Natural and anthropogenic drivers of the broad-scale geographic distributions of species

物种大范围地理分布的自然和人为驱动因素

• 批准号: 3131-2012
• 负责人: Currie, David
• 金额: $ 2.4万
• 依托单位: University of Ottawa
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=544083
• 关键词: Natural; anthropogenic; drivers; broad; scale

The most fundamental -- and practical -- questions about ecological systems are : what determines how many organisms there are, and where they are found? Complete answers to these questions would be impossibly complex. Useful preliminary answers would involve two parts: (1) predictive models that statistically relate the observed variance in nature of how many organisms there are, and where they are, to characteristics of organisms' habitat; coupled with (2) simple, process-based models that predict those statistical patterns, as well as other aspects of their biology and geography.

关于生态系统最基本和最实际的问题是：是什么决定了有多少生物，以及它们在哪里被发现？ 这些问题的完整答案将是不可能的复杂。 有用的初步答案将涉及两个部分：（1）预测模型，它将观察到的自然界中有多少生物体以及它们在哪里的变化与生物体栖息地的特征统计相关;加上（2）简单的，基于过程的模型，预测这些统计模式，以及它们的生物学和地理学的其他方面。