关于气候变化和气候变化对北美类动物影响的现有证据:一个系统地图
Katherine C Malpeli1, Sarah C Endyke2, Sarah R Weiskopf3
1U.S. Geological Survey, National Climate Adaptation Science Center, Reston, USA. kmalpeli@usgs.gov.
Environmental evidence
|September 18, 2024
概括
这项研究映射了对气候变化对北美类动物的影响的研究. 它强调了研究的主要物种和地区,确定了有效管理野生动物的关键知识差距.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 气候科学 气候科学
- 野生动物管理 野生动物管理
背景情况:
- 气候显著影响类动物的生命历史,人口动态和迁徙.
- 气候影响类动物直接 (温度调节,运动) 和间接 (息地,料,掠食).
- 北美类动物对气候变化和变化的反应是多样化和物种特异性的.
研究的目的:
- 系统地绘制有关气候变化对北美本土类动物影响的现有证据.
- 识别有关物种,地理,气候变量和结果的研究集群和知识差距.
- 为面临气候变化的类动物种群提供野生动物管理战略的信息.
主要方法:
- 在学术和灰色文献中搜索了北美15种本土类动物的研究.
- 利用科学网,Scopus和野生动物机构网站进行证据识别.
- 选文件和提取数据以确定趋势和研究差距.
主要成果:
- 从1947年至2020年确定了674篇相关文章,其中大猩猩,鹿和白尾鹿是最受研究的.
- 研究集中在美国西部和加拿大,重点关注降雨和雪相关的气候变量.
- 大多数研究都检查了人口人口统计,息地,料和生理学,对迁移和干扰的研究较少.
结论:
- 气候变化和相互作用的压力因素对野生动物管理者来说是一个日益关注的问题.
- 这种系统地图有助于管理人员识别气候影响并为未来的人口变化做好准备.
- 确定的研究缺口包括气候对类动物迁徙的影响,研究不足的物种 (例如, Pronghorn,山山羊) 和美国东部/墨西哥类动物.
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