Horizontal ecological networks for understanding biodiversity maintenance

用于理解生物多样性维护的水平生态网络

• 批准号: DP230100773
• 负责人: Prof Margaret Mayfield
• 金额: $ 42.65万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP230100773
• 关键词: Horizontal; ecological; networks; understanding; biodiversity

The project aims to develop new ecological theory on local diversity maintenance based on an innovative interaction network model, tested on Western Australian wildflower communities. It is novel in its focus on the complexity of species interactions and their importance to diversity maintenance in nature. This project aims to explore links between plant interaction networks and coexistence theory to provide theoretical expectations for how changes to the environment are expected to alter natural plant communities. It aims to fill theory-gap about mechanisms of multi-species coexistence, advance community ecology, and provide the theoretical foundations necessary for translating ecological theory to restoration and conservation in practice.

该项目旨在基于一种创新的互动网络模型，在西澳大利亚野花群落中进行测试，开发新的生态理论，以维护当地的多样性。它的新颖之处在于关注物种相互作用的复杂性及其对自然多样性维持的重要性。本项目旨在探索植物相互作用网络与共存理论之间的联系，为环境变化如何改变自然植物群落提供理论期望。旨在填补多物种共存机制的理论空白，促进群落生态学的发展，为将生态学理论转化为实践中的恢复和保护提供必要的理论基础。