Population response to climate change in a host-parasite system

宿主-寄生虫系统中人口对气候变化的反应

• 批准号: DP0450472
• 负责人: Prof Christopher Bull
• 金额: $ 15.67万
• 依托单位: Flinders University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2004-01-01 至 2007-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0450472
• 关键词: Population; response; climate; change; host

A computer model will be developed to predict the impact of climate change on geographic ranges and population densities of the sleepy lizard, the world's only lizard to be recorded to show long-term monogamy, and its associated parasitic ticks. A blood parasite, carried by the tick, and potentially harmful to the lizards, will also be included in the investigation. The study forms the next step in a 21 year research project by Flinders university biologists. It will inform wildlife management about disease control and provide deeper understanding of the response of Australian fauna to climate change.

研究人员将开发一个计算机模型来预测气候变化对嗜睡蜥蜴的地理范围和种群密度的影响。嗜睡蜥蜴是世界上唯一一种被记录为长期一夫一妻制的蜥蜴，它与寄生蜱虫有关。蜱虫携带的一种可能对蜥蜴有害的血液寄生虫也将被纳入调查范围。这项研究是弗林德斯大学生物学家21年研究项目的下一步。它将为野生动物管理提供有关疾病控制的信息，并使人们更深入地了解澳大利亚动物对气候变化的反应。