Northern Arizona University - Agua Fria National Monument Collection

The Northern Arizona University Agua Fria National Monument Collection (NAU-AGFR) is comprised of arthropods collected within an experimental garden along the Agua Fria river. This garden is funded by a Macrosystems grant from the National Science Foundation and the facility is part of a network of common gardens managed by the Southwest Experimental Garden Array (SEGA). The primary focus of these gardens is to understand 1) the role of genetics in mitigating the effects of climate change and 2) to quantify how plant stress affects biodiversity. Dr. Art Keith uses Sea, Land, Air, Malaise (SLAM) traps to collect insects. Maya Shimoni is responsible for insect curation and imaging. Dr. Gary Alpert, an entomologist at NAU oversees all arthropod aspects of the project and is assisted by Dr. Tom Whitham who oversees the integration of insect findings with climate change and plant genetics studies.

北亚利桑那大学阿瓜弗里亚国家纪念区标本馆藏（Northern Arizona University Agua Fria National Monument Collection, 缩写NAU-AGFR）由沿阿瓜弗里亚河实验园内采集的节肢动物构成。该实验园由美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation）的宏系统研究专项资助，且隶属于西南实验园阵列（Southwest Experimental Garden Array, 缩写SEGA）管理的公共实验园网络。此类实验园的核心研究目标有二：其一，阐明遗传因子在缓解气候变化影响中的作用；其二，量化植物胁迫对生物多样性的影响机制。阿尔特·基思博士采用海-陆-空-马莱（Sea, Land, Air, Malaise, 简称SLAM）陷阱开展昆虫采集工作。玛雅·希莫尼负责昆虫标本的整理保藏与成像工作。北亚利桑那大学昆虫学家加里·阿尔珀特博士统筹该项目所有节肢动物相关事务，并由汤姆·惠瑟姆博士提供协助——后者负责将昆虫研究发现与气候变化及植物遗传学研究进行整合。