人类时代的迁徙:陆地哺乳动物的全球迁徙减少
Marlee A Tucker1,2, Katrin Böhning-Gaese3,2, William F Fagan4,5
1Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, 60325 Frankfurt (Main), Germany. tucker.marlee@gmail.com thomas.mueller@senckenberg.de.
概括
人类足迹显著减少了动物的移动范围,影响生态系统. 这种全球性的动物流动性损失影响了物种的生存和生态过程.
科学领域:
- 生态学
- 动物学
- 保护生物学
背景情况:
- 动物的运动对于生态系统的功能和物种的生存至关重要.
- 人类活动对不同物种的动物移动模式的影响仍未得到量化.
研究的目的:
- 估计人类足迹对动物移动范围的影响.
- 了解人类的影响如何影响物种的空间生态和行为.
主要方法:
- 使用完整的GPS跟踪数据库, 包括来自57个不同物种的803个个体.
- 在不同程度的人类足迹的地区比较动物的移动范围.
主要成果:
- 人类足迹较大地区的哺乳动物流动范围比影响较小的地区减少了一半至三分之一.
- 观察到的减少归因于行为调整和远程物种被排除在人类主导的景观之外.
结论:
- 由于人类的足迹,全球动物流动性的减少是一个重要的生态问题.
- 改变动物运动会影响种群动态,捕食者与猎物的相互作用,营养循环和疾病传播.
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