中国南方数省区洞穴陆生等足类分类研究的开题报告.docxVIP

中国南方数省区洞穴陆生等足类分类研究的开题报告

Introduction

TerrestrialIsopods,alsoknownaspillbugs,sowbugs,orroly-polies,areagroupofcrustaceansthathaveadaptedtolifeonland.Theyarecommonlyfoundinawiderangeofhabitats,includingleaflitter,soil,andcaves.InChina,therearemanyspeciesofterrestrialisopods,buttheirtaxonomicdiversityandecologicalrolesarepoorlyunderstood.ThisstudyaimstoinvestigatetheclassificationofterrestrialisopodsinseveralprovincesandregionsinsouthernChina,withaparticularfocusontheircave-dwellingspecies.

Objectives

Themainobjectivesofthisstudyare:

1.TocollectterrestrialisopodsspecimensfromcavesandotherhabitatsinGuangxi,Guizhou,Yunnan,andSichuanprovincesinsouthernChina;

2.Toidentifyandclassifythecollectedspecimensbasedonmorphologicalandmolecularcharacteristics;

3.Toinvestigatethedistributionpatternsofterrestrialisopodsindifferenthabitatsandtocomparethediversityandabundanceofspeciesbetweendifferentregions;

4.ToexploretheecologicalrolesofterrestrialisopodsincavesandotherterrestrialecosystemsinsouthernChina.

Methods

FieldworkwillbeconductedinselectedcavesandotherhabitatsinGuangxi,Guizhou,Yunnan,andSichuanprovinces.Samplesofsoil,leaflitter,andothersubstrateswillbecollectedusingatrowel,andpitfalltrapswillbeusedtocapturesurface-dwellingisopods.Cave-dwellingisopodswillbecollectedusingasuctiondeviceorasoftbrushtoavoiddamagingtheirfragilebodies.Thecollectedspecimenswillbecounted,measured,andfixedin75%ethanolformorphologicalobservations.DNAsequenceswillbeobtainedfromsomeofthespecimenstofacilitatemolecularidentifications.

Results

TheresultsofthisstudyareexpectedtoprovideabetterunderstandingofthetaxonomicdiversityanddistributionpatternsofterrestrialisopodsinsouthernChina,particularlyincaves.Thestudymayalsorevealtheec