Unlocking archives of faunal dispersal and extinction: the key to reconstructing palaeoenvironmental change in Southeast Asia

解开动物扩散和灭绝的档案：重建东南亚古环境变化的关键

• 批准号: DP1093049
• 负责人: A/Prof Kira Westaway
• 金额: $ 15.34万
• 依托单位: Macquarie University
• 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: 2010-07-31 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP1093049
• 关键词: Unlocking; archives; faunal; dispersal; extinction

The influence of environmental change on faunal populations is a pressing issue for Australian communities in environmentally sensitive areas. This will be addressed by documenting how fauna (and humans) in Southeast Asia, our nearest neighbours, responded to environmental challenges. Revealing when humans dispersed through the region and how they adapted will contribute to our understanding of the cultural heritage of Australia's indigenous settlers. This project will develop established Indonesian collaborations, encourage new collaborations with Chinese, Thai, English and Dutch researchers to promote Australian research on a world stage, and pioneer new dating methodologies to enhance Australia's place at the forefront of geochronology.

环境变化对动物种群的影响是澳大利亚环境敏感地区社区面临的一个紧迫问题。这将通过记录我们最近的邻居东南亚的动物（和人类）如何应对环境挑战来解决。揭示人类何时分散到该地区以及他们如何适应将有助于我们了解澳大利亚土著定居者的文化遗产。该项目将发展与印度尼西亚的合作，鼓励与中国、泰国、英国和荷兰研究人员的新合作，以促进澳大利亚在世界舞台上的研究，并开拓新的测年方法，以提高澳大利亚在地质年代学前沿的地位。