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A first glimpse into the biogeographic affinities of the shallow benthic communities from the sub-Antarctic Crozet archipelago 亚南极克罗泽群岛浅层底栖生物群落生物地理亲缘关系初探
IF 3 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-09-04 DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1455329
Quentin Jossart, Yann Lelièvre, Andreas Kelch, Blanca Figuerola, Camille V. E. Moreau, Davide Di Franco, Jamie Maxwell, Marie L. Verheye, Melanie Mackenzie, Rachel Downey, Sebastián Rosenfeld, Stéphane Hourdez, Thomas Saucède
Sub-Antarctic islands are expected to show a high degree of endemicity due to their remoteness. However, biogeographic affinities in the sub-Antarctic remain poorly understood, especially in the marine realm. Sub-Antarctic islands being at the crossroads between Antarctic and cold temperate regions, biodiversity characterization and biogeographic analyses are a priority for monitoring and rapidly assessing variations associated with environmental changes. One underexplored sub-Antarctic area is Crozet, a protected archipelago located halfway between Antarctica and South Africa. In this study, we investigated the shallow-water Crozet macrofaunal diversity, distribution patterns and biogeographic affinities based on the examination of fieldwork specimens via a thorough morphological identification and a genetic characterisation. The resulting dataset provides an important baseline for further studies and conservation strategies, compiling the first genetic and taxonomic database for the Crozet archipelago. In total, 100 morphotypes were found, belonging to nine different phyla, among which arthropods (32), molluscs (18) and echinoderms (17) were the richest. Forty-seven morphotypes were identified to the species level, among which 20 were reported in Crozet for the first time. This confirms that Crozet is a poorly known region, even compared to other sub-Antarctic areas. A large proportion of species (62%) had circum Southern Ocean or circum sub-Antarctic distributions. These species were mostly shared with Kerguelen (72%), the Magellan Province (64%), and Prince Edward Islands (64%), confirming the patterns found in macroalgae and specific macrofaunal groups. However, this large-distribution statement needs to be counterbalanced by the detection (genetic data) of more restricted distributions than expected in four study cases (the tanaid Apseudes spectabilis, the nudibranch Doris kerguelenensis, the polychaete Neanthes kerguelensis and the chiton Hemiarthrum setulosum). Considering that most morphotypes had no genetic data available from other regions, the proportion of morphotypes with restricted distribution is likely to increase alongside future investigations. In addition, we also found a few cases of unrecognized diversity that might lead to the descriptions of new species, some likely to be endemic to Crozet (e.g., within the polychaete genus Harmothoe and the bryozoan genus Antarctothoa). Altogether, this stresses the need to maintain conservation efforts in Crozet and pursue integrative investigations in order to highlight and protect its unusual diversity.
由于地处偏远,预计亚南极岛屿将呈现高度地方性。然而,人们对次南极地区的生物地理亲缘关系仍然知之甚少,尤其是在海洋领域。亚南极岛屿位于南极和寒温带地区的交汇处,生物多样性特征描述和生物地理分析是监测和快速评估与环境变化相关的变化的首要任务。位于南极洲和南非中间的克罗泽群岛是一个未得到充分探索的亚南极地区。在这项研究中,我们通过对野外工作标本进行彻底的形态鉴定和基因鉴定,调查了克罗泽浅水大型底栖生物的多样性、分布模式和生物地理亲缘关系。由此产生的数据集为进一步的研究和保护战略提供了一个重要的基准,为克罗泽群岛编制了第一个遗传和分类数据库。总共发现了 100 种形态,分属 9 个不同的门类,其中节肢动物(32 种)、软体动物(18 种)和棘皮动物(17 种)最为丰富。有 47 种形态被鉴定为物种级别,其中 20 种是首次在克罗泽报告。这证明克罗泽是一个鲜为人知的地区,即使与其他亚南极地区相比也是如此。很大一部分物种(62%)分布于环南大洋或环亚南极地区。这些物种大多与凯尔盖朗(72%)、麦哲伦省(64%)和爱德华王子群岛(64%)共享,证实了在大型藻类和特定大型底栖动物群中发现的模式。然而,在四个研究案例中发现(遗传数据)的分布比预期的更受限制(坦奈德 Apseudes spectabilis、裸鳃动物 Doris kerguelenensis、多毛类 Neanthes kerguelensis 和壳斗 Hemiarthrum setulosum),这就需要对这种大分布的说法进行反驳。考虑到大多数形态类型没有来自其他地区的遗传数据,分布受限的形态类型的比例可能会随着未来的调查而增加。此外,我们还发现了一些未被发现的多样性,这些多样性可能会导致新物种的描述,其中一些很可能是克罗泽特有的物种(例如,多毛类中的 Harmothoe 属和贝类中的 Antarctothoa 属)。总之,这强调了在克罗泽继续开展保护工作和进行综合调查的必要性,以彰显和保护其不同寻常的多样性。
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Playback-elicited heterospecific aggressive responses in urbanized Sparkling Violetear are modulated in relation the risk of take-over hypothesis 城市化闪光紫菀的回放诱发的异种攻击性反应与接管风险假说有关
