跨种类竞争 (PIC) 矩阵的预测:纳入人口风险评估的概念框架
David H Miller1, Carlie A LaLone1, Daniel L Villeneuve1
1Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division, US Environmental Protection Agency, Duluth, Minnesota.
Environmental toxicology and chemistry
|April 23, 2024
概括
跨物种竞争 (PIC) 矩阵的新预测显示,忽视资源限制和竞争可能导致对面临压力因素的多种物种进行不准确的生态风险评估. 这种方法改善了生态系统的预测.
科学领域:
- 生态毒理学 生态毒理学
- 人口生态学 人口生态学
- 生态风险评估 生态风险评估
背景情况:
- 评估化学和非化学压力因素对种群的影响需要考虑种内和种间的竞争.
- 目前的生态风险评估面临不确定性,因为它忽视了竞争互动.
研究的目的:
- 开发和演示一种新的建模方法,即跨种类竞争 (PIC) 矩阵的投影,用于分析暴露在压力因素下的人口动态.
- 研究如何跨物种竞争和资源限制对暴露于压力因素的竞争物种的种群状况预测产生影响.
主要方法:
- 开发了跨物种竞争 (PIC) 矩阵的投影,以建模多种竞争物种在应激因子暴露下的种群动态.
- 模拟两个假设鱼类物种的种群动态,在不同的压力场景下 (例如,降低生育能力) 具有不同的生命历史特征.
主要成果:
- 忽视资源限制和跨物种竞争可能会导致关于人口状况和生存能力的错误结论.
- PIC矩阵将个人层面的影响与跨越多代的人口和社区层面的结果整合在一起.
- 建模方法将压力因素的影响与生态系统层面的后果联系起来.
结论:
- 跨物种竞争 (PIC) 矩阵的预测为生态风险评估提供了一个强大的方法,改善了对人口和社区应对压力因素的预测.
- 这种方法可以与现场监测,实验室测试和不利结果途径相结合,用于全面的生态系统预测.
- PIC矩阵增强了对竞争如何调解生态系统内的多种物种压力因素影响的理解.
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