EAPSI: Modeling Plant Species Distributions to Support Biological and Cultural Diversity Under Climate Change

气候变化已经改变了世界上许多物种的分布，尽管其未来对生物和人类社会的影响程度仍不确定。该项目将使用计算机建模来计算气候变化可能如何影响两种植物物种。Kuta （Eleocharis sphacelata）是一种用于马<e:1>奥里编织的本地灯芯草，k<s:1>马拉霍（Pomaderris kumeraho）是一种用于马<e:1>奥里传统医学的特有灌木，它们对马<e:1>奥里文化和新西兰生态系统的功能至关重要。该项目将绘制这些物种目前所在位置的地图，模拟这些物种的位置将如何受到气候变化的影响，并与土著群体和保护组织合作制定管理建议。项目成果还将促进对太平洋两岸类似文化和生态系统的了解，特别是在研究人员的家乡夏威夷。该研究人员将与达尼丁土地保护研究中心的生态学家和保护生物学家普里西拉·韦希博士合作。Wehi博士在毛利人文化和新西兰本土物种方面的专业知识将是该项目的成功不可或缺的一部分。该项目将利用物种分布模型，在气候变化条件下保护新西兰的生物文化多样性。研究人员将使用环境生态位模型来估计库塔（Eleocharis sphacelata）的基本生态位，库塔（Eleocharis sphacelata）是一种用于马<s:1>奥里族编织的本地灯笼草，而k<s:1>马拉胡（Pomaderris kumeraho）是一种用于马<s:1>奥里族传统医学的特有灌木。这些物种生态位将用于预测这两个物种在新西兰未来气候情景下的基本气候包络。然后，将与土著团体和保护组织合作，制定了解文化的管理建议。该项目将促进整个太平洋地区的生物文化保护，该地区的植物群、殖民历史和许多土著人民所经历的气候威胁密切相关。新西兰和研究人员所在的夏威夷大学的相似之处尤其强烈，为未来的合作提供了重要的机会。主持研究的普里西拉·韦希博士是达尼丁土地保护研究中心的生态学家和保护生物学家。Wehi博士在毛利人文化和新西兰本土物种方面的专业知识将是该项目的成功不可或缺的一部分。该奖项是由美国国家科学基金会（NSF）和韩国国立科学研究财团共同资助的东亚太平洋暑期研究所项目，旨在支持美国研究生的暑期研究。

Climate change has altered the distributions of many species around the world, although the extent of its future effects on organisms and human society remains uncertain. This project will use computer modeling to calculate how climate change is likely to affect two plant species. Kuta (Eleocharis sphacelata), a native rush used for Mâori weaving, and kûmarahou (Pomaderris kumeraho), an endemic shrub used in Mâori traditional medicine, are critical to Mâori culture and the function of New Zealand ecosystems. The project will create maps of where these species are currently located, simulate how the locations of these species will be affected by climate change, and develop management recommendations in collaboration with Mâori groups and conservation organizations. Project outcomes will also advance understanding of similar cultures and ecosystems across the Pacific, particularly in the researcher's home institution, Hawai'i. The researcher will be collaborating with Dr. Priscilla Wehi, an ecologist and conservation biologist at Landcare Research Dunedin. Dr Wehi's expertise in Maori culture and New Zealand native species will be integral to the success of this project. This project will use species distribution modeling to contribute to conservation of New Zealand's biocultural diversity under conditions of climate change. The researcher will use Environmental Niche Models to estimate the fundamental niche of kuta (Eleocharis sphacelata), a native rush used for Mâori weaving, and kûmarahou (Pomaderris kumeraho), an endemic shrub used in Mâori traditional medicine. These species niches will be used to project the fundamental climatic envelope of these two species using future climate scenarios for New Zealand. Culturally informed management recommendations will then be developed in collaboration with Mâori groups and conservation organizations. This project will advance biocultural conservation across the Pacific where floras, colonization histories and climate threats experienced by many indigenous peoples are strongly related. The similarities of New Zealand and the researchers home institution, Hawai'i, are particularly strong, providing significant opportunities for future collaboration. The host researcher, Dr. Priscilla Wehi, is an ecologist and conservation biologist at Landcare Research Dunedin. Dr Wehi's expertise in Maori culture and New Zealand native species will be integral to the success of this project. This award under the East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes program supports summer research by a U.S. graduate student and is jointly funded by NSF and the National Research Foundation of Korea.