IF 3 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-09-04 DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1434518
Luciana Tellería, Álvaro Garitano-Zavala
Hummingbirds have crucial ecological importance in natural and human-altered habitats in the Neotropics. Their unique biological characteristics imply a delicate energetic balance that drove the evolution of species-specific dominance and territorial behavior tactics that, in turn, shape the diversity and composition of nectarivorous communities. Understanding these factors could help improve conservation strategies, particularly important for eroding communities in cities. Our objective is to evaluate whether a species of territorial hummingbird, the Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans), is able to modulate its aggressive behavior in relation to the identity of the species that invades its feeding territory, comparing between dry (relative depletion of nectar resources) and wet seasons, and analyzing the possible ecological factors that determine this response. Considering the maximization of energy efficiency, we hypothesize that the territorial aggressive responses of Sparkling Violetears will vary in relation to the territoriality and behavioral dominance of each intruder species, and that aggressive responses in the dry season will be greater compared to the wet season. We elicited aggressive behavioral responses with territorial songs playbacks from the four species that compose the urban nectarivorous bird community, including songs from their own species, characterizing eight behaviors that varied in aggressive intensity. We quantified the aggressive response in two ways: the number of observation events in which territorial Sparkling Violetears performed each behavior and by constructing an “aggressiveness score” for each territorial individual in each observation event. Territorial aggressive response varied significantly in relation to the identity of the intruding species, but the seasonal effect was only observed, as a more aggressive response in the dry season, towards heterospecific playbacks. We analyzed several hypotheses that could explain the species-specific aggressive response, concluding that the “risk to take-over” hypothesis, through wing morphology and maneuverability, best explains the modulation of the aggressive response in relation to the territoriality and behavioral dominance of each intruder species. These results are useful for urban planning if we elucidate the ecological conditions that could promote the coexistence of subordinate species with dominant ones.
蜂鸟在新热带地区的自然栖息地和人为改变的栖息地中具有重要的生态意义。蜂鸟独特的生物特性意味着微妙的能量平衡,这种平衡推动了物种特有的优势和领地行为策略的进化,进而塑造了食蜜群落的多样性和组成。了解这些因素有助于改进保护策略,这对城市中的侵蚀群落尤为重要。我们的目的是评估一种领地蜂鸟--闪闪紫雀(Colibri coruscans)--是否能够根据入侵其觅食领地的物种身份来调节其攻击行为,在旱季(花蜜资源相对枯竭)和雨季之间进行比较,并分析决定这种反应的可能生态因素。考虑到能量效率的最大化,我们假设火棘蚜的领地攻击性反应会随着入侵物种的领地性和行为优势而变化,并且旱季的攻击性反应会比雨季更大。我们通过回放组成城市食蜜鸟类群落的四种鸟类的领地歌曲(包括它们自己物种的歌曲)来激发攻击性行为反应,描述了攻击强度不同的八种行为。我们通过两种方式对攻击性反应进行量化:一是观察领地火烈鸟做出每种行为的观察事件的数量,二是为每个观察事件中的每个领地个体构建一个 "攻击性得分"。领地攻击性反应与入侵物种的身份有显著差异,但只观察到季节效应,即在旱季对异种回放的攻击性反应更强。我们分析了几种可以解释物种攻击性反应的假说,得出的结论是,通过翅膀形态和机动性提出的 "接管风险 "假说最能解释攻击性反应的调节与入侵物种的领地性和行为优势的关系。如果我们能阐明能促进从属物种与优势物种共存的生态条件,那么这些结果对城市规划很有帮助。
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Urban low-carbon governance and ecological efficiency: new evidence from prefecture-level cities in China 城市低碳治理与生态效率:来自中国地级市的新证据
IF 3 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-09-03 DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1442755
Jiaqi Liu, Kexin Xu, Dian Jin, Chengliang Wu, Yang Zhang
IntroductionIn the search for sustainable development, urban eco-development is becoming a core agenda for all countries. China’s low-carbon city pilot (LCCP) policy is an important initiative to promote urban low-carbon governance. And exploring the direction of LCCP policy is an important step towards sustainable urban development.MethodsSuper-SBM is employed to calculate urban ecological efficiency using panel data from 254 prefecture-level cities between 2007 and 2020. The methods of kernel density estimation and spatial Markov chains are applied to the spatial analysis of urban ecological efficiency. The spatial analyses