Dynamic networks in a patchy landscape: will species interactions adjust to increased climatic extremes?

斑驳景观中的动态网络：物种相互作用会适应日益加剧的极端气候吗？

• 批准号: DP1095632
• 负责人: Prof Chris Dickman
• 金额: $ 36.56万
• 依托单位: The University of Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP1095632
• 关键词: Dynamic; networks; patchy; landscape; will

This project addresses pressing questions on how increased climatic extremes will affect species diversity in arid Australia, building on the longest ecological dataset available for the continent's vast but fragile inland landscapes. Our tests of key ideas about strong interactions among species, their role in building resilient communities and conserving biodiversity, will generate considerable international interest, while our focus on interactions of species at water sources will address knowledge gaps to inform best practice in managing converted pastoral lands. The results will contribute to retaining healthy functioning ecosystems, and the vital production systems they support, as the global climate changes.

该项目以澳大利亚大陆广袤但脆弱的内陆景观可用的最长生态数据集为基础，解决了极端气候增加将如何影响干旱的澳大利亚物种多样性的紧迫问题。我们对物种之间强相互作用的关键思想的测试，以及它们在建立有弹性的群落和保护生物多样性方面的作用，将引起相当大的国际兴趣，而我们对水源地物种相互作用的关注将解决知识差距，为管理转化后的牧地的最佳实践提供信息。这些成果将有助于在全球气候变化时保持健康运行的生态系统及其支持的重要生产系统。