Northern climates and the ecological interactions of interacting species

我的研究小组使用实验室、野外和建模方法相结合的方法来确定动物能量学（动物从环境中获取和吸收能量，并在维持、生长和繁殖之间分配吸收能量的过程）的生态和进化后果。在这里，我向我们介绍生物学的最新进展（使用小型动物标签来记录和/或传递有关动物运动、行为、生理和/或环境的数据），以记录加拿大北部自由放养的野生动物全年的精力和活动状态。我将把这些生物学家部署在加拿大北部四个著名的野生动物群落上，以更好地了解气候是如何影响能量状态的。这项提议的研究将有助于建立新的生物能源数据和模型，帮助我们记录和预测北方环境变化将如何改变野生动物的丰度、分布和共存。在本提案中，我请求提供资金，以抵消与在北方进行研究有关的高昂后勤和社区外展费用。我特别要求为旅行、雇用当地社区协调员、咨询长老和猎人提供资金，以确保获得成功部署生物学家所需的社区支持、知识和研究许可，并将结果反馈给社区。

My research group uses a combination of laboratory, field, and modeling approaches to identify the ecological and evolutionary consequences of animal energetics (the process by which animals acquire and assimilate energy from the environment, and allocate assimilated energy between maintenance, growth, and reproduction). Here I propose to us recent advances in biologging (the use of miniaturized animal-attached tags for logging and/or relaying of data about an animal's movements, behaviour, physiology and/or environment) to document the year-round energetic and activity states of free-ranging wildlife in northern Canada. I will deploy these biologgers on four prominent wildlife assemblages across the Canadian North to better understand how climate affects the energetic status. This proposed research will contribute to new bioenergetic data and models that will help us document and predict how northern environmental change will alter wildlife abundance, distribution and coexistence. In this proposal, I request funding to offset the high logistical and community outreach costs associated with research in the North. In particular, I request funds for travel, hiring local community coordinators, and consulting with elders and hunters, to secure the community support, knowledge, and research licensing required for successful deployment of biologgers, as well as communicating the results back to the community.