Collaborative Research: Biotic Inventory of the Reptiles and Amphibians of Sulawesi, Indonesia

合作研究：印度尼西亚苏拉威西岛爬行动物和两栖动物生物清查

• 批准号: 0206729
• 负责人: David Cannatella
• 金额: $ 12.48万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-01 至 2005-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0206729&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Biotic; Inventory; Reptiles

Collaborative Research: Biotic Inventory of the Reptiles and Amphibians of Sulawesi, IndonesiaThis project will document the biodiversity of the reptile and amphibian fauna of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The island is part of Wallacea, a region that is one of 25 biodiversity "hotspots" listed by Conservation International. The reptiles and amphibians remain poorly known because the area has received very little attention. A recent survey has doubled the known species of amphibians and there is reason to believe that the number of indigenous species will double againThis project is a collaboration between the University of Texas, Louisiana State University, the Bandung Institute of Technology, the University of Indonesia and the Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense. The co-investigators and their Indonesian collaborators will survey selected forested regions of Sulawesi over three years. Sites were selected to allow thorough sampling of the four arms of Sulawesi as well as the island's central core, in both dry and wet seasons. By emphasizing elevational transects, the sites also maximize the diversity of sampled vegetational types. In addition to specimens, collections will include frog calls, tissue samples for DNA analysis, photographs, and extensive habitat and ecological data. Selected endoparasites and ectoparasites will be sampled also. This collaboration includes a training program that will introduce Indonesian students to methods of biodiversity study, including computer cataloguing, specimen preservation, and field inventory. The significance of Sulawesi's role in the history of biogeography cannot be overstated. The field of biogeography was born from Wallace's attempts to understand faunal breaks between Borneo and Sulawesi in the north and Bali and Lombok in the south. Recent knowledge about the region's geological history has begun to illuminate the complementary roles of vicariance and dispersal in shaping biogeographic patterns. The data collected during the course of this project will be the foundation for fine-scale biogeographical studies of the Southeast Asian herpetofauna and its diversification in one of the geologically most complex regions. This information is crucial for decisions about management and conservation of resources in this region.

合作研究：印尼项目的Sulawesi爬行动物和两栖动物的生物清单将记录印尼苏拉威西岛的爬行动物和两栖动物的生物多样性。 该岛是Wallacea的一部分，Wallacea是Conservation International列出的25个生物多样性“热点”的地区之一。 爬行动物和两栖动物仍然鲜为人知，因为该地区的关注很少。 最近的一项调查使已知的两栖动物物种翻了一番，有理由相信，土著物种的数量将再次加倍，这是德克萨斯大学，路易斯安那州立大学，万丹技术学院，印度尼西亚大学和博物馆动物学博物馆之间的合作。 共同投资者及其印尼合作者将在三年内调查苏拉威西森林地区的选定地区。 选择地点以允许在干燥和潮湿的季节中对苏拉威西的四个臂以及该岛的中心核心进行彻底抽样。 通过强调高程横断面，这些地点还最大程度地提高了采样植被类型的多样性。 除标本外，收集还将包括青蛙调用，用于DNA分析的组织样本，照片以及广泛的栖息地和生态数据。 选定的内寄生物和外寄生虫也将进行采样。 这项合作包括一个培训计划，将向印尼学生介绍生物多样性研究方法，包括计算机编目，标本保存和现场库存。 苏拉威西在生物地理史上作用的重要性不能被夸大。生物地理领域源于华莱士（Wallace）的尝试，试图了解北部的婆罗洲和苏拉威西人之间的动物休息，南部的巴厘岛和伦波克。 关于该地区地质历史的最新知识已经开始阐明替代性和散布在塑造生物地理模式中的互补作用。 在该项目过程中收集的数据将是对东南亚疱疹的精细生物地理研究的基础，及其在地质上最复杂的地区之一中的多元化。 此信息对于有关该地区资源管理和保护的决策至关重要。