Drivers of phenotypic evolution in a vulnerable alpine ecosystem

该项目旨在全面、综合地了解高度脆弱的高山物种和群落对气候变化的恢复能力和响应驱动因素。该项目旨在确定高山植物、土壤无脊椎动物和微生物相互作用的群落如何应对或进化到新的气候条件。这些山脉是水塔，对澳大利亚的电力供应和农业生产力至关重要。了解植物、动物和群落的生理耐受性和潜在的快速进化反应，对于预测气候变化对脆弱的澳大利亚阿尔卑斯山未来生产力的影响，并为气候适应提供新的选择是必要的。

This project aims to deliver a comprehensive, integrated understanding of the capacity for resilience and drivers of response of highly vulnerable alpine species and communities to climate change. The project aims to determine how communities of interacting alpine plants, soil invertebrates and microbes can cope with or evolve to novel climatic conditions. The mountains are water towers critical to power supply and Australia's agricultural productivity. Understanding physiological tolerance and the potential for rapid evolutionary responses of plants, animals and communities is necessary to predict impacts of climate change on the future productivity of the vulnerable Australian Alps and to provide novel options for climate adaptation.