大气污染物对挥发性媒介昆虫生态系统服务的影响
Delia M Pinto-Zevallos1, Oksana Skaldina1, James D Blande1
1Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Global change biology
|January 17, 2025
概括
臭氧和氧化等空气污染物影响了对生态系统服务至关重要的昆虫植物相互作用. 需要对其他污染物和昆虫群体进行更多的研究,以制定保护战略.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 昆虫的行为昆虫的行为
背景情况:
- 昆虫依靠挥发性有机化合物 (VOCs) 进行重要的过程,如交配和食.
- 大气污染物 (CO,CO2,NOx,O3,SO2,PM,HMs,MPs/NP) 可以破坏昆虫的嗅觉和VOC介导的相互作用.
- 这些破坏威胁着昆虫提供的重要生态系统服务 (ES).
研究的目的:
- 审查空气污染物对VOC介导的植物-昆虫相互作用和相关的昆虫ESs的影响.
- 探索昆虫对环境变化的敏感性及其潜在的气味检测适应机制.
- 确定当前关于空气污染物对昆虫影响的研究中的知识差距.
主要方法:
- 对空气污染物和植物昆虫相互作用现有研究的文献综述.
- 分析污染物对VOC生物合成,排放和昆虫嗅觉系统的影响.
- 确定各种污染物和昆虫种类的研究偏差和未经探索的领域.
主要成果:
- 气体污染物缩短嗅觉暗示的寿命;气体和颗粒污染物都改变VOC,直接影响昆虫的嗅觉系统.
- 目前的研究仅限于对模型植物的一些授粉者,食草动物和寄生虫,忽略了分解剂和种子分散剂.
- SOA,SO2,HM,PM和MP/NP对昆虫相互作用的影响在很大程度上是未知的,除了O3和NOx.
结论:
- 空气污染物显著影响植物与昆虫的相互作用,可能会损害昆虫提供的生态系统服务.
- 迫切需要进行研究,以解决有关各种污染物 (SOA,SO2,HM,PM,MP/NP) 和昆虫群体 (分解剂,种子分散剂) 的知识差距.
- 制定有效的缓解策略和保护框架需要对这些环境影响有全面的了解.
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