Modulation of ecosystem services by animal personalities
Modulation of ecosystem services by animal personalities
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DOI：
10.1002/fee.2418
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发表时间：
2021-10-05
影响因子：
10.3
通讯作者：
Mortelliti, Alessio
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作者：
Hunter, Malcolm L., Jr.;Boone, Sara R.;Mortelliti, Alessio
自然资源保护者很少考虑个体以其独特的行为、生理和基因组在塑造生态系统过程以及随后的生态系统服务中所扮演的角色，但这种情况正在改变。对动物个性(即个体之间的行为差异，随着时间和环境的变化是一致的)研究的持续激增，使个体的生态角色受到科学的审视。在这里，我们列举了四个可能由个性决定的生态系统服务的广泛例子：(1)授粉和种子传播，(2)害虫物种的调节，(3)生态旅游，以及(4)土壤质量的维持。尽管研究人员提出了动物个性和生态系统功能之间的不同联系，但很少有人研究这种联系。我们概述了量化和验证这些联系的四个步骤，从而导致对保护从业者的申请，并建议将行为差异的考虑纳入生态系统服务的管理。
Conservationists rarely consider the roles individuals, with their own unique behavior, physiology, and genome, play in shaping ecosystem processes and consequently ecosystem services, but this is changing. An ongoing surge in research on animal personalities (that is, behavioral differences among individuals that are consistent over time and across contexts) is exposing the ecological roles of individuals to scientific scrutiny. Here, we present four broad examples of ecosystem services that are likely to be shaped by personalities: (1) pollination and seed dispersal, (2) regulation of pest species, (3) ecotourism, and (4) maintenance of soil quality. Although researchers have suggested diverse links between animal personality and ecosystem function, very few have examined this association. We outline a four-step process for quantifying and validating these linkages, leading to application for conservation practitioners, and conclude by recommending that accounting for behavioral variation should be incorporated into the management of ecosystem services.