NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Multimodal Animal Communication Ecology

NSERC 多模式动物交流生态学工业研究主席

• 批准号: 310420-2018
• 负责人: Gries, GerhardGJ
• 金额: $ 12.53万
• 依托单位: Simon Fraser University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Industrial Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=744563
• 关键词: NSERC; Industrial; Research; Chair; Multimodal

Although modern pesticides play a key role in controlling pest taxa, many insects have developed pesticideresistance. Moreover, public concern over continued and growing use of pesticides has prompted regulatoryagencies to restrict their use which has lead to the resurgence of many pests. Other pests continue their assaulton people, livestock, food and fiber, severely affecting our health and natural resource-based economies.Alternative and more integrated pest control strategies are urgently needed. The renewal proposal of the Chairis about some of those alternatives: multi-modal communication signals that insects, ticks, spiders and rodentsutilize to communicate, and multi-modal foraging cues that these taxa exploit to locate resources. Theemphasis is on the discovery of multi-modal and multi-component communication signals and foraging cuesbecause - increasingly - evidence indicates that both vertebrates and invertebrates integrate diverse types ofinformation. The discovery of novel visual, semiochemical, sonic, infrared, bio-magnetic and electrostaticcommunication signals and foraging cues, and synergisms between them, would allow the development ofmore effective attractants and repellents, and new tactics for target-specific pest control. The 4th Chair-termwill target challenging pest groups that inflict severe pain on livestock (horn & stable flies), carrydisease-causing pathogens (mosquitoes, ticks, rodents), or simply have escaped effective control (thrips,spidermites).

尽管现代农药在控制害虫类群方面发挥着关键作用，但许多昆虫已经产生了农药抗性。此外，公众对杀虫剂持续和不断增加使用的担忧促使监管机构限制其使用，从而导致许多害虫死灰复燃。其他害虫继续袭击人类、牲畜、食物和纤维，严重影响我们的健康和基于自然资源的经济。迫切需要替代性和更综合的害虫防治策略。主席的更新提案涉及其中一些替代方案：昆虫、蜱虫、蜘蛛和啮齿动物利用多模式通信信号进行通信，以及这些类群利用多模式觅食线索来定位资源。重点是发现多模式和多分量通信信号和觅食线索，因为越来越多的证据表明脊椎动物和无脊椎动物都整合了不同类型的信息。新型视觉、信息化学、声音、红外、生物磁和静电通信信号和觅食线索的发现，以及它们之间的协同作用，将有助于开发更有效的引诱剂和驱避剂，以及针对特定目标害虫控制的新策略。第四届主席任期将针对那些给牲畜造成严重痛苦（角蝇和厩蝇）、携带致病病原体（蚊子、蜱虫、啮齿动物）或只是逃脱有效控制（蓟马、蜘蛛）的具有挑战性的害虫群体。