Mesozoic Austral Biodiversity: Research and Regional Museum Applications

中生代南方生物多样性：研究和区域博物馆应用

• 批准号: LP100100339
• 负责人: Prof Michael Lee
• 金额: $ 41.86万
• 依托单位: The University of Adelaide
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2010-08-19 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP100100339
• 关键词: Mesozoic; Austral; Biodiversity; Research; Regional

The impact of environmental alteration on Australia’s biodiversity has poorly understood long-term effects. This project examines the controversial biogeography and evolution of Australia’s biodiversity during the Age of Dinosaurs (mid-Cretaceous ~100 MYA) and their adaptational responses to climatic change. Fossils readily capture the public imagination and thus help promote complex scientific concepts in the global media. This project raises awareness about sustainable use of non-renewable fossil resources through public education and ecotourism fieldwork programs; these will help generate local interest and thus protection of sensitive fossil localities by highlighting them as lucrative tourism assets for regional communities.

环境改变对澳大利亚生物多样性的影响对长期影响知之甚少。该项目考试恐龙时代（白垩纪〜100 mya）期间澳大利亚的生物多样性的有争议的生物地理学和进化，以及它们对气候变化的适应性反应。化石很容易捕捉公众的想象力，从而有助于促进全球媒体中复杂的科学概念。该项目通过公共教育和生态旅游野外工作计划提高了人们对可持续使用非可再生化石资源的认识；这些将有助于产生当地的兴趣，从而通过强调为地区社区的利润丰厚的旅游资产来保护敏感的化石地区。