Integrative Ecology

综合生态学

• 批准号: CRC-2021-00236
• 负责人: Gravel, Dominique
• 金额: $ 7.29万
• 依托单位: Université de Sherbrooke
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=750720
• 关键词: Integrative; Ecology

There has been an impressive progress in biodiversity science over the last fifteen years to predict the impacts of global changes on range shifts, extinction risks and the future distribution of biodiversity. The demand for simulations of "biodiversity scenarios" has pushed ecology, traditionally focused on the description and understanding of processes, towards a more predictive science. Despite the enthusiasm for these scenarios, most of the modelling approaches are still criticized for not integrating key processes known to impact biodiversity distribution and key ecosystem processes. Biodiversity is more than a list of species, it is also the collection of interactions among them driving ecosystem processes and supporting diversification of life. Research by the CRC in Integrative ecology has shown that not only the distribution of species richness varies across the globe, but also the architecture of biodiversity. Building on this research at the crossroad between biogeography and community ecology, I am now exploring how biodiversity distribution will be affected by anthropogenic changes. The long-term objective of my research program is to develop a theory to understand and predict the multiple dimensions of biodiversity changes. In addition to fundamental research on biodiversity changes, activities of the Chair include the development of an open information system and a suite of decision-support tools for partners.

在过去的15年里，生物多样性科学在预测全球变化对生物多样性的范围变化、灭绝风险和未来分布的影响方面取得了令人印象深刻的进展。对“生物多样性情景”模拟的需求推动了生态学，传统上侧重于描述和理解过程，走向更具预测性的科学。尽管人们对这些情景很感兴趣，但大多数建模方法仍然受到批评，因为它们没有将已知影响生物多样性分布的关键过程和关键生态系统过程结合起来。生物多样性不仅仅是一个物种列表，它也是它们之间相互作用的集合，推动生态系统进程并支持生命的多样化。CRC在综合生态学方面的研究表明，不仅物种丰富度的分布在地球仪上各不相同，而且生物多样性的结构也各不相同。基于这一研究在地理学和社区生态学之间的十字路口，我现在正在探索生物多样性分布将如何受到人为变化的影响。我的研究计划的长期目标是发展一种理论来理解和预测生物多样性变化的多个方面。除了关于生物多样性变化的基本研究外，主席的活动还包括为合作伙伴开发一个开放的信息系统和一套决策支持工具。