Importance versus intensity of ecological effects: why context matters
Importance versus intensity of ecological effects: why context matters
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DOI：
10.1016/j.tree.2011.04.003
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发表时间：
2011-08-01
影响因子：
16.8
通讯作者：
Brooker, Rob
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作者：
Kikvidze, Zaal;Suzuki, Maki;Brooker, Rob
在任何生态学研究中，目标生物通常受到多种环境驱动因素的影响。在植物相互作用研究中，最近的争论集中在竞争的重要性上;也就是说，它在调节植物相对于其他环境驱动因素的成功方面的作用。尽管有明确和具体的定义，竞争的重要性这一看似简单的概念却常常被忽视，而对这一概念的认识有助于调和关于竞争对环境严重性的依赖性的长期争论。在这次审查中，我们认为，这种形式化的概念的重要性，生态的其他方面将是有益的。我们讨论了衡量重要性的方法，并提供了明确承认这个简单的概念可能会促进理解和解决辩论的例子。
In any ecological study, target organisms are usually impacted by multiple environmental drivers. In plant interaction research, recent debate has focussed on the importance of competition; that is, its role in regulating plant success relative to other environmental drivers. Despite being clearly and specifically defined, the apparently simple concept of the importance of competition has been commonly overlooked, and its recognition has helped reconcile long-running debates about the dependence of competition on environmental severity. In this review, we argue that extending this formalised concept of importance to other aspects of ecology would be beneficial. We discuss approaches for measuring importance, and provide examples where explicit acknowledgement of this simple concept might promote understanding and resolve debate.