Why our biota is unique: ecophysiological response, adaptive radiation and changing environments in Cainozoic Australia

为什么我们的生物群是独一无二的：新生代澳大利亚的生态生理反应、适应性辐射和不断变化的环境

• 批准号: DP0343404
• 负责人: Prof Robert Hill
• 金额: $ 8.63万
• 依托单位: The University of Adelaide
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2003-01-01 至 2005-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0343404
• 关键词: Why; our; biota; unique; ecophysiological

We seek to resolve Cainozoic diversification and extinction patterns leading to the modern Australian biota. We propose a broad-scale, multi-disciplinary approach involving systematic palaeontology, palaeobiology, biostratigraphy, molecular and morphological systematics and physiology of modern organisms. For the first time, we will synthesise data on past climatic and environmental influences on the evolution of Australian plants, animals and community structure through time. This will provide a solid historical basis to develop management strategies for the Australian biota under different, future, climatic scenarios, and will also provide a biostratigraphic framework essential for high-resolution mineral and hydrocarbon exploration.

我们寻求解决新生代多样化和灭绝模式导致现代澳大利亚生物群。我们提出了一个广泛的，多学科的方法，涉及系统古生物学，古生物学，生物地层学，分子和形态系统学和现代生物生理学。这是第一次，我们将综合过去的气候和环境对澳大利亚植物，动物和群落结构的演变的影响数据。这将提供一个坚实的历史基础，为澳大利亚生物群在不同的，未来的气候情景下制定管理战略，也将提供一个生物地层学框架，高分辨率的矿物和碳氢化合物勘探必不可少。