examine the spatiotemporal patterns and dynamic evolving trends of urban ecological efficiency. Additionally, the multiperiod difference-in-differences method is used to assess the impact of the LCCP policy on urban ecological efficiency. On this basis, we apply the method of mechanism analysis to discuss the influence mechanism.ResultsThe results indicate that urban ecological efficiency gradually forms a continuous spatial clustering pattern, although there is a widening tendency in the absolute differences. In the subsequent transfer process, the spatial factor plays a highly significant role. Benchmark regressions and auxiliary robustness tests demonstrate that the LCCP policy is effective in improving urban ecological efficiency. Further analysis shows that the effect of LCCP policies on ecological efficiency can be transmitted by promoting green technology innovation as well as facilitating a low-carbon transition in the energy mix. The above findings indicate the presence of the "Green Innovation Effect" and the "Decoupling Effect".DiscussionThese discoveries enhance the theoretical framework of urban ecology and offer valuable insights for other regions seeking to implement low-carbon urban governance.
引言 在寻求可持续发展的过程中,城市生态发展正成为各国的核心议程。中国的低碳城市试点(LCCP)政策是推动城市低碳治理的重要举措。方法利用 2007 年至 2020 年 254 个地级市的面板数据,采用超级-SBM 计算城市生态效率。核密度估计和空间马尔可夫链方法被应用于城市生态效率的空间分析。空间分析考察了城市生态效率的时空格局和动态演变趋势。此外,我们还采用了多期差分法来评估 LCCP 政策对城市生态效率的影响。结果表明,城市生态效率逐渐形成连续的空间集聚格局,但绝对差异有扩大趋势。在随后的转移过程中,空间因素发挥了重要作用。基准回归和辅助稳健性检验表明,LCCP 政策能有效提高城市生态效率。进一步的分析表明,LCCP 政策对生态效率的影响可以通过促进绿色技术创新以及推动能源结构的低碳转型来传递。上述发现表明了 "绿色创新效应 "和 "脱钩效应 "的存在。
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Spatial and temporal characterization of critical ecosystem services in China’s terrestrial area, 2000–2020: trade-off synergies, driving mechanisms and functional zoning 2000-2020 年中国陆地关键生态系统服务的时空特征:权衡协同作用、驱动机制和功能分区
IF 3 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1443683
Jixing Huang, Shuqi Yang, Weihan Zhu, Jinhuang Lin, Yanping Zhu, Jie Ren, Yongwu Dai, An Zhang
Identifying ecosystem service functions, clarifying the spatiotemporal trade-offs and synergies of terrestrial ecosystem services and their driving mechanisms, and exploring differentiated ecological functional zoning are crucial steps in achieving healthy regional ecosystem management, and are conducive to developing diversified ecological restoration strategies, establishing a robust cross-regional collaborative management mechanism, implementing differentiated ecological management strategies, and contributing to the construction of a Beautiful China. This paper, based on the InVEST model, Pearson correlation, GeoDetector, and Spatiotemporal Geographically Weighted Regression models, constructs a spatial quantification model of the trade-offs and synergies among five key ecosystem service functions—habitat quality, soil retention, water conservation, food supply, and carbon sequestration—of China’s terrestrial ecosystems from 2000 to 2020. It explores the influencing factors of terrestrial ecosystem services in China and their spatiotemporal heterogeneity, thereby investigating the future strategies for ecological functional zoning and management of China’s national land space. The results indicate that: (1) during 2000–2020, China’s food supply and soil conservation have increased. However, the habitat quality, water conservation, and carbon sequestration have decreased. (2) Significant spatial and temporal heterogeneities exist in the key ecosystem services of China’s terrestrial ecosystems. (3) Natural, economic, and social factors all impact China’s terrestrial key ecosystem services. Among them, slope, annual average precipitation, land development intensity, and vegetation coverage are the main influencing factors, and different factors exhibit significant spatial heterogeneity. (4) Significant trade-offs/synergy effects among critical terrestrial ecosystem services exist in China. (5) China’s national territory is divided into four ecological protection functional zones: ecological restoration areas, ecological control areas, resilient development areas, and ecological conservation areas, and explores differentiated zoning optimization control paths.
