Evolution in tooth and claw: exploring the relationship between the radiation of marsupial herbivores and late Cenozoic climate change

牙齿和爪子的进化：探索有袋食草动物的辐射与新生代晚期气候变化的关系

• 批准号: DP110100726
• 负责人: Prof Gavin Prideaux
• 金额: $ 20.06万
• 依托单位: Flinders University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2011-07-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP110100726
• 关键词: Evolution; tooth; claw; exploring; relationship

Establishing how animals responded to past environmental changes is essential for understanding the ecology of modern species and managing them in light of contemporary climatic trends. By applying several novel analytical methods this project will unravel the links between the radiation of Australian marsupials and key stages in climatic evolution.

确定动物如何对过去的环境变化作出反应，对于理解现代物种的生态以及根据当代气候趋势对它们进行管理至关重要。通过应用几种新颖的分析方法，该项目将揭示澳大利亚有袋动物的辐射与气候演变的关键阶段之间的联系。