Doctoral Dissertation Research: Adaptation to environmental extremes in a great ape

博士论文研究：类人猿对极端环境的适应

• 批准号: 2341172
• 负责人: Stacy Rosenbaum
• 金额: $ 3.14万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-02-15 至 2026-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2341172&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Adaptation; environmental; Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Adaptation; environmental

Behavioral and physiological plasticity allows organisms to rapidly adapt to shifting environmental conditions without genetic change. In primates, which are relatively long-lived, the evolutionary ability to inhabit new habitats and survive periods of rapid environmental change likely depended on these types of plasticity. Information about primates’ behavioral and physiological plasticity is currently needed to understand the nature and limits of their responses and the adaptations primates may be able to use to respond to the rapid environmental change they are currently experiencing. This doctoral research project investigates how adaptation to a variable high-elevation environment is shaped by an endangered ape’s plasticity. In addition to its significant conservation implications, this project makes important education, training, and capacity building contributions both domestically and internationally. This research project explores the behavioral and physiological plasticity of an endangered ape species. To date, we do not know how environmental stressors vary across this species' many habitats, and we lack information about the types of behavioral and physiological responses these apes employ to respond to these stressors. The methods used in this study include a novel environmental protocol, non-invasive behavioral observations, and biological sample collection. These data can reveal the environmental challenges this species faces, and the behavioral and physiological responses it elicits. This study informs us about the ability that this ape species has to respond to environmental change, and the evolutionary role that environmental stressors play on primates and other organisms with slow life histories.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

行为和物理可塑性允许生物体迅速适应环境条件而不会改变遗传状况。在私人的寿命相对较长的私人中，影响新栖息地和生存的快速环境变化时期的进化能力可能取决于这些类型的可塑性。目前需要有关隐私行为和物理可塑性的信息，以了解其响应的性质和限制，并且适应可能能够用来响应他们当前正在经历的快速环境变化。该博士研究项目调查了如何适应可变高海拔环境的，这是由濒临灭绝的猿类的可塑性塑造的。除了其重要的保护含义外，该项目在国内和国际上都在重要的教育，培训和能力建设贡献。该研究项目探讨了濒临灭绝的猿类物种的行为和生理可塑性。迄今为止，我们不知道环境压力源在该物种的许多栖息地中如何有所不同，我们缺乏有关这些APE员工对这些压力源反应的行为和身体反应类型的信息。本研究中使用的方法包括一种新颖的环境方案，非侵入性行为观察和生物样品收集。这些数据可以揭示该物种面临的环境挑战，以及它引起的行为和身体反应。这项研究向我们介绍了该猿类物种必须对环境变化做出反应的能力，以及环境压力源对私人和其他具有缓慢生活历史的组织的进化作用。该奖项反映了NSF的坚定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的审查标准来通过评估来通过评估来获得的支持。