Are the sexes really equal? Sex-specific adaptation to environmental change

该项目旨在制定一个框架，以准确预测物种对全球变化的反应。许多环境因素会改变，物种会进化，但以性别特异的方式。然而，人们对两性在进化和适应这种复杂环境变化的能力方面是如何变化的还缺乏了解。该项目旨在将环境数据与生物体在空间明确背景下应对多种压力的性别特异性进化潜力相结合。预期成果是预测环境变化对生物分布和丰度的影响的一个有力和通用的工具。其好处包括改善养护成果和更好地控制虫害/病媒。

This project aims to develop a framework for accurately predicting species responses to global change. Many environmental factors will change, and species will evolve, but in a sex-specific manner. Yet understanding of how the sexes vary in their ability to evolve and adapt to such complex environmental change is lacking. This project aims to integrate environmental data with the sex-specific evolutionary potential of organisms in response to multiple stressors in a spatially explicit context. The intended outcome is a powerful and general tool for predicting the impact of environmental change on the distribution and abundance of organisms. The benefits include improved conservation outcomes and better pest/disease vector control.