Primate Ecology and Conservation

灵长类动物生态与保护

• 批准号: 1000223684-2010
• 负责人: Chapman, Colin
• 金额: $ 10.93万
• 依托单位: McGill University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=647191
• 关键词: Primate; Ecology; Conservation

A fundamental issue in ecology is determining factors regulating animal density and debate over this issue is dichotomized between bottom-up verses top-down processes. Understanding determinants of animal abundance has taken on a new importance with the need to develop informed management plans for endangered species. With respect to primates, these theoretical issues are critical because tropical forests are undergoing rapid anthropogenic transformation. While there is great concern over these threats, there are few studies that go beyond providing obvious solutions (e.g., decrease hunting). This is due to the fact that the tools to evaluate the relative importance of the many potential factors have not been developed and to the lack of long-term data. My research will provide a new set of integrative tools to understand the importance of factors proposed to influence population dynamics. It will test the application of these tools from the individual level (individual fitness), to the group level, and finally to a landscape level.

生态学中的一个基本问题是调节动物密度的决定因素，关于这个问题的争论分为自下而上和自上而下的过程。了解动物丰富的决定因素已经采取了一个新的重要性，需要制定明智的濒危物种管理计划。对于灵长类动物，这些理论问题是至关重要的，因为热带森林正在经历快速的人为改造。虽然人们对这些威胁非常关注，但除了提供明显的解决方案外，很少有研究（例如，减少狩猎）。这是因为尚未开发出评估许多潜在因素相对重要性的工具，而且缺乏长期数据。我的研究将提供一套新的综合工具，以了解影响人口动态的因素的重要性。 它将测试这些工具的应用，从个人层面（个人健康），到群体层面，最后到景观层面。