Drivers of vegetation in insular systems: Towards an integrative approach for functional island biogeography

岛屿系统植被的驱动因素：寻求功能性岛屿生物地理学的综合方法

• 批准号: 440779035
• 负责人: Dr. Julian Schrader
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Department of Biological Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2019-12-31 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/440779035?language=en
• 关键词: Drivers; vegetation; insular; systems; Towards

This project investigates how vegetation responds to landscape fragmentation, invasive species, and disturbances through the lens of plant functional traits, using the Fijian islands as a model system. Functional traits characterise species ecological adaptations and directly link to ecosystem processes. In principle, islands are ideal models as their plant communities are easily observed and the vegetation dynamics resemble those of fragmented landscapes. However, no comprehensive attempt has yet been made to connect plant traits with species occurrences in an island system. This project addresses this gap by interlinking plant species occurrences at different spatial scales on the islands of Fiji with functional traits, thereby building new understanding of fundamental ecological processes, with clear implications for conservation practice.

本项目以斐济群岛为模型系统，通过植物功能性状的透镜，研究植被对景观破碎化、入侵物种和干扰的反应。功能性状反映了物种的生态适应性，与生态系统过程直接相关。原则上，岛屿是理想的模式，因为它们的植物群落很容易观察，植被动态类似于破碎的景观。然而，还没有全面的尝试，以连接植物性状与物种出现在一个岛屿系统。该项目通过将斐济岛屿上不同空间尺度的植物物种出现与功能特征联系起来，从而建立对基本生态过程的新认识，从而解决这一差距，并对保护实践产生明确影响。

项目成果

Papua at the Crossroads: A Plea for Systematic Conservation Planning in One of the Largest Remaining Areas of Tropical Rainforest

• DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2022.763131
• 发表时间: 2022-02
• 作者: C. Parsch;Benjamin Wagner;Margaretha Pangau‐Adam;C. Nitschke;H. Kreft;Julian Schrader

A roadmap to plant functional island biogeography

• DOI: 10.1111/brv.12782
• 发表时间: 2021-08
• 期刊: Biological Reviews
• 影响因子: 10
• 作者: Julian Schrader;I. Wright;H. Kreft;M. Westoby