The biodiversity consequences of evolutionary innovation

进化创新对生物多样性的影响

• 批准号: DE180101558
• 负责人: Dr Matthew McGee
• 金额: $ 25.55万
• 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: 2018
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2018-03-08 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE180101558
• 关键词: biodiversity; consequences; evolutionary; innovation

This project aims to increase knowledge of how evolutionary innovations affect biodiversity. This project will focus on a classic example of evolutionary innovation, the specialized throat jaws found in many fish groups, including damselfishes, wrasses, and cichlids. These unique jaws may explain why these fish groups contain so many species and are such successful invasive species in Australia and elsewhere. This project proposes an integrative combination of methods and functional experiments to reveal the biodiversity consequences of evolutionary innovation. It will also enhance Australian biosecurity through the production of new ways to assess invasion risk from aquaculture and aquarium trade species.

该项目旨在增加对进化创新如何影响生物多样性的认识。这个项目将集中研究进化创新的一个经典例子，即在许多鱼类中发现的特殊喉颚，包括豆娘鱼、濑鱼和鲷鱼。这些独特的下颚也许可以解释为什么这些鱼群包含如此多的物种，并且是澳大利亚和其他地方如此成功的入侵物种。本项目提出了一种综合方法和功能实验相结合的方法来揭示进化创新对生物多样性的影响。它还将通过开发新的方法来评估水产养殖和水族贸易物种的入侵风险，从而加强澳大利亚的生物安全。