International Research Fellow Awards Program: Cladistic Biogeography of Ants in Madagascar

9600364 Fisher国际研究员奖励计划使美国科学家和工程师能够在国外进行三到二十四个月的研究。该计划的奖励为联合研究提供了机会，并使用独特或互补的设施、专业知识和实验条件。该奖项将支持Brian L. Fisher博士与Hamish G. Robertson博士在南非开普敦的南非博物馆进行为期21个月的博士后研究访问。这个项目的资金由美国-南非项目提供。费希尔博士将对马达加斯加的三组特有蚂蚁进行系统审查。蚂蚁非常适合分析历史模式。由于许多蚂蚁物种的海拔和区域分布是有限的，因此它们是确定特有和变异模式的理想选择。这项研究将为研究该地区的物种和历史生物地理学提供重要的数据。＊＊＊

9600364 Fisher The International Research Fellow Awards Program enables U.S. scientists and engineers to conduct three to twenty- four months of research abroad. The program's awards provide opportunities for joint research, and the use of unique or complementary facilities, expertise and experimental conditions. This award will support a twenty-one month postdoctoral research visit by Dr. Brian L. Fisher to work with Dr. Hamish G. Robertson at the South African Museum in Cape Town, South Africa. Funding for this project is being provided by the U.S.-South Africa Program. Dr. Fisher will perform a systematic review of three groups of endemic ants on Madagascar. Ants are well suited for analyzing historical patterns. Because the elevational and regional distributions of many ant species are restricted, they are ideal for determining patterns of endemism and vicariance. This study will provide important data on the subject species and on the historical biogeography of the region. ***