Extrinsic threats and biological predisposition in animal extinction and rediscovery

动物灭绝和重新发现中的外在威胁和生物倾向

• 批准号: DP0773920
• 负责人: A/Prof Diana Fisher
• 金额: $ 35.06万
• 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: 2007
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2007-02-15 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0773920
• 关键词: Extrinsic; threats; biological; predisposition; animal

A global extinction crisis looms, and Australia has a shocking record, especially of mammal extinctions. The results of this project to find how different threats affect each species will lead to management that focusses on species- and region-specific causes. This will help to prevent further extinctions of Australian mammals and other fauna. Many people hope that species of particular importance to us such as the thylacine have defied extinction, and will be rediscovered. This project will test which predictive factors can increase the chance of species rediscovery, and help management agencies plan for the expected number of future rediscoveries.

一场全球灭绝危机迫在眉睫，澳大利亚的记录令人震惊，特别是哺乳动物的灭绝。这个项目的结果是找出不同的威胁如何影响每个物种，这将导致管理集中在物种和区域特定的原因上。这将有助于防止澳大利亚哺乳动物和其他动物进一步灭绝。许多人希望对我们特别重要的物种，如袋狼，已经没有灭绝，将被重新发现。该项目将测试哪些预测因素可以增加物种重新发现的机会，并帮助管理机构计划未来重新发现的预期数量。