How we came to our senses: dietary ecology and primate sensory evolution

我们如何获得感官：饮食生态学和灵长类动物感官进化

• 批准号: RGPIN-2017-03782
• 负责人: MelinMeachem, Amanda
• 金额: $ 2.77万
• 依托单位: University of Calgary
• 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=632183
• 关键词: How; came; our; senses; dietary

My long-term research aim is to understand how primates use their senses to find and select foods, and how diet and habitat have shaped vision, olfaction, taste, touch and hearing over the course of primate evolution. All major hypotheses concerning primate origins and adaptive radiation hinge on the relationships among sensory systems, diet and activity pattern. To propel forward our understanding of primate foraging ecology, my research program over the next 5 years will integrate fieldwork with state-of-the-art methods in genomics and recent technology for measuring food properties on-site in primate habitats.

我的长期研究目标是了解灵长类动物如何使用它们的感官来寻找和选择食物，以及饮食和栖息地如何在灵长类动物进化过程中塑造视觉，嗅觉，味觉，触觉和听觉。所有关于灵长类起源和适应性辐射的主要假说都取决于感觉系统、饮食和活动模式之间的关系。为了推进我们对灵长类动物觅食生态学的理解，我的研究计划在未来5年将整合实地考察与最先进的基因组学方法和最新技术，用于测量灵长类动物栖息地的食物特性。