Biodiversity theory and informatics

生物多样性理论和信息学

• 批准号: CRC-2016-00216
• 负责人: Pennell, Matthew
• 金额: $ 8.74万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=693082
• 关键词: Biodiversity; theory; informatics

I propose a novel and ambitious research program that will investigate how organismal energy budgets have evolved over lifes history. Specifically, I will study the evolutionary history of the relationship between metabolic rate and body size in animals and photosynthetic capacity in plants. In conjunction with large-scale data analysis, I will use simulations and mathematical modeling to understand how the evolution of organismal energetics influences ecosystem properties. A broader aim of this work is to understand how to leverage information about evolutionary relatedness to make more robust predictions about how ecosystems will respond to climate change and other threats.

我提出了一个新颖而雄心勃勃的研究计划，该计划将调查生物体能量预算是如何在生命历史中演变的。具体地说，我将研究动物的代谢率和体型以及植物的光合作用能力之间的关系的演化史。结合大规模的数据分析，我将使用模拟和数学建模来理解生物能量学的进化如何影响生态系统的特性。这项工作的一个更广泛的目标是了解如何利用有关进化相关性的信息，对生态系统将如何应对气候变化和其他威胁做出更可靠的预测。