Global Analyses of Plant and Animal Demography

全球植物和动物人口统计分析

• 批准号: NE/N006798/1
• 负责人: David Hodgson
• 金额: $ 4.87万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2015 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FN006798%2F1
• 关键词: Global; Analyses; Plant; Animal; Demography

These are exciting times for population biologists. There exists a large and rapidly growing database of complete descriptions of the life cycles of thousands of species of plants and animals from all over the world. These life cycles include measurements of rates of survival, growth and reproduction. Associated with these life cycles is information on the location, evolutionary history, pest status, conservation status, life form and habitat of each species. This database allows researchers from the fields of demography, population ecology, evolutionary biology and conservation biology to understand the full diversity of plant and animal life histories all over the world. However, the scientific power of such databases can only be realised by bringing together an international team of scientists to decide (1) how to manage the databases and make sure they are available, and understandable, to all interested parties; (2) how to study the database to reveal global patterns and drivers of life cycles and demographies; (3) how to make sure that the databases contuinue to grow; and (4) how to integrate these databases with other global sources of information on phylogeny, climate, biodiversity and human impacts.Hence we propose the creation of an international consortium to address these questions. We will meet for a 5-day workshop to decide how to ensure the databases grow and are disseminated to scientists and the public. We will also work to set a research agenda on how best to exploit the databases. We will then employ a database officer to create and manage the databases across several computer servers, starting at the University of Exeter. We will focus not just on scientific discovery but also on the production of educational materials and on the visual impact of life cycles and population dynamics.The outcome of this consortium will be a vibrant new set of international collaborations, and a robust set of web-based, open access databases, to help guide the future understanding of biodiversity and how it persists and adapts to changing climates and environments.

对种群生物学家来说，这是激动人心的时刻。有一个庞大且快速增长的数据库，完整地描述了来自世界各地的数千种动植物的生命周期。这些生命周期包括对存活率、生长率和繁殖率的测量。与这些生命周期相关的信息包括每个物种的位置、进化历史、害虫状况、保护状况、生活形式和栖息地。该数据库允许来自人口统计学、种群生态学、进化生物学和保护生物学领域的研究人员了解世界各地动植物生活史的全部多样性。然而，这类数据库的科学力量只能通过汇集一个国际科学家团队来实现(1)如何管理数据库，并确保它们对所有感兴趣的各方都是可用的和可理解的；(2)如何研究数据库以揭示全球生命周期和人口统计的模式和驱动因素；(3)如何保证数据库的持续增长；(4)如何将这些数据库与全球其他关于系统发育、气候、生物多样性和人类影响的信息资源进行整合。因此，我们建议建立一个国际联盟来解决这些问题。我们将举行一个为期5天的研讨会，以决定如何确保数据库的增长并向科学家和公众传播。我们还将就如何最好地利用这些数据库制定研究议程。然后，我们将从埃克塞特大学开始，雇用一名数据库管理员创建和管理跨几台计算机服务器的数据库。我们将不仅注重科学发现，而且注重教育材料的制作以及生命周期和人口动态的视觉影响。该联盟的成果将是一套充满活力的新的国际合作，以及一套强大的基于网络的开放获取数据库，以帮助指导未来对生物多样性的理解，以及生物多样性如何持续存在和适应不断变化的气候和环境。

项目成果

Invasiveness of plants is predicted by size and fecundity in the native range.

• DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1432
• 发表时间: 2015-05
• 期刊: ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
• 影响因子: 2.6
• 作者: Jelbert, Kim;Stott, Iain;McDonald, Robbie A.;Hodgson, Dave
• 通讯作者: Hodgson, Dave

A standard protocol to report discrete stage-structured demographic information

报告离散阶段结构人口统计信息的标准协议

• DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.14164
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Methods in Ecology and Evolution
• 影响因子: 6.6
• 作者: Gascoigne S

Beware the F test (or, how to compare variances)

• DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.12.014
• 发表时间: 2018-02-01
• 期刊: ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
• 影响因子: 2.5
• 作者: Hosken, D. J.;Buss, D. L.;Hodgson, D. J.
• 通讯作者: Hodgson, D. J.

Transients drive the demographic dynamics of plant populations in variable environments.

• DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12528
• 发表时间: 2016-03
• 期刊: The Journal of ecology
• 作者: McDonald JL;Stott I;Townley S;Hodgson DJ
• 通讯作者: Hodgson DJ

Stochastic effects contribute to population fitness differences

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2019.108760
• 发表时间: 2019-09-15
• 期刊: ECOLOGICAL MODELLING
• 影响因子: 3.1
• 作者: Davison, Raziel;Stadman, Marc;Jongejans, Eelke
• 通讯作者: Jongejans, Eelke