识别生态系统服务功能,厘清陆地生态系统服务的时空权衡与协同效应及其驱动机制,探索差异化生态功能区划,是实现区域生态系统健康管理的关键步骤,有利于制定多元化生态修复战略,建立健全跨区域协同管理机制,实施差异化生态管理策略,促进美丽中国建设。本文基于 InVEST 模型、Pearson 相关性、GeoDetector 和时空地理加权回归模型,构建了 2000-2020 年中国陆地生态系统五大生态系统服务功能--栖息地质量、水土保持、水源涵养、食物供给和碳封存之间权衡与协同的空间量化模型。该研究探讨了中国陆地生态系统服务功能的影响因素及其时空异质性,从而研究了未来中国国土空间生态功能区划和管理策略。研究结果表明(1) 2000-2020 年间,中国的粮食供给量和水土保持量有所增加。然而,栖息地质量、水源保护和碳汇却有所下降。(2)中国陆地生态系统的主要生态系统服务存在显著的时空异质性。(3) 自然、经济和社会因素都会影响中国陆地关键生态系统服务功能。其中,坡度、年平均降水量、土地开发强度和植被覆盖度是主要的影响因素,不同因素在空间上表现出显著的异质性。(4) 中国关键陆地生态系统服务之间存在显著的权衡/协同效应。(5)中国国土划分为生态修复区、生态控制区、恢复发展区和生态保育区四个生态保护功能区,并探索差异化分区优化控制路径。
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Nest climate and blood quality of two host species of the ectoparasitic Philornis downsi in the Galapagos Islands as factors of larval development 加拉帕戈斯群岛两种外寄生虫 Philornis downsi 宿主的巢穴气候和血液质量是幼虫发育的因素
IF 3 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1398353
Courtney L. Pike, Rebecca Hood-Nowotny, Barbara Kofler, Heinz Richner, Sabine Tebbich
The avian vampire fly is an invasive species on the Galapagos Islands, where its hematophagous larvae utilize nestling birds as hosts. It poses a serious threat to populations and species of Darwin finches and other avian species. Prior studies suggest that the avian vampire fly larvae develop more rapidly in nests of small tree finches compared to sympatric green warbler finch nests. Here we investigate factors that may differentially influence larval growth in the two host species, including nest microclimate and nestling diet. We collected nest base temperature and humidity data as proxies for nest microclimate. As indicators of dietary composition and quality, we measured stable isotope δ13C and δ15N composition of nestling blood, used the C:N ratios as an indicator of relative protein content, and assessed the amino acid composition of the blood. The hematophagous larvae living off nestling blood were analyzed for the same parameters except amino acid composition. The effect of nest base humidity on nest base temperature significantly depended on bird species: at low humidity levels nest base temperature was higher in the small tree finch, and declined in both species as nest base humidity increased, which suggests higher stable heat capacity of small tree finch nests. The effect of age group based on the predicted onset of thermoregulation was marginally significant. Nest base temperatures were significantly higher in small tree finch nests during the predicted female brooding period before fully effective thermoregulation. Stable isotope δ13C levels were significantly higher in the blood of small tree finch nestlings compared to warbler finch nestlings, suggesting a difference in nestling food composition and source, while. δ15N levels were similar. The C:N ratios and amino acid composition of nestling blood were not significantly different between the two species, suggesting similar dietary quality. Thus, the faster development of larvae in small tree finch nests may be due to higher nest base temperatures during the early nestling phase rather than host blood quality parameters.
