Grand Challenges in Migration Biology
Grand Challenges in Migration Biology
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DOI：
10.1093/icb/icq013
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发表时间：
2010-09-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Wikelski, Martin
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作者：
Bowlin, Melissa S.;Bisson, Isabelle-Anne;Wikelski, Martin
每年有数十亿动物迁徙。为了成功地到达目的地，移民必须进化出适当的遗传程序和适当的发育，形态，生理，生物力学，行为和生活史特征。此外，它们必须与环境中的生物和非生物因素成功地相互作用。因此，迁移提供了一个很好的模型系统来解决生物学中的几个“重大挑战”。然而，以前关于移徙的研究往往侧重于现象的一个方面，这主要是由于方法、地理或财政方面的限制。综合迁移生物学提出了“大问题”，例如动物如何，何时，何地以及为什么迁移，这可以通过从多个生态和进化角度研究这一过程来回答，结合来自其他各种科学学科的多方面知识，并使用新技术和建模方法，所有这些都在年度周期的背景下。采取综合研究战略将使人们更好地了解生物组织水平之间的相互作用，移民在疾病传播中发挥的作用，以及如何保护移民及其所依赖的生境。
Billions of animals migrate each year. To successfully reach their destination, migrants must have evolved an appropriate genetic program and suitable developmental, morphological, physiological, biomechanical, behavioral, and life-history traits. Moreover, they must interact successfully with biotic and abiotic factors in their environment. Migration therefore provides an excellent model system in which to address several of the "grand challenges" in organismal biology. Previous research on migration, however, has often focused on a single aspect of the phenomenon, largely due to methodological, geographical, or financial constraints. Integrative migration biology asks 'big questions' such as how, when, where, and why animals migrate, which can be answered by examining the process from multiple ecological and evolutionary perspectives, incorporating multifaceted knowledge from various other scientific disciplines, and using new technologies and modeling approaches, all within the context of an annual cycle. Adopting an integrative research strategy will provide a better understanding of the interactions between biological levels of organization, of what role migrants play in disease transmission, and of how to conserve migrants and the habitats upon which they depend.