Reconstructing mechanisms of range contraction to avert species extinctions

重建范围收缩机制以避免物种灭绝

• 批准号: DP180102392
• 负责人: A/Prof Damien Fordham
• 金额: $ 34.63万
• 依托单位: The University of Adelaide
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2018-06-30 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP180102392
• 关键词: Reconstructing; mechanisms; range; contraction; avert

This project aims to integrate biotic information from fossils and ancient DNA of vertebrates into computational models to establish ecological processes that drive the structure and dynamics of geographical ranges and regulate the severity of species extinction rates from global change. This approach is likely to improve theory on dynamic species borders and expected outcomes include providing a framework for better allocating resources for endangered species in Australia and beyond. This will have significant benefits, such as providing the first mechanistic explanations for the principal drivers of mega-fauna extinctions during the late Pleistocene and Holocene.

该项目旨在将脊椎动物化石和古代DNA中的生物信息整合到计算模型中，以建立驱动地理范围结构和动态的生态过程，并调节全球变化导致的物种灭绝率的严重程度。这种方法可能会改善动态物种边界的理论，预期成果包括为澳大利亚及其他地区的濒危物种提供更好的资源分配框架。这将有重大的好处，如提供第一个机制解释的主要驱动程序的大型动物群灭绝在晚更新世和全新世。