) A GIS at Hastings will be of great value to our resident and visiting researchers, neighboring landowners, and the management staff. This project will provide for the acquisition of a global positioning system (GPS) to incorporate existing data on vertebrate populations and genetics into our GIS. Other administrative uses include location of the reserve boundaries, updated maps of reserve buildings and utilities and to conduct vegetation and habitat mapping. A modern GIS and GPS capability will continue to attract new researchers and will expand the research and training opportunities for current investigators.