Future Directions in Biodiversity and Systematics Research

生物多样性和系统学研究的未来方向

• 批准号: 0935231
• 负责人: Patrick Herendeen
• 金额: $ 9.98万
• 依托单位: Chicago Horticultural Society
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-05-01 至 2012-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0935231&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Future; Directions; Biodiversity; Systematics; Research

An award to Chicago Botanic Garden is made to support a series of three workshops to discuss progress, priorities, and future directions in biodiversity, taxonomy, and systematics research. Taxonomists and systematists work to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the Earth's biological diversity and its evolutionary history, but the research is labor intensive and is replete with logistical, theoretical, and analytical challenges. These workshops will assess what has been achieved in biodiversity inventory, taxonomy and systematics research and what the most pressing research questions and priorities are today. The workshops will explore what the most exciting new research opportunities are, especially those that intersect with other disciplines. New tools, new technologies, and refined analytical methods will be discussed. Each workshop will be three days in length and will include 25 participants. Participant selection is based on multiple criteria: maximize taxonomic diversity representation; balance between specialists working on biodiversity inventory, taxonomy, and phylogeny; representation of museums, botanic gardens, universities, colleges, and other institutions. Workshop management will be handled by three co-organizers and a steering committee of six. The workshops will have essentially identical agendas for discussion topics and will be organized geographically, with one in the East, one in the Midwest, and one in the West. After the workshops are concluded the organizers and steering committee will prepare a comprehensive report. The report will be made available on appropriate web sites and a manuscript will be prepared for publication in an appropriate journal to explain the importance and relevance of research in biodiversity, taxonomy, and systematics.

芝加哥植物园获得的奖项是为了支持一系列三个研讨会，讨论生物多样性、分类学和系统学研究的进展、优先事项和未来方向。分类学家和系统学家致力于全面了解地球的生物多样性及其进化历史，但这项研究是劳动密集型的，并且充满了后勤、理论和分析方面的挑战。这些研讨会将评估在生物多样性清查、分类学和系统学研究方面取得的成就以及当今最紧迫的研究问题和优先事项。研讨会将探讨最令人兴奋的新研究机会是什么，特别是那些与其他学科交叉的机会。将讨论新工具、新技术和改进的分析方法。每个研讨会为期三天，将有 25 名参与者。参与者选择基于多个标准：最大化分类多样性代表性；从事生物多样性清查、分类学和系统发育的专家之间的平衡；博物馆、植物园、大学、学院和其他机构的代表。研讨会的管理将由三名联合组织者和一个六人组成的指导委员会负责。这些研讨会的讨论主题议程基本相同，并将按地理位置组织，一个在东部，一个在中西部，一个在西部。研讨会结束后，组织者和指导委员会将编写一份综合报告。该报告将在适当的网站上发布，并将准备一份手稿在适当的期刊上发表，以解释生物多样性、分类学和系统学研究的重要性和相关性。