Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: Using Herbarium Data To Document Plant Niches In The High Peaks And High Plains Of The Southern Rockies - Past, Present, And Future

数字化 TCN：合作研究：利用植物标本馆数据记录落基山脉南部高峰和高原的植物生态位 - 过去、现在和未来

• 批准号: 1701575
• 负责人: Kimberly Watson
• 金额: $ 38.95万
• 依托单位: New York Botanical Garden
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1701575&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Digitization; TCN; Collaborative; Research; Using

The rugged and expansive terrain of the Southern Rocky Mountains (SoRo) yields the most crucial resource for human existence in western North America: Water. From upper reaches of the high peaks of Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and surrounding states, the headwaters of numerous major rivers of the West originate and give rise to the highest outflow and freshwater runoff west of the Mississippi River: The Platte, Arkansas, Rio Grande, Colorado, and Green Rivers and portions of the Snake and Missouri Rivers. The cleanliness and reliability of these water resources are in large part attributable to the plant life that forms the basis for all SoRo ecosystems. Plant species from the high peaks and adjacent high plains of the SoRo derive from different geographic origins, evolutionary histories, and ecological affinities. They grow in varied habitats and represent one of the most narrowly adapted floras in the world. This unique and fragile flora is widely documented in natural history collections (i.e., herbaria), but specimens themselves and the scientific data that accompany them remain poorly 'visible' owing to a lack of data in digitized format. The SoRo Herbarium Consortium brings together 38 collaborating institutions (universities, botanical gardens, national parks, Native American Nations) to digitize more than 1.7 million botanical specimens from the study area. The overarching goal of this project is to make these data available to a broad community of users (scientists, educators, government officials, land managers, the general public) via openly accessible, free data portals. The Southern Rocky Mountains (SoRo) support a diverse and highly adapted flora of species with varied ecologies, ranging from alpine to sagebrush plains to shortgrass prairies. The plant biota of the SoRo shares important evolutionary and geological histories with the adjacent plains and prairies, and together these ecosystems are among the most endangered landscapes in North America. Human demands on these systems are escalating, and risk factors such as fire, development, and environmental change are predicted to grow. Thus, building digital resources to document plant niches in the SoRo is met with a sense of urgency. The proposed work will address a major gap in accessible information among North American natural history collections by digitizing more than 1.7 million botanical collections from the SoRo. Specifically, 38 collaborative institutions (universities, botanical gardens, national parks, Native American Nations) will collaborate to generate these new resources and make them available via data portals, including iDigBio (www.idigbio.org). Additionally, new tools will be developed within the open source Symbiota platform that will allow users to quickly search and compile vetted, herbarium data records that can then be used for analysis in external software applications such as niche modeling packages, or to update source data repositories for subsequent in-house curation.

南部落基山脉（Soro）的坚固而宽敞的地形为北美西部人类生存提供了最关键的资源：水。 从科罗拉多州高峰，怀俄明州，新墨西哥州及其周边州的上游到上游，西方众多主要河流的源头源于密西西比河以西的流出最高的流出和淡水径流：普拉特，阿肯色州，阿肯色州，阿肯色州，里奥·格兰德（Rio Grande），科罗拉多州和绿色河流和绿色河流和sneake and Missiri and Missiri rivers and Missiri rivers rivers and Missiori rivers rivers rivers rivers rivers rivers rivers rivers rivers rivers rivers rivers rivers rivers rivers rivers rivers rivers。这些水资源的清洁度和可靠性在很大程度上归因于构成所有Soro生态系统基础的植物寿命。 索罗（Soro）的高峰和邻近高平原的植物物种源自不同的地理起源，进化史和生态亲和力。它们在各种栖息地中生长，代表了世界上最狭窄的植物群之一。 这种独特而脆弱的植物群在自然历史收藏（即草药中）中得到了广泛的记录，但是由于缺乏数字化格式的数据，因此本身和伴随它们的科学数据仍然很差。 索罗植物园联盟汇集了38个合作机构（大学，植物园，国家公园，美洲原住民国家），从研究区域数字化超过170万个植物标本。 该项目的总体目标是通过公开访问的免费数据门户将这些数据提供给广泛的用户（科学家，教育者，政府官员，土地管理者，公众）的社区。 南部落基山脉（Soro）（Soro）为各种生态的物种提供了多样化，高度适应的物种，从高山到鼠尾草平原到矮草的大草原。 Soro的植物生物群与相邻的平原和大草原分享了重要的进化和地质历史，这些生态系统共同是北美最濒危的景观之一。 人类对这些系统的需求正在升级，预计火灾，开发和环境变化等风险因素会增长。因此，建立数字资源以记录Soro中的植物生态位，并具有紧迫感。拟议的工作将通过从Soro中数字化170万个植物收藏来解决北美自然历史收藏中无障碍信息的主要差距。具体来说，38个合作机构（大学，植物园，国家公园，美国原住民国家）将合作生成这些新资源，并通过包括IDIGBIO（www.idigbio.org）在内的数据门户提供这些新资源。此外，将在开源Symbiota平台内开发新工具，该工具将允许用户快速搜索和编译审查，植物标本室数据记录，然后可以在外部软件应用程序（例如利基建模软件包）中进行分析，或更新源数据存储库以进行后续内部架构。