Tackling the species problem: theory and application in plant ­feeding insects

解决物种问题：植物食性昆虫的理论与应用

• 批准号: RGPIN-2017-06287
• 负责人: Favret, Colin
• 金额: $ 1.75万
• 依托单位: Université de Montréal
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=632030
• 关键词: Tackling; species; problem; theory; application

Biological diversity and evolutionary success are often measured in terms of species numbers, but for many groups of organisms, it is difficult to determine where one species ends and another begins. This uncertainty has its origins in the evolutionary processes that create those species in the first place. The research programme will address both theoretical and practical aspects of the “species problem”, examining the processes that create species and developing methods to circumscribe and describe them.

生物多样性和进化成功通常以物种数量来衡量，但对于许多生物体群体来说，很难确定一个物种在哪里结束，另一个物种从哪里开始。这种不确定性源于最初创造这些物种的进化过程。该研究计划将解决“物种问题”的理论和实践方面的问题，研究创造物种的过程并开发限制和描述它们的方法。