景观量化了生态网络中的中间状态和过渡动态
Jinchao Lv1,2, Jin Wang3, Chunhe Li1,2,4
1Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
PLoS computational biology
|January 5, 2024
概括
生态系统可能会崩,但了解它们的能源格局可以揭示过渡过程中至关重要的中间状态. 一个新的障碍高度指标可以提前警告生态系统崩,帮助可持续发展工作.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 复杂系统科学 复杂系统科学
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
背景情况:
- 生态崩和恢复机制对于人与自然的共存至关重要.
- 在生态系统中阐明随机动态转变仍然具有挑战性.
- 植物授粉者网络作为研究生态系统动态的模型.
研究的目的:
- 使用植物-传粉者网络的例子来量化生态系统的能源景观.
- 识别和分析生态能源景观中的中间稳定状态.
- 基于景观特性,开发一种基于生态转型的新型预警信号.
主要方法:
- 生态能源景观的量化.
- 对代表稳定状态 (高,低,中等丰度) 的吸引子进行分析.
- 作为过渡可行性指标的障碍高度 (BH) 的定义和应用.
主要成果:
- 能源格局揭示了多个吸引因素,包括高,低和中等丰度稳定状态.
- 检测到中间状态,特别是在授粉者减少的条件下.
- 证明了中间国家的不可或缺的作用,以促进系统过渡.
- 屏障高度 (BH) 被定义为评估过渡可行性的总量.
结论:
- 屏障高度 (BH) 可以作为即将发生的灾难性生态破坏的有效预警信号 (EWS).
- 与传统的时间序列指标相比,BH提供了更早,更准确的警告.
- 这些发现支持开发环境可持续性的改进管理策略.
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