Disperse or die: the evolution of dispersal ability in a changing climate.

气候变化是否会影响一个物种取决于生态社区跟踪气候变化的能力。适应气候变化而迅速改变活动范围的物种不会受到不适当的影响，而停留在一个地方的物种则面临气候变化的极大风险(它们必须要么适应，要么灭亡)。因此，我们需要对物种如何以及以多快的速度改变它们的活动范围有一个坚定的理解。该项目将开发一个通用框架，在该框架内模拟物种对气候变化的反应。因此，该项目将对我们如何规划和管理气候变化的影响做出重大贡献。

Whether or not climate change will affect a species depends upon the ability of ecological communities to track climate change. Species that rapidly shift their range in response to climate change will not be unduly affected, whereas species that are stuck in one place are at extreme risk from a changing climate (they must either adapt, or perish). We need, therefore, a firm understanding of how, and how rapidly, species shift their range. This project will develop a universal framework within which to model species' responses to climate change. As such, the project will contribute greatly to how we plan for, and manage, the effects of climate change.