Reference number : GC-2017-Q1-01539, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Millien, Virginie (McGill University)|Millien, Virginie (Université McGill), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Quebec|Québec, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Discovery Grants Program - Individual, program name french : Programme de subventions à la découverte - individuelles, program purpose english : The rate of recent climate warming is unprecedented and has already impacted biological systems at many levels. Recently, the need for information on current biodiversity status and how it will change with climate change has emerged. 
 
My research program is to seek a stronger understanding of the conditions underlying responses to environmental change through the study of temporal and spatial variation in mammalian diversity. My research integrates a number of tools for studying the impacts of environmental changes on multi-species assemblages, considering simultaneously the effects of the physical environment, biotic interactions, as well as the evolutionary context, on these assemblages under global change. 
 
My research has some important practical implications for understanding the patterns of loss and gain of mammalian (inter and intraspecific) diversity under climate change. More generally, my work will help to improve our knowledge of the adaptive limits of species in rapidly changing environments. At present, such data are not available for most non-model mammal species. A better understanding of the evolutionary potential of species is a question under intense study given the current extent of biodiversity loss. In this context, my research is significant because it enlarges the scales at which the evolution of biodiversity is studied, as I generate data from the recent and historical records. I apply a range of methods to enhance the strength of inference, which lays out a conceptual and methodological framework for interpreting and predicting changes in mammalian diversity under climate change., program purpose french : The rate of recent climate warming is unprecedented and has already impacted biological systems at many levels. Recently, the need for information on current biodiversity status and how it will change with climate change has emerged. 
 
My research program is to seek a stronger understanding of the conditions underlying responses to environmental change through the study of temporal and spatial variation in mammalian diversity. My research integrates a number of tools for studying the impacts of environmental changes on multi-species assemblages, considering simultaneously the effects of the physical environment, biotic interactions, as well as the evolutionary context, on these assemblages under global change. 
 
My research has some important practical implications for understanding the patterns of loss and gain of mammalian (inter and intraspecific) diversity under climate change. More generally, my work will help to improve our knowledge of the adaptive limits of species in rapidly changing environments. At present, such data are not available for most non-model mammal species. A better understanding of the evolutionary potential of species is a question under intense study given the current extent of biodiversity loss. In this context, my research is significant because it enlarges the scales at which the evolution of biodiversity is studied, as I generate data from the recent and historical records. I apply a range of methods to enhance the strength of inference, which lays out a conceptual and methodological framework for interpreting and predicting changes in mammalian diversity under climate change., agreement title english : The evolution of mammalian diversity in a changing environment, agreement title french : The evolution of mammalian diversity in a changing environment, agreement number : RGPIN, agreement value : 140000.0, agreement start date : 2017-05-10, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year. (2017-2018 to 2022-2023), additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier. (2017-2018 à 2022-2023), owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada