Collaborative Research: Joining the Global Bryophyte and Lichen TCN: Filling Gaps from Hawaii, Asia, and Oceania

合作研究：加入全球苔藓植物和地衣 TCN：填补夏威夷、亚洲和大洋洲的空白

• 批准号: 2240481
• 负责人: Timothy Gallaher
• 金额: $ 25.65万
• 依托单位: Bernice P Bishop Museum
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2240481&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Joining; Global; Bryophyte

This award will establish a Partnership to Existing Network (PEN), which will join the Building a global consortium of Bryophytes and Lichens: keystones of cryptobiotic communities Thematic Collection Network (TCN). Bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) and lichens represent a frontier of biodiversity with great opportunities for new species discovery and exploring the role and function of these organisms in ecosystems. Relative to vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens have been significantly understudied. This is particularly true in Hawaiʻi and on the islands of the tropical Pacific. A first step to understanding this biodiversity is cataloging the specimens already collected in museums and herbaria. This award will allow the three largest herbaria in Hawaiʻi, the Bishop Museum, National Tropical Botanical Garden, and the University of Hawaii’’s Joseph Rock herbarium, to collaborate with 25 universities, museums, and gardens across the United States. Known as the GLOBAL Bryophyte & Lichen Thematic Collection Network, these institutions are imaging specimens and digitizing data to enable future research using bryophyte and lichen collections. The project will also provide opportunities for the public to learn about an often-overlooked part of our ecosystem.The study of bryophytes and lichens holds excellent potential for species discovery and for uncovering novel ecosystem processes. In 2020, the NSF funded a Thematic Collection Network (TCN): Building a global consortium of Bryophytes and Lichens: keystones of cryptobiotic communities. The network includes 25 US herbaria and supports collaborative efforts to digitize 1.2 million bryophyte and lichen specimens from US institutions. The TCN focuses on collections from outside North America. The collections from the three largest herbaria in Hawaiʻi (Bishop Museum, National Tropical Botanical Garden, and the University of Hawaiʻi) will significantly augment the digitized collections from Hawaiʻi, the tropical Pacific, and Asia. This project will contribute at least 70,000 imaged, databased, georeferenced, and accessible data records to the global research community, from ca. 58,000 bryophyte and ca. 12,000 lichen specimens, and immediately support research to revise the checklists of Hawaiian bryophytes and lichens. The Hawaii institutions will also conduct bryophyte and lichen identification workshops for natural resource managers, researchers, and University of Hawaii students. The work will also contribute to the development of field guides and conservation assessments for Hawaiian species. Digitized data will be available to the public through iDigBio.org and the Plants of Hawaii website.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.

该奖项将与现有网络（PEN）建立合作伙伴关系，该伙伴关系将加入该建筑物的全球苔藓植物和地衣财团：隐形生物群落社区主题收集网络（TCN）的基石。苔藓植物（摩西，利弗沃特和霍恩沃尔特）和地衣代表了生物多样性的边界，有很大的机会来发现新物种，并探索了这些生物在生态系统中的作用和功能。相对于血管植物，苔藓植物和地衣已被显着了解。在夏威夷和热带太平洋岛屿上尤其如此。理解这种生物多样性的第一步是对博物馆和草药中已经收集的物种进行分类。该奖项将允许夏威夷的三种大型草药，主教博物馆，国家热带植物园和夏威夷大学的约瑟夫·洛克（Joseph Rock）植物园，与25所美国的大学，博物馆和花园合作。这些机构被称为全球苔藓植物和地衣主题收集网络，是成像标本和数字化数据，以实现使用苔藓植物和地衣收集的未来研究。该项目还将为公众提供了解我们生态系统中经常被忽视的部分的机会。对苔藓植物和地衣的研究具有物种发现和发现新型生态系统过程的极大潜力。 2020年，NSF资助了一个主题收集网络（TCN）：建立一个全球苔藓植物和地衣联盟：隐形生物群落的钥匙石。该网络包括25种美国草药，并支持合作努力，以将美国机构的120万个苔藓植物和地衣标本数字化。 TCN专注于北美以外的收藏。夏威夷三种最大的草药（主教博物馆，国家热带植物园和夏威夷大学）的收藏将大大增加来自夏威夷，热带太平洋和亚洲的数字化收藏。该项目将至少贡献70,000个成像，数据库，地理化和可访问的数据记录，并从CA到全球研究界。 58,000苔藓植物和大约。 12,000个地衣标本，并立即支持研究以修改夏威夷苔藓植物和地衣的清单。夏威夷机构还将为自然资源经理，研究人员和夏威夷大学学生举办苔藓植物和地衣识别讲习班。这项工作还将有助于开发夏威夷物种的现场指南和保护评估。数字化数据将通过idigbio.org和夏威夷工厂网站向公众提供。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准来评估值得获得支持。