Artificial light at night as a driver of evolutionary change

夜间人造光是进化变化的驱动力

• 批准号: DP210101915
• 负责人: Prof Theresa Jones
• 金额: $ 35.77万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2021-11-01 至 2024-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP210101915
• 关键词: Artificial; light; night; driver; evolutionary

This project aims to investigate whether artificial light at night drives evolutionary change using a combination of field observations, laboratory experiments and advanced genetic techniques. This multi-disciplinary study expects to provide a significant advance in understanding of the impact of light at night for animals and will enhance our capacity to predict the outcome of future urban expansions for all species. The outcomes will have broad implications for estimating the future biodiversity and health of our urban areas and will benefit both globally and within Australia by providing much needed data regarding the likely resilience of species currently residing in our major cities.

该项目旨在通过实地观察、实验室实验和先进的遗传技术相结合，研究夜间人造光是否会推动进化变化。这项多学科研究有望在理解夜间光线对动物的影响方面取得重大进展，并将增强我们预测未来城市扩张对所有物种的影响的能力。研究结果将对估计我们城市地区未来的生物多样性和健康状况产生广泛的影响，并将通过提供目前居住在我们主要城市的物种可能的复原力的急需数据，使全球和澳大利亚受益。