Collaborative Research: Caterpillars and Parasitoids in the Eastern Andes of Ecuador.

合作研究：厄瓜多尔安第斯山脉东部的毛毛虫和拟寄生物。

• 批准号: 0717402
• 负责人: James Whitfield
• 金额: $ 9.28万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2010-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0717402&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Caterpillars; Parasitoids; Eastern

Plants, caterpillars, and parasitic wasps and flies that attack caterpillars (parasitoids) are important components of most terrestrial ecosystems and represent more than 20% of all described organisms in the world. ?Caterpillars and parasitoids in the Eastern Andes of Ecuador? is an intensive plant, caterpillar, and parasitoid inventory at the Yanayacu Biological Station (YBS) in the Ecuadorian Andes. The primary objectives of the project are to collect and catalog the diverse community of caterpillars and associated parasitoids at this site, to discover new species, to characterize diversity of the region, and to disseminate this information with a searchable database accessible to scientists and the public throughout the world. The intellectual merit of the proposed activity includes significant advances in insect classification as well as providing a critical inventory that can be used in conservation efforts in the equatorial Andes, a global hotspot of biodiversity. The data will also be used to address a variety of basic and applied questions, particularly those associated with climate change and biodiversity. The broader impacts of this project include direct involvement of four local field assistants, three Ecuadorian students, three Ecuadorian senior scientists, one postdoctoral researcher, at least twelve collaborating insect specialists, and various graduate and undergraduate students. The project will also include enhancements in science education and research experience programs for minorities.

植物，毛毛虫，寄生虫和蝇虫攻击毛毛虫（寄生虫）是大多数陆地生态系统的重要组成部分，代表了世界上所有描述的生物的20％以上。厄瓜多尔东安第斯山脉的毛毛虫和寄生虫？是厄瓜多尔安第斯山脉（Andes）的Yanayacu生物站（YBS）的密集型植物，毛毛虫和寄生虫库存。该项目的主要目的是收集和分类该地点的毛毛虫和相关寄生虫的多样化社区，以发现新物种，表征该地区的多样性，并与科学家和全世界的科学家和公众访问的可搜索数据库进行传播。拟议活动的智力优点包括在昆虫分类方面取得的重大进展，并提供了一个重要的库存，该清单可用于赤道安第斯山脉的保护工作，安第斯山脉（全球生物多样性热点）。这些数据还将用于解决各种基本和应用问题，尤其是与气候变化和生物多样性相关的问题。该项目的更广泛影响包括四名当地野外助手，三名厄瓜多尔学生，三名厄瓜多尔高级科学家，一名博士后研究员，至少十二个合作昆虫专家以及各种研究生和本科生。该项目还将包括针对少数民族的科学教育和研究经验计划的增强。