BIOCOMPLEXITY--INCUBATION ACTIVITY: Addressing the Synergy Between Abiotic and Biotic Agents of Environmental Change

[00:83548]生物入侵与气候变异和空间异质性共同作用，正在本地生态系统中产生快速的生态和进化变化。了解空间和时间动态如何影响入侵过程需要多种综合方法。该项目旨在建立一个由自然和社会科学家组成的联盟，以促进我们对加州生态系统当前和未来状态的理解。该财团将结合两种方式。首先，对博物馆藏品和有关入侵和气候的历史数据进行分析和综合。其次，该小组将协调监测和重复实验，以了解景观背景和气候循环如何影响入侵的脉冲结构、群落内的快速进化、食物网和生态系统动态以及生物变化的区域模式。这项研究将导致对环境变化的实际和预测性理解，对政策制定者和资源管理者具有重要价值。

0083548ParkerBiological invasions, acting in conjunction with climatic variability and spatial heterogeneity, are generating rapid ecological and evolutionary change in native ecosystems. Understanding how spatial and temporal dynamics shape the invasion process requires multiple integrated approaches. This project is designed to develop a consortium of natural and social scientists to advance our understanding of the current and future state of ecological systems in California. The consortium will combine two approaches. First, museum collections and historical data on invasions and climate will be analyzed and synthesized. Second, the group will coordinate monitoring and replicated experiments on the ways in which landscape context and climatic cycles shape the pulsed structure of invasions, rapid evolution within communities, food web and ecosystem dynamics, and regional patterns of biotic change. This research will lead to a practical and predictive understanding of environmental change and be of significant value to policy makers and resource managers.