Unravelling the last great Gondwanan mystery: the first land vertebrate fauna from the Tertiary of New Zealand

揭开冈瓦纳最后一个伟大的谜团：来自新西兰第三纪的第一个陆地脊椎动物群

• 批准号: DP0770660
• 负责人: Em/Prof Suzanne Hand
• 金额: $ 35.64万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 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 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0770660
• 关键词: Unravelling; last; great; Gondwanan; mystery

This project will dramatically increase knowledge about Australia's and New Zealand's shared biodiversity and the history of trans-Tasman dispersals. By comparing Australian and New Zealand fossil records, it will be possible to assess the speed at which evolving vertebrates of one landmass invade another, as well as the biotic consequences of such events, and provide data important for predicting and responding to future potentially-damaging events of this kind. Developing understanding about the timing and intensity of antipodean faunal response to past climate change will improve ability to anticipate and manage processes that threaten ecosystem resilience in both lands.

该项目将极大地增加对澳大利亚和新西兰共享的生物多样性以及跨塔斯曼扩散历史的了解。通过比较澳大利亚和新西兰的化石记录，将有可能评估一块陆地上进化的脊椎动物入侵另一块陆地的速度，以及此类事件的生物后果，并为预测和应对未来可能造成破坏的此类事件提供重要数据。加深对对极动物对过去气候变化反应的时间和强度的了解，将提高预测和管理威胁两地生态系统复原力的过程的能力。