Predicting invertebrate life cycles under variable climates

预测可变气候下的无脊椎动物生命周期

• 批准号: DP160100279
• 负责人: Prof Michael Kearney
• 金额: $ 25.29万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2016-01-01 至 2019-03-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP160100279
• 关键词: Predicting; invertebrate; life; cycles; under

This project seeks to characterise and predict the responses of invertebrates to climate variability and climate change. Alterations to the developmental trajectory are a major way that organisms adapt their life cycles to climatic variability. Many invertebrates avoid extremes of heat, cold and dry by entering a quiescent or diapause state, often at the egg stage. This project plans to apply novel high-throughput methods for characterising developmental patterns in the eggs of invertebrates in conjunction with microclimate models and modern phylogenetic methods to understand and predict responses to climatic variability. The methods are expected to be transferable to other invertebrates and may lead to breakthroughs in pest management and conservation.

该项目旨在描述和预测无脊椎动物对气候变化和气候变化的反应。发育轨迹的改变是生物体使其生命周期适应气候变化的主要方式。许多无脊椎动物通过进入静止或滞育状态来避免极端的高温、寒冷和干燥，通常是在卵期。该项目计划应用新的高通量方法来描述无脊椎动物卵的发育模式，并结合小气候模型和现代系统发育方法来理解和预测对气候变化的反应。这些方法有望移植到其他无脊椎动物身上，并可能在害虫管理和保护方面取得突破。