LTREB: Population Biology and Ecology of Sonoran Desert Drosophila

LTREB：索诺兰沙漠果蝇的种群生物学和生态学

• 批准号: 9510645
• 负责人: Therese Markow
• 金额: $ 25.88万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-09-01 至 1999-08-06
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9510645&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: LTREB; Population; Biology; Ecology; Sonoran

Fruit fly species residing in the Sonoran Desert of North America are faced with a suite of ecological challenges. The desert is extremely hot. The resources that the flies use to feed and breed are toxic to many organisms. These flies are able to flourish in such an inhospitable place because of adaptations at many biological levels, from their metabolic chemistry to their mating behaviors. Understanding the nature of these adaptations has broad implications for all organisms, especially under conditions of global warming and habitat disturbance. The work to be undertaken during this 5 year project will explore certain components of the ecology and population biology of these insects: their ability to withstand heat stress, their longevity, temporal and spatial qualities of their abiotic and biotic environments.

居住在北美Sonoran沙漠的果蝇物种面临着一系列的生态挑战。 沙漠非常热。 果蝇用来喂养和繁殖的资源对许多生物有毒。 这些苍蝇能够在如此荒凉的地方蓬勃发展，因为从代谢化学到其交配行为，许多生物学水平的适应性。 了解这些适应的性质对所有生物体都具有广泛的影响，尤其是在全球变暖和栖息地干扰的条件下。 在这个5年项目中要进行的工作将探讨这些昆虫的生态和种群生物学的某些组成部分：它们承受热应激，其长寿，时间和空间品质的能力，其非生物和生物环境的能力。