Ecosystem level impacts of climate change on a temperate grassland

气候变化对温带草原生态系统的影响

• 批准号: DP0772319
• 负责人: Prof Mark Hovenden
• 金额: $ 12.23万
• 依托单位: University of Tasmania
• 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: 2007-01-01 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0772319
• 关键词: Ecosystem; level; impacts; climate; change

The sustainable use of temperate native pastures is important economically because of grazing and for biodiversity since they are home to many threatened plants. Native pasture sustainability depends on maintaining species diversity and vegetation productivity, both of which have been shown to change in response to climate change. The aims of this project are to elucidate what impact these changes have on the ecosystem properties of a native pasture. This is important, as it will allow likely problems caused by global climate change to be predicted by increasing the understanding of the underlying mechanisms as well as improving the management of grasslands in an environmentally sustainable way.

温带原生牧场的可持续利用在经济上是重要的，因为放牧和生物多样性，因为它们是许多受威胁植物的家园。原生牧场的可持续性取决于维持物种多样性和植被生产力，这两者都已被证明会随着气候变化而变化。该项目的目的是阐明这些变化对原生牧场生态系统特性的影响。这是很重要的，因为它可以通过增加对潜在机制的了解来预测可能由全球气候变化引起的问题，并以环境可持续的方式改善草原管理。