Testing the links between ecological processes and evolutionary radiations

该项目旨在将最新的分析进展应用于哺乳动物、鸟类和植物的系统发育和空间分布的大规模数据库，以探索小规模生态过程在产生大规模宏观进化模式中的作用。产生大规模生物多样性模式所涉及的过程尚不完全清楚，但新的大型生物多样性数据库和分析方法的最新进展使我们处于有利地位，能够取得重大进展。通过整合群落生态学和宏观进化这两个不同的研究领域，该项目旨在为生物多样性理论做出重大贡献，并帮助为长期、基于过程的保护规划发展更坚实的科学基础。

This project aims to apply recent analytical advances to massive databases of the phylogeny and spatial distributions of mammals, birds and plants, to explore the role of small-scale ecological processes in generating large-scale macroevolutionary patterns. The processes involved in generating large-scale patterns of biodiversity are still not fully understood, but large new biodiversity databases and recent advances in analytical methods put us in a good position to make significant progress. By integrating two separate research fields, community ecology and macroevolution, this project aims to make a significant contribution to biodiversity theory, and help to develop a more robust scientific foundation for long-range, process-based conservation planning.