The impact of climate variability on the species ranges of European freshwater pulmonates

提出的研究将推断气候变化对欧洲淡水肺藻（腹足类）物种范围的相对作用。综合宏观生态学（自上而下）和基于种群（自下而上）的方法，将在系统发育知情框架内使用各种观察和实验方法，全面分析形成该分类单元地理范围的因素。除了对我们了解这一分类群在空间和时间上的分布和生物多样性的控制过程的重要性之外，这项研究的最终目的是为全球变暖情景下未来范围变化的预测提供基础。

The proposed study will infer the relative role of climate variability on the species ranges of European freshwater pulmonates (Gastropoda). Integrating a macroecological (top-down) and a population based (bottom-up) approach, factors shaping the geographical ranges of this taxon will be analysed comrehensively, using a wide variety of observational and experimental methods in an phylogenetically informed framework. Beyond the importance for our understanding of the processes governing the distribution and biodiversity of this taxon in space and time, the ultimate aim of the study is to provide a base for the prediction of future range changes due to global warming scenarios.