Making conservation physiology relevant to policy makers and conservation practitioners
Making conservation physiology relevant to policy makers and conservation practitioners
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1755-263x.2010.00109.x
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发表时间：
2010-06-01
影响因子：
8.5
通讯作者：
O'Connor, Constance M.
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作者：
Cooke, Steven J.;O'Connor, Constance M.
人们认识到，生理工具和知识有可能为保护政策提供信息，这导致了“保护生理学”这一新兴学科的定义。事实上，由于严格的实验方法和对阐明因果关系的关注，保护生理学可以为政策制定者提供很多东西。然而，仍有一些挑战可能会阻碍采用这一办法。在这里，我们确定了这些挑战，并为生理学家和保护从业者提供了一条整合各自领域的途径。一个问题是，威胁评估和保护行动往往集中在种群或物种上，而生理学往往集中在个人、细胞或分子上。生理学家必须确定个体生物体的生理学是否以及如何影响种群水平的过程。还有必要验证“保护生理学工具箱”中的更多工具，并确保彻底了解应用于保护工作的生理生物标记物。对濒危物种的研究将对那些制定管理决策的人更有用，而不是专注于模式物种的研究。我们也建议改变生理学家的教育，让生理学家了解政策制定的过程，以及自然保育从业者的需要。
The recognition that physiological tools and knowledge have the potential to inform conservation policy has led to the definition of the nascent discipline of "conservation physiology." Indeed, conservation physiology has much to offer policy makers because of the rigorous experimental approach and the focus on elucidating cause-and-effect relationships. However, there remain a number of challenges that might retard the adoption of this approach. Here, we identify these challenges and suggest a path for both physiologists and conservation practitioners to integrate their respective fields. One issue is that threat assessments and conservation actions tend to focus on populations or species, whereas physiology tends to focus on individuals, cells, or molecules. Physiologists must determine if and how the physiology of individual organisms can influence population-level processes. It is also necessary to validate more tools in the "conservation physiology toolbox," and ensure a thorough understanding of the physiological biomarkers applied to conservation efforts. Research on imperiled taxa will be more useful to those making management decisions, rather than research focused on model species. We also recommend changes in the education of physiologists such that physiologists understand the process of policy making, and the needs of conservation practitioners.