禽吸血蝇是加拉帕戈斯群岛的入侵物种,它的噬血幼虫以雏鸟为宿主。它对达尔文雀和其他鸟类的种群和物种构成严重威胁。先前的研究表明,与同域的绿莺雀巢相比,吸血蝇幼虫在小树雀巢中发育得更快。在此,我们研究了可能对两种寄主物种的幼虫生长产生不同影响的因素,包括巢穴微气候和雏鸟饮食。我们收集了巢基温度和湿度数据,作为巢穴微气候的代用指标。作为食物组成和质量的指标,我们测量了雏鸟血液中的稳定同位素δ13C和δ15N组成,用C:N比值作为相对蛋白质含量的指标,并评估了血液中的氨基酸组成。对以雏鸟血液为生的食血幼虫进行了除氨基酸组成外的相同参数分析。巢基湿度对巢基温度的影响在很大程度上取决于鸟类种类:在低湿度水平下,小树雀的巢基温度较高,而随着巢基湿度的增加,两种鸟类的巢基温度都有所下降,这表明小树雀巢穴的稳定热容量较高。根据预测的体温调节开始时间,年龄组的影响略微显著。在预测的雌鸟育雏期,小树雀的巢底温度明显高于完全有效的体温调节期。与莺雀雏鸟相比,小树雀雏鸟血液中的稳定同位素δ13C水平明显更高,这表明雏鸟的食物组成和来源不同,而莺雀雏鸟血液中的稳定同位素δ15N水平与小树雀雏鸟血液中的稳定同位素δ13C水平相似。δ15N的含量则相似。雏鸟血液中的C:N比和氨基酸组成在两个物种之间没有显著差异,表明食物质量相似。因此,小树雀巢中幼虫发育较快的原因可能是雏鸟早期巢底温度较高,而不是寄主血液质量参数。
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The complete mitochondrial genomes of three Evacanthini species, Evacanthus bivittatus, Carinata ganga, and Carinata recurvata, and phylogenomic analysis of the Evacanthini Evacanthus bivittatus、Carinata ganga 和 Carinata recurvata 这三个 Evacanthini 物种的完整线粒体基因组以及 Evacanthini 的系统发生组分析
IF 3 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1410546
Sai Jiang, Ran Li, Lina Jiang, Wei Wang, Yongcheng Liu, Yuewei Yang, Jichun Xing, Zizhong Li, Yujian Li
The mitochondrial genome is recognized for its utility in insect molecular research, due to its distinctive features, including fast evolutionary rate, low recombination, and maternal inheritance. In this study, we explored the mitochondrial genome in the context of the leafhopper subfamily Evacanthinae, which is significant in the agricultural pest sector due to the direct and indirect damage caused to plants by its species. We present complete mitochondrial genome sequences for three species: Evacanthus bivittatus, Carinata ganga, and Carinata recurvata. Comparative analyses of nucleotide composition, codon usage of protein coding genes (PCGs), nucleotide diversity, transfer RNA secondary structure, and gene overlap were conducted. To understand phylogenetic relationships among species, we constructed phylogenetic trees using nucleotide sequences from the 13 PCGs of the genomes newly sequenced in this study alongside other available leafhopper genome sequences. Phylogenetic analysis supported monophyly of the Evacanthinae subfamily and suggested a close relationship between the Evacanthini and Nirvanini tribes. Our research indicates that anticodon differences in trnS1 are insufficient to serve as taxonomic markers for distinguishing between these two tribes. This study contributes valuable genetic data supporting ongoing investigations into genetic diversity, molecular evolution, and species identification, while laying groundwork for future taxonomic and evolutionary endeavors within Cicadellidae.
