"熱帯山脈における種間の競争が鳥類の生息範囲を制限する"に関するコメントへの回答

Benjamin G Freeman^1,2, Matthew Strimas-Mackey³, Eliot T Miller³

¹Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, V6T1Z4.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

|January 26, 2023

まとめ

最近の主張とは対照的に種間競争は種間の高さ帯域を形作る可能性があります再分析されたデータは,競争と一致するパターンを明らかにした.

科学分野:

エコロジー
進化生物学
バイオジオグラフィ

背景:

種間の競争が種間の高さに影響を与えるという仮説は,生態学の重要な概念である.
最近の研究では代替解釈を提案したりこの仮説に異議を唱えたりしています

研究の目的:

種間の競争が標高を決定する役割を再評価する
競争の仮説を疑問視する最近の分析で使用された変数の解釈を扱う.

主な方法:

既知の生態学的原理を用いて既存のデータを再分析する.
確立された生態学的仮説の文脈の中で新しく作成された変数の解釈.

主要な成果:

最近の批評で使われた主な変数は,種間競争のプロキシとして最もよく理解されます.
この再分析は,前述のパターンを確認し,種間競争の仮説と一致していることが判明しました.

結論:

種間の競争の仮説は,種間の高さ範囲を理解するための有効な枠組みです.
この再分析は,生態学的および進化的プロセスにおける種間競争の重要な役割を支持しています.

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