Insect herbivore and plant responses in eucalypt forests under climate change at physiological, species and community scales

气候变化下桉树林中昆虫食草动物和植物在生理、物种和群落尺度上的反应

• 批准号: DP1095972
• 负责人: Prof Markus Riegler
• 金额: $ 21.24万
• 依托单位: Western Sydney University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2010-06-26 至 2013-06-25
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP1095972
• 关键词: Insect; herbivore; plant; responses; eucalypt

Understanding the drivers for insect populations and vulnerabilities to climate change are the first steps to predicting adaptation and mitigation strategies to minimise impacts of climate change on forest biodiversity. Our research will quantify the outcome of climate change on the still neglected but important insect community associated with eucalypts in Australian forests. These insect communities are widespread, diverse and quintessential for the Australian economy and ecology. Apparent climate change is expected to cause biodiversity shifts, leading to outbreaks and extinctions of insects in eucalypt forests. Negative outcomes of impacts could also include the accumulation of leaf litter, increasing bush fire activity in the future.

了解昆虫种群的驱动因素和气候变化的脆弱性是预测适应和缓解策略的第一步，以尽量减少气候变化对森林生物多样性的影响。我们的研究将量化气候变化对澳大利亚森林中与桉树相关的仍然被忽视但重要的昆虫群落的影响。这些昆虫群落分布广泛、多样化，是澳大利亚经济和生态的典型。明显的气候变化预计将导致生物多样性发生变化，导致桉树林中昆虫的爆发和灭绝。影响的负面后果还可能包括落叶堆积、未来丛林火灾活动增加。