线粒体基因组因其进化速度快、重组率低和母系遗传等显著特点而被公认为是昆虫分子研究的有用工具。在本研究中,我们以叶蝉亚科(Evacanthinae)为背景,对线粒体基因组进行了探索。叶蝉亚科在农业害虫领域具有重要地位,因为其物种对植物造成了直接和间接的损害。我们展示了三个物种的完整线粒体基因组序列:Evacanthus bivittatus、Carinata ganga 和 Carinata recurvata。我们对核苷酸组成、蛋白质编码基因(PCGs)的密码子使用、核苷酸多样性、转移核糖核酸二级结构和基因重叠进行了比较分析。为了解物种间的系统发育关系,我们利用本研究中新测序的基因组中 13 个 PCGs 的核苷酸序列与其他可用的叶蝉基因组序列一起构建了系统发生树。系统发育分析支持Evacanthinae亚科的单系性,并表明Evacanthini和Nirvanini部落之间关系密切。我们的研究表明,trnS1的反密码子差异不足以作为区分这两个部落的分类标记。这项研究为正在进行的遗传多样性、分子进化和物种鉴定研究提供了宝贵的遗传数据支持,同时也为今后蝉科内的分类和进化工作奠定了基础。
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Effects of preseason climate change on spring and summer phenological shifts in Inner Mongolian grasslands 季前气候变化对内蒙古草原春夏物候变化的影响
IF 3 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1423063
Zexu Nie, Chao Wang, Na Zhang
Grassland vegetation phenology has undergone great changes under the influence of climate, which affects ecosystem functions and services. However, the mechanism of preseason climatic factors in driving phenological shifts is unclear. In this study, we determined the start (SOS) and peak (POS) of the growing season for Inner Mongolian grasslands using gross primary productivity data (2000–2018). We investigated the spatiotemporal changes of SOS and POS and elucidated the mechanisms behind these changes by analyzing how these phenological events were influenced by the specific preseason climatic requirements (precipitation, air temperature, and solar radiation). Our results revealed that the SOS significantly advanced at a rate of 0.65 days/a, while the POS was stable across the study area. At the pixel scale, areas with initially later SOS and POS exhibited stronger advanced trends. An earlier SOS and POS were associated with lower thermal requirements, including air temperature and solar radiation. Conversely, a delayed SOS and POS necessitated higher climatic requirements. The impact of preseason precipitation on both SOS and POS demonstrated notable spatial variability. Moreover, the effects of different climatic factors on phenology were not in sync due to regional environmental disparities. Our study provides insight into the mechanisms underlying phenological shifts in grassland ecosystems under climate change.
受气候影响,草原植被物候发生了巨大变化,从而影响了生态系统的功能和服务。然而,季节性气候因素对物候变化的驱动机制尚不清楚。在本研究中,我们利用总初级生产力数据(2000-2018 年)确定了内蒙古草原生长季的起始期(SOS)和高峰期(POS)。我们研究了 SOS 和 POS 的时空变化,并通过分析这些物候事件如何受特定季前气候要求(降水、气温和太阳辐射)的影响,阐明了这些变化背后的机制。我们的研究结果表明,在整个研究区域内,SOS 以 0.65 天/年的速度明显提前,而 POS 则保持稳定。在像素尺度上,SOS 和 POS 最初较晚的地区表现出更强的提前趋势。较早的 SOS 和 POS 与较低的热要求有关,包括空气温度和太阳辐射。相反,SOS 和 POS 推迟则需要更高的气候要求。季前降水对 SOS 和 POS 的影响表现出明显的空间差异性。此外,由于地区环境差异,不同气候因子对物候的影响并不一致。我们的研究有助于深入了解气候变化下草原生态系统物候变化的内在机制。
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Frontiers | A perspective on the need for integrated frameworks linking species distribution and dynamic forest landscape models across spatial scales 前沿 | 从需要建立跨空间尺度的物种分布与动态森林景观模型相结合的综合框架的角度看问题
IF 3 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-08-28 DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1112712
Anouschka R. Hof, Marco Mina, Paola Mairota, Francisco Aguilar, Georg Leitinger, Josef Brůna, Matti Koivula, Matija Klopčič, Jörgen Sjögren, Giorgio Vacchiano
Climate change significantly alters species distributions. Numerous studies project the future distribution of species using Species Distribution models (SDMs), most often using coarse resolutions. Working at coarse resolutions in forest ecosystems fails to capture landscape-level dynamics, spatially explicit processes, and temporally defined events that act at finer resolutions and that can disproportionately affect future outcomes. Dynamic Forest Landscape Models (FLMs) can simulate the survival, growth, and mortality of (stands of) trees over long time periods at small resolutions. However, as they are able to simulate at fine resolutions, study landscapes remain relatively small due to computational constraints. The large amount of feedbacks between biodiversity, forest, and ecosystem processes cannot completely be captured by FLMs or SDMs alone. Integrating SDMs with FLMs enables a more detailed understanding of the impact of perturbations on forest landscapes and their biodiversity. Several studies have used this approach at landscape scales, using fine resolutions. Yet, many scientific questions in the fields of biogeography, macroecology, conservation management, among others, require a focus on both large scales and fine resolutions. Here, drawn from literature and experience, we provide our perspective on the most important challenges that need to be overcome to use integrated frameworks at spatial scales larger than the landscape and at fine resolutions. Future research should prioritize these challenges to better understand drivers of species distributions in forest ecosystems and effectively design conservation strategies under the influence of changing climates on spatially and temporally explicit processes. We further discuss possibilities to address these challenges.
