Integrative Ecology

综合生态学

基本信息

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

项目摘要

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.

在过去的十五年中，生物多样性科学取得了令人印象深刻的进步，以预测全球变化对范围变化，灭绝风险和生物多样性的未来分布的影响。对“生物多样性场景”模拟的需求将生态学推向了对过程的描述和理解，而将生态学推向了更具预测性的科学。尽管对这些情况充满热情，但大多数建模方法仍然因不整合已知会影响生物多样性分布和关键生态系统过程的关键过程而受到批评。生物多样性不仅仅是物种列表，它也是促进生态系统过程并支持生命多样化的相互作用的集合。 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全球各地都有不同，而且生物多样性的结构也有所不同。在生物地理学和社区生态学之间的十字路口的这项研究的基础上，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开发一种理论，以理解和预测生物多样性变化的多个维度。除了对生物多样性变化的基本研究之外，主席的活动还包括开发开放信息系统以及为合作伙伴提供一套决策支持工具。