Macroecology and phylogeny: the effects of evolutionary history on rarity and extinction risk in Australian vertebrates.

宏观生态学和系统发育：进化史对澳大利亚脊椎动物的稀有性和灭绝风险的影响。我们将结合澳大利亚脊椎动物的生态和系统发育分析来展示现存物种的丰度和地理范围是如何被物种形成的历史过程、与物种年龄有关的范围和丰度的转变以及选择性灭绝所塑造的。我们的分析将为澳大利亚脊椎动物物种多样性产生的过程提供新的线索。我们还将对现存物种的稀有性和灭绝脆弱性的原因有新的认识，这将有助于更好地识别和管理濒临灭绝的物种。

Macroecology and phylogeny: the effects of evolutionary history on rarity and extinction risk in Australian vertebrates. We will combine ecological and phylogenetic analysis of Australian vertebrates to show how abundance and geographic range in living species has been shaped by the historical processes of speciation, transformations of range and abundance in relation to species age, and selective extinction. Our analysis will throw new light on the processes that have generated species diversity in Australian vertebrates. We will also gain new understanding of the causes of rarity and vulnerability to extinction among living species, which will result in better identification and management of species at risk of extinction.