From roots to flowers: linking behavioural, evolutionary, and community ecology in a native grassland

从根到花：将原生草原的行为、进化和群落生态联系起来

• 批准号: 227222-2009
• 负责人: Cahill, James
• 金额: $ 3.64万
• 依托单位: University of Alberta
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=514252
• 关键词: roots; flowers; linking; behavioural; evolutionary

Funds are requested to support a research program in experimental plant ecology. The dominant theme of my research program is the examination of mechanisms that determine the function and diversity of complex ecological systems, with an emphasis on belowground processes. Within this framework, I have three central research areas (i) plant competition and coexistence, (ii) plant behavioural ecology, and (iii) multi-trophic interactions. My experimental approach to testing ecological theory, along with my ability to incorporate advances in evolutionary, behavioural, and statistical sciences into my research makes me well positioned to disentangle the complexity of natural communities.

需要资金来支持一项实验植物生态学的研究计划。我的研究计划的主要主题是研究决定复杂生态系统的功能和多样性的机制，重点是地下过程。在这个框架内，我有三个中心研究领域(I)植物竞争和共存，(Ii)植物行为生态学，和(Iii)多营养相互作用。我测试生态理论的实验方法，以及我将进化、行为和统计科学的进步纳入我的研究的能力，使我能够很好地理清自然群落的复杂性。