Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: The Pteridological Collections Consortium: An integrative approach to pteridophyte diversity over the last 420 million years

数字化 TCN：合作研究：蕨类植物收藏联盟：过去 4.2 亿年蕨类植物多样性的综合方法

• 批准号: 1802255
• 负责人: Michael Sundue
• 金额: $ 11.43万
• 依托单位: University of Vermont & State Agricultural College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-08-01 至 2022-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1802255&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Digitization; TCN; Collaborative; Research; Pteridological

Ferns and their relatives ("pteridophytes") arose approximately 420 million years ago and were the dominant plant groups for hundreds of millions of years afterwards. Today the pteridophytes are outnumbered by the diversity and abundance of other plant groups, such as those that bear flowers, but they remain diverse (with around 12,000 species), ecologically important, and are found throughout the world. This Thematic Collections Network (TCN) brings together 9 core institutions whose goal is to make digital images and data on the distribution and biology of 1.6 million fossil and modern ferns and their relatives available to researchers. This effort includes 39 US Museums and Herbaria that will provide on-line access of collections data to researchers worldwide who will be able to address pressing questions about the evolution, distribution, and biology of land plants. This project would train students and reach the public through teacher training opportunities, the development of curriculum and education boxes and through the production of informative science videos. The Pteridological Collections Consortium TCN is an interdisciplinary initiative that will database, image, and disseminate information on an unprecedented number of extant and fossil pteridophyte specimens. The combining of neo- and paleobotanical collections data will produce an online resource via a Symbiota framework to enable research on the distribution, ecology, genetics, and deep-time evolution of an important group of vascular plants. Pteridophytes are important because they 1) are relatively diverse and have extensive global distributions, 2) are associated with evolutionary innovations that shaped adaptations to terrestrial ecosystems, 3) they are sensitive to local environmental conditions and play important roles in modern communities, and 4) they have an excellent fossil record for addressing deep-time questions. This award is made as part of the National Resource for Digitization of Biological Collections through the Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections program and all data resulting from this award will be available through the national resource (iDigBio.org).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

蕨类植物及其亲戚（“ pteridophytes”）大约在4.2亿年前出现，并且是数亿年以后的主要植物群体。如今，孢子菌的数量超过了其他植物群的多样性和丰富性，例如那些植物的植物群，但它们仍然多样化（约有12,000种），在生态上很重要，并且在世界范围内发现。这个主题收集网络（TCN）汇集了9个核心机构，其目标是为研究人员提供有关160万种化石和现代蕨类植物的分布和生物学数据的数字图像和数据。这项工作包括39家美国博物馆和草药，这些博物馆将向全球研究人员提供在线访问收集数据的访问，他们将能够解决有关陆地植物的进化，分布和生物学的紧迫问题。 该项目将通过教师培训机会，课程和教育盒的发展以及通过制作内容丰富的科学视频来培训学生并与公众联系。 Pteridologicy Collections Consortium TCN是一项跨学科倡议，它将在存在前所未有的现存和化石派替植物标本的数据库，图像和传播信息。新的和古植物收集数据的组合将通过Symbiota框架产生在线资源，以研究一组重要的血管植物的分布，生态，遗传学和深层演变。翼展很重要，因为它们1）相对多样化并且具有广泛的全球分布，2）与塑造对陆地生态系统的适应的进化创新有关，3）它们对当地环境条件敏感并在现代社区中扮演重要角色，并且在解决深度时间问题的良好的化石记录中，它们具有出色的化石记录。该奖项是通过推进生物收集计划数字化数字化来数字化生物收集资源的一部分，该奖项产生的所有数据将通过国家资源（idigbio.org）获得。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过该基金会的知识优点和广泛的影响来通过评估来评估NSF的法定任务。