The evolution of Australian rainforest faunas and the implications of continuing climate change

澳大利亚雨林动物群的演变以及持续气候变化的影响

• 批准号: LP0453664
• 负责人: Em/Prof Suzanne Hand
• 金额: $ 64.38万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2004-01-01 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP0453664
• 关键词: evolution; Australian; rainforest; faunas; implications

Australia's rainforest animals and ecosystems have been evolving for millions of years yet we routinely use only the last 200 years to assess changes that will affect their future - far too short a time interval to distinguish short-term perturbations from long-term trends in lineage health or community response. Our multidisciplinary team proposes to learn from 55 million years of response to rainfall and other climate change documented by the spectacular national, natural treasures in the fossil deposits of Tingamarra, Riversleigh and Rockhampton, to assess probable impacts of future environmental change and inform development of effective, long-term conservation strategies for rainforest communities.

澳大利亚的雨林动物和生态系统已经进化了数百万年，但我们通常只使用过去的200年来评估将影响其未来的变化-时间间隔太短，无法区分谱系健康或社区反应的短期扰动和长期趋势。我们的多学科团队建议从5500万年来对降雨和其他气候变化的反应中学习，这些反应由Tingamarra，Riversleigh和Rockhampton化石沉积物中壮观的国家自然宝藏记录，以评估未来环境变化的可能影响，并为制定有效的长期保护战略提供信息。