Reconstructing mechanisms of range contraction to avert species extinctions

重建范围收缩机制以避免物种灭绝

• 批准号: DP180102392
• 负责人: A/Prof Damien Fordham
• 金额: $ 34.63万
• 依托单位: The University of Adelaide
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2018-06-30 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP180102392
• 关键词: Reconstructing; mechanisms; range; contraction; avert

This project aims to integrate biotic information from fossils and ancient DNA of vertebrates into computational models to establish ecological processes that drive the structure and dynamics of geographical ranges and regulate the severity of species extinction rates from global change. This approach is likely to improve theory on dynamic species borders and expected outcomes include providing a framework for better allocating resources for endangered species in Australia and beyond. This will have significant benefits, such as providing the first mechanistic explanations for the principal drivers of mega-fauna extinctions during the late Pleistocene and Holocene.

该项目旨在将化石和古代脊椎动物 DNA 中的生物信息整合到计算模型中，以建立生态过程，驱动地理范围的结构和动态，并调节全球变化导致的物种灭绝率的严重程度。这种方法可能会改进关于动态物种边界的理论，预期结果包括提供一个框架，以便更好地为澳大利亚及其他地区的濒危物种分配资源。这将带来重大好处，例如为更新世晚期和全新世期间巨型动物群灭绝的主要驱动因素提供第一个机械解释。