The Causes and Consequences of Biodiversity: A whole-system experimental approach.

生物多样性的原因和后果：全系统实验方法。

• 批准号: 293134-2013
• 负责人: Houlahan, Jeff
• 金额: $ 1.6万
• 依托单位: University of New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=525804
• 关键词: Causes; Consequences; Biodiversity; whole; system

There is increasing concern about the accelerating pace of biodiversity losses in Canada and around the world because we value living organisms but also because biodiversity losses may have negative impacts on natural ecosystems, which provide services such as clean water, absorbing excess carbon dioxide, filtering harmful contaminants and supporting important crop pollinators. This concern is heightened by predicted climatic changes that are likely to have unanticipated impacts on plant and animal diversity and the services they provide. Thus, it is essential to understand the natural and manmade causes of fluctuations in species richness and how those changes will impact important ecosystem services.

加拿大和世界各地生物多样性丧失的速度加快，这一点越来越令人关切，因为我们重视生物，但也因为生物多样性丧失可能对自然生态系统产生负面影响，而自然生态系统提供清洁水、吸收过量二氧化碳、过滤有害污染物和支持重要的作物授粉者等服务。 预测的气候变化可能对动植物多样性及其提供的服务产生意想不到的影响，从而加剧了这一关切。 因此，必须了解物种丰富度波动的自然和人为原因，以及这些变化将如何影响重要的生态系统服务。