Landscape ecology and conservation in the Canadian boreal region

加拿大北方地区的景观生态与保护

• 批准号: 341974-2008
• 负责人: Wiersma, Yolanda
• 金额: $ 1.09万
• 依托单位: Memorial University of Newfoundland
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2011-01-01 至 2012-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=482390
• 关键词: Landscape; ecology; conservation; Canadian; boreal

The northern forests of Canada, known as the boreal region, is a vast area with a unique assemblage of biodiversity. Canada is home to a large proportion of the world's boreal forest, which supplies an important function for carbon storage, and is home to unique species as well as the breeding grounds for hundred of migrant songbirds. Increasingly, the boreal region is under threat from external stressors such as climate change, as well as more immediate threats due to resource development (logging, mining, hydroelectric development) and recreational use. Conservation of species and their associated habitats in the boreal requires an understanding of species ecology. This includes an understanding of their specific habitat requirements as well as an understanding of ecological processes such as predator-prey relationships. Protected areas can facilitate biodiversity conservation, but only when appropriately implemented. Research in landscape ecology that integrates Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with conservation questions will contribute significantly to biodiversity conservation in the boreal region and to our understanding of spatial dynamics of ecological processes and species-habitat interactions. Such research will contribute to better design of protected areas in order to conserve boreal species and ecoystems over the long term in the face of environmental change.

加拿大北部的森林，被称为北方地区，是一个广袤的地区，具有独特的生物多样性集合。加拿大拥有世界上很大比例的北方森林，这为碳储存提供了重要的功能，也是独特物种的家园，也是数百只候鸟的繁殖地。北方地区越来越多地受到外部压力的威胁，如气候变化，以及由于资源开发(伐木、采矿、水电开发)和娱乐用途造成的更直接的威胁。保护北方物种及其相关栖息地需要了解物种生态学。这包括了解它们特定的栖息地要求以及了解生态过程，如捕食者与猎物之间的关系。保护区可以促进生物多样性保护，但只有在适当实施的情况下。将地理信息系统(GIS)与保护问题相结合的景观生态学研究将对北方地区的生物多样性保护以及我们对生态过程和物种-栖息地相互作用的空间动力学的理解具有重要意义。这种研究将有助于更好地设计保护区，以便在面临环境变化的情况下长期保护北方物种和生态系统。