気候変動による生物多様性の再分配:生態系と人間の福祉への影響
Gretta T Pecl1,2, Miguel B Araújo3,4,5, Johann D Bell6,7
1Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia. gretta.pecl@utas.edu.au.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|April 1, 2017
まとめ
気候変動は地球規模で 種の再分布を加速し 生態系や人間の幸福に 影響を及ぼしています 生物多様性の変化が 食糧安全保障,病気のパターン,炭素の吸収に 影響を及ぼし 適応戦略に 含めることが必要になります
科学分野:
- エコロジー
- 気候科学
- 生物多様性に関する研究
背景:
- 人類が引き起こした気候変動により 種分布は急速に変化しています
- これらの変化が生態系の構成と機能に 変化をもたらしています
- 影響は生態系サービスや人間の福祉に 広がっています
研究 の 目的:
- 気候変動による種の再分布の影響に関する証拠を検証する.
- 生態系の機能と人間の幸福に対するこれらの変化の重要性を強調する.
- 生物多様性の再分配を気候変動戦略に組み込む必要性を強調する.
主な方法:
- 科学的証拠の文献レビュー
- 地域から世界規模の 種の再分布パターンの分析
- 生態系機能と人間の幸福に対する影響の統合
主要な成果:
- 気候によって引き起こされる種の再分布は 生態系の機能を大きく変化させます
- これらの変化は 自然資源の生産,食料安全保障,病気の伝染に 影響を及ぼします
- 生物多様性の再分配は 炭素の吸収を含む 気候変動のダイナミクスにも影響を及ぼします
結論:
- 種の再分布を理解し対処することは 効果的な気候変動の緩和と適応に不可欠です
- 国連の持続可能な開発目標を含む現在の戦略では 生物多様性への影響がしばしば見過ごされています
- 生物多様性の再分配を政策に組み込むことは,生態学的回復力と人間の持続可能性にとって不可欠です.
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