Invasion biology: understanding the mechanisms of naiveté towards alien species

入侵生物学：了解对外来物种的天真机制

• 批准号: DP140104413
• 负责人: Prof Peter Banks
• 金额: $ 27.9万
• 依托单位: The University of Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP140104413
• 关键词: Invasion; biology; understanding; mechanisms; naivet

Naiveté in local wildlife is central to why alien species are so damaging, yet it is typically viewed as a simple lack of recognition of novel enemies. This project tests for multiple levels of naiveté in Australia’s mammals to demonstrate its many complex forms. It will use field and lab experiments and formal meta-analysis to unravel the three main forms of naiveté, to reveal their role in predator:prey and competitive interactions, and to understand how native and alien mammals might overcome their initial naiveté to novel enemies. These results will identify to ecologists and land managers the complex nature of naiveté, and how it ultimately defines the nature of interactions between aliens and natives.

当地野生动物的天真是外来物种如此具有破坏性的主要原因，但它通常被视为缺乏对新敌人的识别。该项目测试了澳大利亚哺乳动物的多种天真程度，以展示其许多复杂的形式。现场和实验室实验以及正式的荟萃分析，以揭示天真的三种主要形式，揭示它们在捕食者：猎物和竞争性互动中的作用，并了解本地和外来哺乳动物如何克服它们最初对新敌人的天真。结果将向生态学家和土地管理者揭示天真的复杂本质，以及它如何最终定义外星人和当地人之间互动的本质。