Latitudinal gradients and beyond: understanding the drivers of global patterns in plant ecology

纬度梯度及其他：了解植物生态学全球模式的驱动因素

• 批准号: DP140102861
• 负责人: Prof Angela Moles
• 金额: $ 22.58万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2019-03-19
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP140102861
• 关键词: Latitudinal; gradients; beyond; understanding; drivers

There are astonishing gaps in our understanding of global patterns in the way plants grow, and the factors that underlie these patterns. We don’t know whether mean climatic conditions or extreme events are more important in shaping plant traits. We don’t know which environmental variables are most important in shaping most aspects of plant ecological strategy, and we don’t know what shape the relationship between latitude and most plant traits takes. This project will address these knowledge gaps, substantially improving our ability to predict the potential impacts of climate change on plants, and providing the basis for exciting new theory about the mechanisms driving the evolution of plant form and function in Australia, and around the world.

我们对植物生长方式的全球模式以及这些模式背后的因素的理解存在惊人的差距。我们不知道平均气候条件还是极端事件在塑造植物性状方面更重要。我们不知道哪些环境变量在形成植物生态策略的大多数方面是最重要的，我们也不知道纬度和大多数植物性状之间的关系是什么。该项目将解决这些知识差距，大大提高我们预测气候变化对植物的潜在影响的能力，并为推动澳大利亚和世界各地植物形态和功能进化的机制提供令人兴奋的新理论基础。