動物 と 炭素 循環 の 動物 化学
Oswald J Schmitz1, Christopher C Wilmers2, Shawn J Leroux3
1School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. oswald.schmitz@yale.edu.
まとめ
動物は,生態系と大気間の炭素交換を媒介することで,地球的な炭素循環に大きな影響を与える. 動物の移動と生息地の利用を理解することは 景観における炭素の動態を正確に予測するのに不可欠です
科学分野:
- エコロジー
- 生地化学
- 環境科学
背景:
- 気候変動の研究には 炭素循環の正確な予測が不可欠です
- 現在のモデルでは カーボンダイナミクスにおける 動物界の役割が 見過ごされています
- 生態系の炭素交換は,通常,植物と土壌の相互作用に焦点を当てて研究されています.
研究 の 目的:
- 地球の炭素循環を 制御する上で 動物が果たす重要な役割を 強調するためです
- 動物の活動が炭素の吸収と放出に 影響を及ぼすことを示す
- 動物媒介による炭素の動態を研究するための統合方法の提案.
主な方法:
- 空間的な生態系の機能の分析
- 動物の移動データを統合する
- 動物の生息地分析のための遠隔感知を使用します.
- これらの要因を風景スケールの炭素動態と関連付けます.
主要な成果:
- 動物は炭素の交換を積極的に促進し 生態系の炭素源をシンクに変換し その逆も行います
- 動物の移動は炭素の交換と貯蔵において空間的な異質性を生み出します
- このダイナミズムは現在の炭素循環モデリングと測定に重大な課題をもたらします.
結論:
- 動物は世界の炭素循環の 重要な構成要素であり 全体のバランスに影響を与えます
- 動物の行動や空間的な生態を 炭素モデルに組み込むことは 精度を高めるために必要です
- 将来の研究は,生態系科学,運動生態学,遠隔感知を組み合わせた学際的なアプローチに焦点を当てるべきです.
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