气候变暖迫使温带到其上热极限,限制活动,增加能源成本
Lisa I Doucette1,2, Richard P Duncan3, William S Osborne3
1Centre for Conservation Ecology and Genomics, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT, 2617, Australia. lisadoucette@live.com.au.
Scientific reports
|June 13, 2023
概括
温带草原正在与气温上升作斗争,这限制了它们的活动,增加了它们的能源需求. 即使在凉爽的避难所,也会面临热量压力,这可能导致气候变化导致的人口减少.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 气候变化生物学 气候变化生物学
- 类学 类学 类学 类学
背景情况:
- 许多物种很容易受到气候变化的影响,因为它们依赖特定的温度范围.
- 温带物种面临着气温上升带来的复杂挑战,因为活动可以受到热和冷的限制.
研究的目的:
- 研究自然温度变化对温带草原活动模式的影响.
- 为了确定这些在夏天是否在接近其热极限附近运行,即使在使用热避难所时也是如此.
主要方法:
- 实地观察活动与环境和微息地温度的关系.
- 在不同温度条件下估计代谢成本和能量摄入需求.
- 分析过去二十年的温度数据,以评估变暖趋势.
主要成果:
- 随着空气温度超过32°C,活动显著下降,促使个人寻求热带避难所.
- 即使在避难所内,由于温度升高而承担了相当大的代谢成本.
- 由于全球变暖,在过去二十年中,抵消代谢损失所需的估计能量摄入量增加了高达40%.
结论:
- 最近的温度上升足以超越温带草原的热量和代谢耐受性极限.
- 长时间的高温对外热种群造成了严重的环境压力.
- 这种压力可能导致种群减少,并增加这些物种的灭绝风险.
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