Stitch the niche – a practical philosophy and visual schematic for the niche concept
Stitch the niche – a practical philosophy and visual schematic for the niche concept
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缝合利基——利基概念的实用哲学和视觉示意图
DOI：
10.1111/jbi.12032
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
R. Etienne
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文献类型：
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作者：
G. McInerny;R. Etienne
由于过度关注精确的定义，生态学对生态位概念产生了混乱的概念。这是我们的第二篇论文，为利基开发了一种实践哲学，在正确的抽象水平上接近概念。我们将生态位解构为效应和响应组件，然后将这些部分重构为生态位和生态位的一般视觉示意图。利用这个示意图，我们研究了特定的生态位概念与生态学的关系，并研究了生态位与生态子学科之间的关系，特别是物种分布模型(SDM)。这一一般性描述澄清了生态位概念的二元性，既是物种的一个方面，也是环境的一个方面。不清楚地使用这些双重概念可能会混淆科学方法，以及我们对不确定性和错误的看法。通过将模型错误地归类为概念，生态学混淆了利基市场。我们的实践哲学使用当前丰富的生态和利基思想作为一般利基概念的全景。我们认为，缝合利基市场产生了一个支撑直接生态思维的概念。
By over‐focusing on precise definitions, ecology has produced a confused idea of the niche concept. This, our second paper, develops a practical philosophy for the niche that approaches the concept at the correct level of abstraction. We deconstruct the niche into effect and response components and then reconstruct those parts into a general, visual schematic of the niche and ecology. Using this schematic we examine the relationship of particular niche ideas to ecology, and examine the relationship between niche and ecological sub‐disciplines, particularly species distribution modelling (SDM). This general description clarifies the duality of the niche concept, as both a facet of species and a facet of environments. Unclear use of these dual concepts can confuse the scientific approach, and our ideas about uncertainty and error. By misclassifying models as concepts, ecology has confused the niche. Our practical philosophy uses the current wealth of ecological and niche ideas as a panoramic view of a general niche concept. We argue that stitching the niche produces a concept that underpins straightforward ecological thinking.