Where the wild things go: finding and creating refugia from climate change in Northern Britain

野生动物的去向：在英国北部寻找和创造免受气候变化影响的避难所

• 批准号: 2878113
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Northumbria University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2878113
• 关键词: Where; wild; things; go; finding

This project will identify variables that predict the microclimatic buffering potential of refugia. There will be a particular focus on rewilding sites, characterised by the removal or reduction of human intervention within the landscape. As species shift their range poleward and to higher altitudes with increasing global temperatures, scientists and land managers must work cohesively to assist migration and movement. To date, studies have focussed on the identification of landscape characteristics with high buffering capacity. These include increased forest canopy cover and water availability which can reduce temperatures and increase humidity; higher altitude which provides cooler regions within elevated landscapes, and topographical heterogeneity which provides cool-air pockets along a rugged terrain. These individual studies highlight the potential for refugia to form, yet we know little of how these buffers may interact to reinforce or dampen the effect of each other. Furthermore, we know little of the spatial and temporal mechanisms which drive refugial formation and microclimate conditions within rewilding sites.Some of the research questions this PhD aims to address are:1) Are the ameliorative effects of microclimate buffers' additive in nature, therefore more stable? 2) What impact do temporal or spatial scales have on the buffering potential of a landscape? 3) Are these buffers being considered and implemented into active rewilding projects as a means of reducing biodiversity loss in a warming world?

该项目将确定预测避难所小气候缓冲潜力的变量。将有一个特别的重点是重新野化的网站，其特点是删除或减少人为干预的景观。随着全球气温的升高，物种的活动范围向极地和更高的海拔地区转移，科学家和土地管理者必须团结一致，协助迁移和移动。到目前为止，研究的重点是识别具有高缓冲能力的景观特征。这些因素包括森林树冠覆盖和水的供应增加，这可以降低温度和增加湿度;海拔较高，这在高地景观中提供了较冷的地区，以及地形的异质性，这提供了沿着崎岖地形的冷空气袋。这些单独的研究强调了避难所形成的可能性，但我们对这些缓冲区如何相互作用以加强或抑制彼此的影响知之甚少。此外，我们知道很少的空间和时间机制，驱动避难所的形成和小气候条件内rewilding situation.Some的研究问题，这个博士旨在解决的是：1）是改善效果的小气候缓冲区的添加剂的性质，因此更稳定？2)时间或空间尺度对景观的缓冲潜力有什么影响？3)这些缓冲区是否被考虑并实施到积极的野化项目中，作为在变暖的世界中减少生物多样性损失的一种手段？