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Small Collections Grant

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From past to future of the Chilean Mediterranean forest of Maule region: starting digitalization of species from Herbarium UTAL (University of Talca)

fernando.carrasco@utalca.cl

CHILE

Database, Digitally image

Cost (USD): 

2000

UTAL

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Objective:

General objective
To generate a preliminary checklist and get high-resolution images of representative species of Mediterranean forest of the Maule region, based on the collection of Herbarium UTAL.

Specific objectives

1.-Get checklist of native and endemic species present and representative of the Mediterranean Forest of the Maule region.

2.- Get high-resolution images of 100% of the species (specimens) identified in specific objective 1.

3.-Publish the data of the scanned specimens and at least the images of 100 specimens at the Herbarium UTAL web page (under construction).

Timetable:


The timetable of the activities of the proposal will be:

I.- For this activity, we will estimate one month of duration

II.- For this activity:
II.1.- Instruments purchase (2 months of duration after finishing activity I)

II.2.- Digitalization of specimens (5 months of duration after finishing activity II.1.)

II.3.- Images complement the specimens digitalized (along 12 months from initiated the execution of proposal)

III.- For this activity, we estimate four months of duration after completing the digitization of the representative species (specimens). The storing database and high-resolution images will be realized in 2 months.

Scoring Rubric

Reviewer's name:

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.

  • 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.

  • Curating specimens (e.g., updating families, species identification, identifying types) – up to 20 points.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The project will yield durable benefits (specimens, digitized metadata, databases, websites) – up to 15 points.

  • The project involves outreach/mentoring and broad dissemination – up to 15 points.

This proposal scores:

/40

Proposal

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Plan:

The proposal is to create a virtual herbarium as a source of the flora representative of the Chilean Mediterranean distributed in the Maule region. The idea is that this virtual tool is an essential reference of the Herbarium UTAL for the national and international society. In order to carry out this proposal, we develop the following activities:

I.- From the database specimens' collection of the Herbarium UTAL, we will obtain the checklist of the species collected with native or endemic biogeographic origin of the Maule region.

II.- Then, these species of the UTAL collection will be digitalized, which will allow generating the first database of high-resolution images of the Herbarium UTAL. We will need a scanner (Bamboosang scanner X9 and a laptop) for the above. At the same time, we will photograph these species in the field, being these images complement the specimens scanned (we will need a photograph camera and handheld GPS device).

III.- All images will be published on the web page of Herbarium UTAL (under construction). At the same time, all images and databases will be stored in an external device (external hard disk or similar)


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"Other" target:

FERNANDO CARRASCO URRA

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