Functional Ecology

功能生态学

• 批准号: 1000231010-2015
• 负责人: Careau, Vincent
• 金额: $ 4.37万
• 依托单位: University of Ottawa
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=695758
• 关键词: Functional; Ecology

Metabolic rate the fire of life is the sum of the processes by which animals acquire and channel energy into useful functions. All animals must oxidize foodstuff to obtain the energy needed to grow, reproduce and survive, but the rate at which they do so is highly variable among species, populations, and individuals. Given the central importance of metabolism in biology, it is surprising that we still know little about the evolutionary processes shaping metabolic rate. The overall goal is to identify the causes and consequences of (co)adaptations among metabolism, behaviour, and performance using quantitative-genetics, natural selection, and comparative approaches.

代谢率生命之火是动物获取能量并将能量转化为有用功能的过程的总和。所有动物都必须氧化食物以获得生长、繁殖和生存所需的能量，但它们这样做的速度在物种、种群和个体之间差异很大。考虑到新陈代谢在生物学中的核心重要性，令人惊讶的是，我们仍然对塑造代谢率的进化过程知之甚少。总体目标是确定的原因和后果（共）适应代谢，行为和性能使用定量遗传学，自然选择和比较的方法。