Testing the links between ecological processes and evolutionary radiations

本项目旨在将最新的分析进展应用于哺乳动物、鸟类和植物的系统发育和空间分布的海量数据库，探索小规模生态过程在产生大规模宏观进化模式中的作用。生物多样性大尺度格局的形成过程尚不完全清楚，但新的大型生物多样性数据库和分析方法的最新进展使我们处于取得重大进展的有利地位。通过整合群落生态学和宏观进化两个独立的研究领域，本项目旨在为生物多样性理论做出重大贡献，并为基于过程的长期保护规划提供更坚实的科学基础。

This project aims to apply recent analytical advances to massive databases of the phylogeny and spatial distributions of mammals, birds and plants, to explore the role of small-scale ecological processes in generating large-scale macroevolutionary patterns. The processes involved in generating large-scale patterns of biodiversity are still not fully understood, but large new biodiversity databases and recent advances in analytical methods put us in a good position to make significant progress. By integrating two separate research fields, community ecology and macroevolution, this project aims to make a significant contribution to biodiversity theory, and help to develop a more robust scientific foundation for long-range, process-based conservation planning.