Demographic consequences of environmental change for wild bird populations

该项目旨在提高我们对气候如何驱动野生动物种群体型和体型变化的理解，以及这种反应对种群生存能力的影响。动植物种群对最近地球气候的快速变化表现出一系列反应。这些反应的生态和进化意义以及驱动它们的机制在很大程度上仍然未知。该项目以澳大利亚鸟类为重点，计划整合公民科学、博物馆收藏和实地研究的长期记录，对形态变化的模式和过程进行全面调查。了解驱动变化的过程可能有助于制定战略，在气候变化的同时管理我们的生物多样性。

The project intends to improve our understanding of how climate drives shifts in body size and shape in wildlife populations, and the implications of such responses for population viability. Populations of plants and animals are showing a range of responses to recent, rapid shifts in the Earth’s climate. The ecological and evolutionary significance of these responses and the mechanisms that drive them remain largely unknown. Focusing on Australian birds, the project plans to integrate long-term records from citizen science, museum collections and field studies to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the pattern and process of morphological change. Understanding the processes driving change may help in developing strategies to manage our biodiversity as climate changes.