气候变化极大地改变了物种的分布。许多研究使用物种分布模型(SDMs)预测物种的未来分布,这些模型通常使用较低的分辨率。在森林生态系统中使用粗分辨率无法捕捉到景观层面的动态、空间明确的过程以及时间明确的事件,而这些在更精细的分辨率下发生作用,会对未来的结果产生不成比例的影响。动态森林景观模型(FLMs)能以较小的分辨率模拟(林分)树木在较长时间内的存活、生长和死亡。然而,由于能够以较小的分辨率进行模拟,受计算能力的限制,研究的景观仍然相对较小。仅靠 FLM 或 SDM 无法完全捕捉生物多样性、森林和生态系统过程之间的大量反馈。将 SDM 与 FLM 相结合,可以更详细地了解扰动对森林景观及其生物多样性的影响。一些研究已经在景观尺度上使用了这种方法,并采用了精细的分辨率。然而,生物地理学、宏观生态学、保护管理等领域的许多科学问题都需要同时关注大尺度和精细分辨率。在此,我们从文献和经验中汲取营养,提出了在大于景观的空间尺度和精细分辨率下使用综合框架需要克服的最重要挑战。未来的研究应优先考虑这些挑战,以便更好地了解森林生态系统中物种分布的驱动因素,并在气候变化对空间和时间明确过程的影响下有效地设计保护策略。我们将进一步讨论应对这些挑战的可能性。
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Frontiers | Relative abundance of a mesocarnivore in a human-dominated, semi-arid rangeland in Namibia 纳米比亚人类占主导地位的半干旱牧场中中食肉动物的相对丰度
IF 3 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1333162
Emma Reasoner, Laurie Marker, Stijn Verschueren, Willem Briers-Louw, Meed Mbidzo, Bogdan Cristescu
Mesocarnivores fill important roles in ecological communities globally, but their distribution and abundance are often understudied. Many species have historically been regarded as vermin and subject to lethal control due to their role in livestock predation. Identifying the factors influencing mesocarnivore populations can help disentangle their relationship within ecological communities and inform conflict mitigation and conservation priorities. To help identify these factors, we used camera traps to study the community of medium and large mammals in four communal conservancies of northeastern Namibia covering the wet and dry seasons using 99 and 97 camera trap stations, respectively. We modelled black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) abundance using the robust Royle-Nichols model. Black-backed jackal were widespread, with a mean per site abundance of 2.01 (SD=0.66) in the wet season and 2.41 (SD=0.49) in the dry season. Black-backed jackal showed seasonally contrasting covariate associations, with lower abundance in areas with medium and large-sized wild prey during the wet season, and higher abundance in areas with more villages and close to African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) dens in the dry season. We identified localized hotspots of black-backed jackal abundance during the dry season, which may indicate that when resources are scarce, black-backed jackals rely on anthropogenic food sources despite an elevated risk for conflict, and on carcass remains from African wild dog kills. These findings highlight potential drivers of mesocarnivore abundance that would be obscured in a conventional occurrence modelling framework, and illustrate how local abundance may be influenced by seasonal variability, wild and anthropogenic food sources, and a likely facilitative relationship with a large carnivore. Further investigations in areas with more complex carnivore guilds and higher density of dominant predators are needed to understand black-backed jackal-African wild dog interactions and impacts on population dynamics.
