The biodiversity consequences of evolutionary innovation

该项目旨在增加关于进化创新如何影响生物多样性的知识。这个项目将集中在进化创新的一个经典例子，在许多鱼类群体中发现的专门的喉颚，包括豆娘鱼，濑鱼和慈鲷。这些独特的颌骨可以解释为什么这些鱼类群体包含如此多的物种，并且在澳大利亚和其他地方是如此成功的入侵物种。该项目提出了一种方法和功能实验的综合组合，以揭示进化创新的生物多样性后果。它还将通过制定评估水产养殖和水族馆贸易物种入侵风险的新方法来加强澳大利亚的生物安全。

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.