Small Collections Grant
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Herborization, digitization and web page development of aquatic and marsh plants collection for the VALD herbarium.
Chile
Database, Digitally image, Process backlog
Cost (USD):
2000
VALD Herbarium
Universidad Austral of Chile
Objective:
General objective:
Develop a section of herbarium folders and virtual images of the aquatic flora associated with wetlands in the Valdivia province, Los Ríos Region, Chile.
Specific objectives:
- Collect of plant species specimens associated with lentic and lotic wetlands in the Valdivia province (Latitude: 39 ° 48 '50' 'South Longitude: 73 ° 14' 45 '' West).
- Prepare, identify and incorporate folders to the VALD Herbarium collection.
- Digitize and develop an initial web page to present a virtual herbarium of free access.
Timetable:
First stage: 1 month in summer, considering at least 4 flora collections in the wetlands of the Valdivia province.
Second stage: Cabinet work of approximately 3 months, since the aquatic plants need more time for their preparation and, in addition, the species will be determined.
Third stage: In approximately 2 months, the herbarium sheets will first be digitized and scanned according to JSTOR international standards, considering image quality and associated protocols. Subsequently, a web page will be prepared which will be associated with the site of the Institute of Earth Sciences and the Herbarium VALD of the Universidad Austral of Chile.
Scoring Rubric
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Collection Improvement (max. 120 points)
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Facilitating access to the physical collections by digitization (e.g., data entry, setting up database structure with an outline of the platform to be used, purchasing equipment, and imaging specimens) – up to 30 points.
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Enhancing physical collections by improving the conservation status of specimens in the herbarium (e.g., better folders, protecting covers, mounting paper, labeling, etc.) – up to 30 points.
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Curating specimens (e.g., updating families, species identification, identifying types) – up to 20 points.
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Increasing our understanding of the flora or funga by making new herbarium specimens available, such as processing of backlog or collecting and mounting of new specimens from understudied sites – up to 20 points.
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Securing collections by distribution of duplicates (or orphan collections) to other regional or international herbaria or shipping endangered collections to another herbarium – up to 20 points.
This proposal scores:
/120
Methods & Funding (max. 40 points)
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Match between the proposed budget and methods for the aims described – up to 10 points.
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Perceived need, the extent to which the project will benefit from IAPT funding: e.g., due to active floristic work or contribution to poorly collected sites, due to threatened conditions of collections, and for the degree of involvement of others (outreach and education). We give more points for herbaria in low- and middle-income countries – up to 20 points.
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Sharing duplicate specimens with other herbaria – up to 10 points.
This proposal scores:
/40
Broader Impacts (max. 40 points)
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Degree of regional importance of the collection or the taxonomic importance of the targeted collection – up to 10 points.
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The project will yield durable benefits (specimens, digitized metadata, databases, websites) – up to 15 points.
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The project involves outreach/mentoring and broad dissemination – up to 15 points.
This proposal scores:
/40
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Plan:
The Universidad Austral of Chile, is located in Valdivia, a city surrounded by different water bodies (rivers, lagoons, bathed, among others), which present great floristic richness that, in addition, allow to be water reservoirs. This house of studies had, until 2007, a complete herbarium collection (VALD), with more than 16,000 numbers; but it was completely destroyed by fire.
Today, there is a smaller collection, in development, with around 3000 example, in a new collection. This project aims to expand this collection, especially of aquatic and marsh flora given the importance of these wetlands conserving.
To achieve the proposed objectives, the work will be divided into three development stages.
In the first, it will consider the field collection of species associated with the different wetlands, rivers and water courses present in the Valdivia province, Los Ríos Region. Chile.
In the second, the collected material will be dried, pressed, herborized and identified. Subsequently, the specimens of the different recognized aquatic species will be digitized and scanned.
In the third stage, a virtual herbarium will be designed and implemented on the website of the Institute of Earth Sciences of the Universidad Austral of Chile, which will be freely accessible to the community.
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José Luis Solís Benavides
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