Quantifying impacts of extreme climatic events on bees and butterflies in Britain

量化极端气候事件对英国蜜蜂和蝴蝶的影响

• 批准号: 2890064
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Reading
• 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-2890064
• 关键词: Quantifying; impacts; extreme; climatic; events

This PhD research will contain three main components. Firstly, it will focus on modelling extreme climatic events, including abnormally high temperatures and extreme rainfall/hail and their impacts on bee and butterfly communities in Britain. Secondly, the project will explore the potential tipping points caused by climatic extremes and the impact they may have on both the bee and butterfly populations concerning their diversity and distribution, phenology and life cycle. Depending on the outcomes of the initial phase, further investigation into the insects' physiology may be required. The final section of the study will model the interactive impacts of changing climate and land use on these species and communities and test if particular land use / land management can help the insects adapt to or mitigate the impacts of changing climate.

该博士研究将包含三个主要组成部分。首先，它将着重于建模极端气候事件，包括异常高温和极端降雨/冰雹及其对英国蜜蜂和蝴蝶群落的影响。其次，该项目将探讨由于极端气候的潜在临界点以及它们对蜜蜂和蝴蝶种群对其多样性和分布，物候和生命周期的影响。根据初始阶段的结果，可能需要对昆虫生理的进一步研究。研究的最后一部分将模拟气候和土地利用对这些物种和社区的互动影响，并测试特定的土地使用 /土地管理是否可以帮助昆虫适应或减轻气候变化的影响。