中食肉动物在全球生态群落中扮演着重要角色,但它们的分布和数量往往未得到充分研究。由于中食肉动物在牲畜捕食中的作用,许多物种历来被视为害虫并受到致命控制。确定影响中食肉动物种群的因素有助于厘清它们在生态群落中的关系,并为缓解冲突和保护优先事项提供信息。为了帮助确定这些因素,我们使用相机陷阱研究了纳米比亚东北部四个社区保护区的中型和大型哺乳动物群落,分别在雨季和旱季使用了 99 个和 97 个相机陷阱站。我们使用稳健的 Royle-Nichols 模型对黑背豺(Lupulella mesomelas)的丰度进行了模拟。黑背豺分布广泛,雨季每个站点的平均丰度为 2.01(SD=0.66),旱季为 2.41(SD=0.49)。黑背豺表现出季节性对比的协变量关联,在雨季,有中型和大型野生猎物的地区丰度较低,而在旱季,村庄较多且靠近非洲野狗(Lycaon pictus)巢穴的地区丰度较高。我们发现了旱季黑背豺丰度的局部热点地区,这可能表明当资源稀缺时,黑背豺尽管冲突风险较高,但仍会依赖人为食物来源以及非洲野狗猎杀的尸体残骸。这些发现强调了中型食肉动物丰度的潜在驱动因素,而这些因素在传统的发生模型框架中会被掩盖,并说明了当地的丰度如何受到季节变化、野生和人为食物来源以及与大型食肉动物之间可能存在的促进关系的影响。要了解黑背豺-非洲野狗之间的相互作用及其对种群动态的影响,还需要在食肉动物联盟更复杂、优势食肉动物密度更高的地区开展进一步调查。
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Population comparison of innate and plastic host plant preference and performance in a polyphagous insect 一种多食性昆虫对寄主植物的先天性和可塑性偏好及表现的种群比较
IF 3 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-08-22 DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1426923
Kristina Karlsson Green, Chiara De Pasqual, Maria Litto, Peter Anderson
During decision-making, animals may use either innate or plastic behaviours. This has been suggested to be important for generalist phytophagous insects where females need to assess a large range of cues during host plant selection for oviposition. To facilitate the choice, generalists may thus use innate preference hierarchies among host plants combined with phenotypic plasticity based on earlier host experience, but if populations differ in whether they rely on innate or plastic factors during decision-making is not well-known. Females from an Egyptian population of the polyphagous moth Spodoptera littoralis has previously been found to shift preference between plants in their innate preference hierarchy depending on larval host plant experience. We studied the innate preference hierarchy for three host plants (cotton, cabbage and cowpea), and whether the hierarchy shifts based on larval host plant experience, in a Northern range margin population (Italy) and a core population (Kenya) of S. littoralis, to see if and how these traits vary across populations. In addition, we studied larval performance on the three host plants in all three populations. The Italian and Kenyan populations had different innate preference hierarchies, and both hierarchies differed from the hierarchy that has previously been found in the Egyptian population. Furthermore, the host plant selection of ovipositing females was affected by larval diet in the Italian and Kenyan population, but the larval host plant experience did not completely shift the preference hierarchy as in the Egyptian population. This indicates that not only host plant preference per se, but also phenotypic plasticity during host plant selection can vary between populations. We further found that the populations responded differently to larval diet for some performance traits. However, it was only the Italian population that showed indications of any link between preference and performance, as they had slower development on their least preferred host plant. Overall, preference divergence between populations seems not to be driven by local variation in larval performance.
在决策过程中,动物可能会使用先天或可塑性行为。有人认为这对植食性昆虫非常重要,因为雌性昆虫在选择寄主植物产卵时需要评估大量线索。因此,为了便于选择,通食昆虫可能会利用寄主植物的先天偏好等级与基于早期寄主经验的表型可塑性相结合,但目前还不清楚不同种群在决策过程中是依赖先天因素还是可塑性因素。以前曾发现埃及一个多食蛾种群中的雌蛾会根据幼虫寄主植物的经验在其先天偏好等级中改变对不同植物的偏好。我们研究了 S. littoralis 的一个北部边缘种群(意大利)和一个核心种群(肯尼亚)对三种寄主植物(棉花、卷心菜和豇豆)的先天偏好层次结构,以及该层次结构是否会随着幼虫寄主植物经历的变化而改变,以了解这些特征在不同种群之间是否存在差异以及如何变化。此外,我们还研究了幼虫在这三个种群的三种寄主植物上的表现。意大利种群和肯尼亚种群具有不同的先天偏好等级,这两种等级都不同于之前在埃及种群中发现的等级。此外,在意大利和肯尼亚种群中,产卵雌虫对寄主植物的选择受幼虫食性的影响,但幼虫寄主植物经历并没有像埃及种群那样完全改变其偏好等级。这表明,不仅寄主植物偏好本身,不同种群在选择寄主植物时的表型可塑性也可能不同。我们还发现,不同种群对幼虫食物的反应在某些表现性状上有所不同。然而,只有意大利种群显示出偏好与表现之间的联系,因为它们在最不喜欢的寄主植物上发育较慢。总体而言,不同种群之间的偏好差异似乎并不是由幼虫表现的地方性差异造成的。
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