Research Training Program

Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History

PROJECT SUMMARY
1985

Andy Savagian
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Jane Villa-Lobos
Department of Botany

10 June 1985 - 15 August 1985

"My internship was a very rewarding and educational experience which will definitely help me in the years to come."

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Catalog of World Biogeography Files

This project focused on handling and processing information about various threatened and endangered plant species currently under investigation. The work consisted of several smaller projects: updating reference material on threatened and endangered plant species of Central and South America, updating the index file on endemic species of Graminae in Mexico, revising the WORDSTAR computer file of references on tropical forests, creating a reference list on the illustrations of endangered plant species of the United States, designing a computer file of this list for WORDSTAR usage, and creating the first database for all information available on marine island vegetation.