Using fossil insects and plants to recognise past human impacts on Pacific island biodiversity

利用昆虫和植物化石来认识过去人类对太平洋岛屿生物多样性的影响

• 批准号: DP0878694
• 负责人: Dr Matthew Prebble
• 金额: $ 8.88万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 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 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0878694
• 关键词: Using; fossil; insects; plants; recognise

This project will enhance our ability to characterise human impact on island biodiversity. It will develop novel research methods that can be applied in the Australian context to understand changes in biodiversity that come with human impact. The contemporary emphasis on biosecurity in the protection of Australia's unique environment against human-introduced exotic pests and diseases can be better understood in the context of past introductions. Our project will demonstrate the role Australian archaeologists and natural scientists can play in understanding the spread of humans across the Pacific and the environmental consequences of colonisation. It will increase collaboration between research institutions in the Australia/Pacific region.

该项目将提高我们的能力，以消除人类对岛屿生物多样性的影响。它将开发新的研究方法，可以在澳大利亚的情况下应用，以了解生物多样性的变化，来与人类的影响。在保护澳大利亚独特的环境免受人类传入的外来害虫和疾病的影响方面，当前对生物安保的重视可以在过去传入的背景下得到更好的理解。我们的项目将展示澳大利亚考古学家和自然科学家在了解人类在太平洋的传播和殖民化的环境后果方面可以发挥的作用。它将加强澳大利亚/太平洋地区研究机构之间的合作。