CSBR: Natural History Collections: Replacement of antiquated cabinets for the D.R. Dickey Collection of Birds and Mammals

洛杉矶的加州大学获得了一项奖励，为唐纳德R.迪基鸟类和哺乳动物收藏。在过去的几十年里，这些藏品一直存放在有70年历史的木箱里，这些木箱已经无法保护标本免受昆虫和水的破坏。该奖项的资金将用于购买新的标本柜，这些标本柜将安装在一个新的节省空间的系统中，该系统是在先前的赠款中购买的。 自然历史收藏品是过去生态系统的重要记录。 加州大学洛杉矶分校迪基鸟类和哺乳动物收藏馆收藏了64，000多件标本，其中大量标本是在第二次世界大战后广泛工业化和人口膨胀之前收集的。 因此，它包括可以提供遗传多样性，疾病分布和工业污染物水平（如汞）的基线数据的标本，以与二战后的个人进行比较。此外，该系列还用于向数千名学生展示自然变化的有形证据，动物形态与功能的关系以及进化关系。此外，加州大学洛杉矶分校的教师，研究生和本科生，高中实习生和访问科学家使用的集合进行研究。

An award was made to the University of California, Los Angeles to purchase much needed replacement cabinets for the Donald R. Dickey Collection of Birds and Mammals. For the past several decades, the collection has resided in deteriorating 70 year-old wooden cases that can no longer protect specimens from possible insect and water damage. Funds from this award are being used to purchase new specimen cabinets that will be housed in a new space-saver system purchased on a prior grant. Natural history collections serve as vital records of past ecosystems. The UCLA Dickey Bird and Mammal Collection houses over 64,000 specimens, a large number of which were collected prior to the widespread industrialization and population expansion that occurred after World War II. As a result, it includes specimens that can provide baseline data on genetic diversity, disease distribution, and industrial contaminant levels (e.g. mercury) for comparison with post WWII individuals. In addition, the collection is used to expose thousands of students to tangible evidence of variation in nature, the relationship of animal form to function, and evolutionary relationships. Moreover, UCLA faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, high school interns, and visiting scientists use the collections for research.