Advances in Phylogenetic Comparative Methods.

系统发育比较方法的进展。

• 批准号: DP0878542
• 负责人: Dr Simone Blomberg
• 金额: $ 5.3万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2012-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0878542
• 关键词: Advances; Phylogenetic; Comparative; Methods.

An understanding of our biota is impossible without understanding evolution, and developing ways to study it. The outcomes will be useful for biologists conducting theoretically important projects: understanding how and why species have evolved to be the way they are. In addition, the research will be of use to biologists studying more applied questions, such as how to predict whether certain species are likely to become endangered, go extinct, or whether certain species are likely to become invasive and feral. This research will maintain Australia as a leader in evolutionary biology by cementing strong collaborations with world-leading biologists and statisticians.

如果不了解进化，不研究进化的方法，就不可能了解我们的生物群。研究结果将有助于生物学家开展一些理论上重要的项目：了解物种是如何以及为什么进化成现在的样子的。此外，这项研究将有助于生物学家研究更多的应用问题，例如如何预测某些物种是否有可能濒临灭绝，或某些物种是否有可能成为入侵物种和野生物种。这项研究将通过巩固与世界领先的生物学家和统计学家的强有力合作，保持澳大利亚在进化生物学方面的领先地位。