Curation and Databasing of the Gordon Alexander Othoptera Collection at the University of Colorado

科罗拉多大学戈登·亚历山大·直翅目收藏的管理和数据库

• 批准号: 0447315
• 负责人: M. Deane Bowers
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-01-15 至 2007-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0447315&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Curation; Databasing; Gordon; Alexander; Othoptera

A grant has been awarded to the University of Colorado under the direction of Dr. M. Deane Bowers for partial support of a project to curate and database the Gordon Alexander collection of grasshoppers. This collection is composed of over 19,000 grasshoppers from the Rocky Mountain and plains regions of Colorado that were originally collected under the auspices of a 1958 - 1960 NSF grant. Approximately 75% of this collection is composed of representative specimens from over 65,000 grasshoppers, representing 95 different species, that were processed during the tenure of this grant. The remaining 25% is composed of specimens from other studies conducted in Colorado and neighboring states during the 1930's to 1960's. Given the recent and dramatic impacts of humans in this region, this collection is of particular importance for understanding the communities in existence before these changes occurred. The goals of this project are 1) to curate the collection in order to preserve it and make it accessible to researchers; 2) to database the collection; and 3) to make the information from this collection available to researchers as well as lay-people by publishing the data from this collection online. In order to accomplish these goals, the Entomology section requires funds to support curatorial staff and students to coordinate and implement the project. The Entomology section also requires additional curatorial supplies, a microscope and computer equipment, to properly curate and database all specimens. The Alexander grasshopper collection will be curated and databased and information from this historically important collection will be posted online via a new website developed under the auspices of the grant and through publishing the data on global biodiversity networks. The Alexander collection will be made available in a format that will allow professional researchers and the public access to data that can be used for education and outreach-related projects. Participation in this project by students will be extensive. Graduate students will be trained in museum skills, insect taxonomy, curation, databasing, and use of computer programs that are important for making collection data available over the internet. Undergraduates and the general public will have also have access, via the internet, to a relational database that will allow them to examine Alexander's survey and collection data, This project will make the Alexander Collection readily available to researchers, land managers, educators and students. In addition to making the collection and its specimen information available for study, the data can be used by researchers to examine the effects of land use practices and climate change on communities and species. Furthermore, the Education section of the Museum will ensure that the collection and the internet material will be used in public outreach and education to the public.

在M. Deane Bowers博士的指导下，已授予科罗拉多大学的一笔赠款，以部分支持一个策划和数据库Gordon Alexander Collection Grasshoppers的项目。 该系列由落基山（Rocky Mountain）和科罗拉多州平原地区的19,000多名蚱hoppers组成，最初是在1958年至1960年NSF Grant的主持下收集的。 该藏品中约有75％由65,000多名蚱hoppers的代表性标本组成，代表95种不同的物种，这些物种是在此赠款期间处理的。 其余25％由1930年代至1960年代在科罗拉多州和邻国进行的其他研究的标本组成。 鉴于该地区人类的最新和巨大影响，该集合对于在发生这些变化之前就了解存在的社区特别重要。 该项目的目标是1）策划收集以保存并使研究人员可以使用； 2）到数据库集合； 3）通过在线发布该集合的数据，从该集合中获得此收藏的信息以及专家。 为了实现这些目标，昆虫学部分要求资金支持策展人员和学生协调和实施该项目。昆虫学部分还需要其他策展供应，显微镜和计算机设备，以正确策划和数据库所有标本。 Alexander Grasshopper系列将进行策划和数据库，并将通过在赠款的主持下开发的新网站在线发布该历史上重要收藏的信息，并通过发布有关全球生物多样性网络的数据。 Alexander Collection将以一种格式提供，该格式将允许专业的研究人员和公众访问可用于教育和外展项目的数据。 学生参与这个项目将是广泛的。 研究生将接受博物馆技能，昆虫分类法，策展，数据表的培训，以及计算机程序的使用，这些程序对于通过Internet提供收集数据很重要。本科生和公众还可以通过互联网访问一个关系数据库，该数据库将使他们能够检查亚历山大的调查和收集数据，该项目将使亚历山大的收集随时可供研究人员，陆地经理，教育者，教育者和学生提供。 除了使收集及其标本信息可用于研究外，研究人员还可以使用这些数据来检查土地使用实践和气候变化对社区和物种的影响。 此外，博物馆的教育部分将确保收集和互联网材料将用于公众公开展览和教育。