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マルチスケールの規則的な植生パターンの理論的基礎
Corina E Tarnita1,2, Juan A Bonachela3, Efrat Sheffer4
1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.
Nature
|January 20, 2017
まとめ
植物同士の競争と 動物同士の活動が 組み合わせることで 生態学的なパターンが生まれます これらのメカニズムを統合することで 複雑な植生パターンと生態系の回復力を説明できます
科学分野:
- エコロジー
- 理論的な生態学
- 生態系の動態
背景:
- フェアリーサークルなどの自己組織化した植生パターンは広く存在しますが,その形成メカニズムについては議論されています.
- 2つの主な仮説があります 植物間のスケール依存フィードバックと 社会的な昆虫のような地下生態系エンジニアです
- 既存の理論には 経験的な検証や 複雑なパターンの形成のための 統一的な枠組みが欠けています
研究 の 目的:
- 社会的な昆虫コロニーの自己組織化と植生パターニングにおけるその役割に関する一般的理論的基礎を開発する.
- 植物の競争と動物の活動が植物のパターンに及ぼす影響を研究する.
- ナミブ砂漠の妖精のサークルのようなシステムで観察された 多次元パターンと強化された生態系機能を説明する.
主な方法:
- 社会的な昆虫コロニーの自己組織化に関する一般的理論的枠組みを開発した.
- 4つの大陸のデータを用いて理論的モデルを検証した.
- ナミブ砂漠のフェアリーサークルのデータを収集し,分析し,複数のスケールのパターンを研究しました.
主要な成果:
- 地域動物間の種の内競争が六角植生パターンを生み出すことが示された.
- 複雑で多面的なパターンは 植物競争や動物活動だけでは 説明できないことが示されました
- 干ばつ耐性などの新興特性を決定する 2つのメカニズム間のダイナミックな相互作用を特定した.
結論:
- 植物同士の競争と 動物による自己組織を組み合わせた 統一された理論的枠組みが 複雑な植生パターンを説明します
- 社会的な昆虫は,地球規模で規則的な植生パターンを生み出すのに重要な役割を果たします.
- 複数の自己組織メカニズムを統合することは 生態系の機能と回復力を理解するために不可欠です