取决于温度的捕食预测了更具爬行动物的未来.
John M Grady1,2,3, Jacob L Amme2, Kiran Bhaskaran-Nair2
1Living Earth Collaborative Center for Biodiversity, Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|September 30, 2024
概括
脊椎动物的多样性从极端的内热体 (哺乳动物,鸟类) 转移到热带的外热体 (爬行动物,两动物). 变暖趋势预测未来有更多的爬行动物,改变全球生物多样性模式.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 动物学 动物学
- 气候变化生物学 气候变化生物学
背景情况:
- 全球生物多样性通常在热带地区增加.
- 热调节策略 (内热与外热) 可能会影响这种模式.
- 了解这些变化对于预测未来的生态系统组成至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 根据温度调节策略量化陆地脊椎动物多样性的度模式.
- 研究温度,温度调节和捕食者与猎物的相互作用之间的机制联系.
- 预测未来的多样性在气候变暖下发生的变化.
主要方法:
- 综合了超过3万个陆地脊椎动物物种的分布数据.
- 沿度梯度的物种丰富度和社区组成的量化变化.
- 进行了超过4,500次自动视频跟踪试验,以分析捕食者与猎物的相互作用和热敏度.
主要成果:
- 观察到从寒冷,高度地区的内热生物 (哺乳动物,鸟类) 占主导地位的显著转变,到温暖的热带地区的外热生物 (爬行动物,两动物) 占主导地位.
- 证明了运动的热敏度会影响捕食者-猎物动态,在寒冷条件下偏爱内热体,在温暖条件下偏爱外热体.
- 观察到内热生物使用热线索来预测猎物的行为,影响食成功.
结论:
- 脊椎动物的多样性模式受到热调节策略和温度梯度的强烈影响.
- 捕食者与猎物的相互作用与温度有机联系,塑造了社区的组成.
- 预计未来的变暖可能会导致全球脊椎动物多样性中的外热 (爬行动物) 主导地位增加.
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