Where the wild things go: finding and creating refugia from climate change in Northern Britain

野生动物的去向：在英国北部寻找和创造免受气候变化影响的避难所

基本信息

批准号：
2878113
负责人：
金额：
--
依托单位：
Northumbria University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Studentship
财政年份：
2023
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2023 至无数据
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2878113
关键词：
Where wild things go finding

项目摘要

This project will identify variables that predict the microclimatic buffering potential of refugia. There will be a particular focus on rewilding sites, characterised by the removal or reduction of human intervention within the landscape. As species shift their range poleward and to higher altitudes with increasing global temperatures, scientists and land managers must work cohesively to assist migration and movement. To date, studies have focussed on the identification of landscape characteristics with high buffering capacity. These include increased forest canopy cover and water availability which can reduce temperatures and increase humidity; higher altitude which provides cooler regions within elevated landscapes, and topographical heterogeneity which provides cool-air pockets along a rugged terrain. These individual studies highlight the potential for refugia to form, yet we know little of how these buffers may interact to reinforce or dampen the effect of each other. Furthermore, we know little of the spatial and temporal mechanisms which drive refugial formation and microclimate conditions within rewilding sites.Some of the research questions this PhD aims to address are:1) Are the ameliorative effects of microclimate buffers' additive in nature, therefore more stable? 2) What impact do temporal or spatial scales have on the buffering potential of a landscape? 3) Are these buffers being considered and implemented into active rewilding projects as a means of reducing biodiversity loss in a warming world?

该项目将确定预测避难所微气压缓冲潜力的变量。将特别着重于野野现场，其特征是景观中的人类干预措施去除或减少。随着物种随着全球温度的升高，物种将其范围转移到更高的高度时，科学家和土地管理者必须凝聚力努力以协助移民和运动。迄今为止，研究集中在识别具有高缓冲能力的景观特征上。其中包括增加的森林冠层覆盖层和水的供应性，可以降低温度并增加湿度；较高的海拔高度，可在高架景观中提供较凉的区域，以及地形异质性，可在坚固的地形沿线提供凉爽的空气口袋。这些个人研究强调了避难的潜力，但是我们几乎不知道这些缓冲区如何相互作用以增强或抑制彼此的效果。此外，我们几乎不了解驱动避难所形成的空间和时间机制，这些机制驱动了雷德氏症和野野现场的微气候条件。该博士学位旨在解决的一些研究问题是：1）微气候缓冲区的增强作用是自然界添加的添加剂，因此更稳定，因此更稳定？ 2）时间或空间尺度对景观的缓冲潜力有什么影响？ 3）这些缓冲区是否被考虑并将其实施到积极的野外项目中，以减少温暖世界中的生物多样性损失？