Is adaptation to climate change really constrained in niche specialists?

适应气候变化真的限制了利基专家吗？

• 批准号: DE150100507
• 负责人: Dr Belinda van Heerwaarden
• 金额: $ 26.03万
• 依托单位: Monash University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2015-05-28 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE150100507
• 关键词: adaptation; climate; change; really; constrained

Accurately predicting the vulnerability of species to climate change is of paramount importance for managing biodiversity for conservation, agricultural and human health-related purposes. Mounting evidence indicates that adaptive responses to climate changes may be highly constrained, particularly in the biodiverse tropics. However, this is based on studies that do not reflect projected climatic variations. This project aims to provide the first assessment of the capacity to adapt to climate change in widespread and tropical species using ecologically realistic conditions that reflect projected changes. The data will be used to develop accurate models predicting species vulnerability and serve to better guide conservation strategies.

准确预测物种对气候变化的脆弱性，对于为养护、农业和人类健康相关目的管理生物多样性至关重要。越来越多的证据表明，对气候变化的适应性反应可能受到很大限制，特别是在生物多样性丰富的热带地区。然而，这是基于不反映预测的气候变化的研究。该项目旨在利用反映预计变化的生态现实条件，对广布物种和热带物种适应气候变化的能力进行首次评估。这些数据将用于开发预测物种脆弱性的准确模型，并更好地指导保护战略。