Transient demographic approaches can drastically expand the toolbox of coral reef science
Transient demographic approaches can drastically expand the toolbox of coral reef science
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DOI：
10.1007/s00338-022-02250-x
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发表时间：
2022-04-23
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3.5
通讯作者：
Beger，Maria
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作者：
Cant，James;Salguero-Gomez，Roberto;Beger，Maria
珊瑚群落受到越来越多的非生物和生物干扰的威胁。要防止随之而来的珊瑚覆盖面和多样性的丧失，就需要对珊瑚物种和种群的复原力有一个机械的理解，而这是珊瑚礁科学目前所缺乏的。对珊瑚种群动态的评估通常侧重于其长期（即渐进）特征，默认的是，种群可以在稳定的环境中实现其长期特征。相反，我们认为，需要更多的关注调查thetransient（即短期）动态的珊瑚种群描述和预测其特征和轨迹不稳定的环境中。应用瞬态人口学方法来评估和预测珊瑚种群对干扰的反应，有望加快我们预测和管理珊瑚种群，物种和社区的恢复力的能力。
Coral communities are threatened by an increasing plethora of abiotic and biotic disturbances. Preventing the ensuing loss of coral coverage and diversity calls for a mechanistic understanding of resilience across coral species and populations that is currently lacking in coral reef science. Assessments into the dynamics of coral populations typically focus on their long-term (i.e.asymptotic) characteristics, tacitly assuming stable environments in which populations can attain their long-term characteristics. Instead, we argue that greater focus is needed on investigating thetransient(i.e.short-term) dynamics of coral populations to describe and predict their characteristics and trajectories within unstable environments. Applying transient demographic approaches to evaluating and forecasting the responses of coral populations to disturbance holds promise for expediting our capacity to predict and manage the resilience of coral populations, species, and communities.