Introduction. Integration of ecology and endocrinology in avian reproduction: a new synthesis
Introduction. Integration of ecology and endocrinology in avian reproduction: a new synthesis
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10.1098/rstb.2007.0012
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2008
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通讯作者：
M. Visser
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作者：
J. Wingfield;T. Williams;M. Visser
鸟类是全球生态系统中最常见的生物之一。因此，可见度和鸟类数量的变化是种群和对生境变化的生理反应的极好指标，也是公众关注有害环境变化的主要焦点。为了了解鸟类如何应对这些挑战，必须确定环境如何影响自然条件下的繁殖。从环境变量（线索）到生殖生活史特征的连续体取决于一系列神经和生理过程，这些过程决定了鸟类能够适应环境变化的程度和速度。为了充分理解这种适应能力，生态学家和内分泌学家需要合作并建立一个共同的框架。这个主题的目的是汇集一系列的论文，解决进化生态学家和内分泌学家如何直接使用鸟类繁殖作为模型系统进行合作。首先，我们解决需要整合生态学和内分泌学和什么好处的生物知识将获得。本期收集的论文代表了三个E-BIRD研讨会中讨论的生态学和内分泌学的新综合。三个主要焦点是权衡和限制，母体效应和个体差异。每个小组的作者都提出了他们主题的生态学和内分泌学方面，许多人继续概述了可验证的假设。最后，我们讨论了主要的问题仍然存在，以及这个问题如何指出这些需要生态学家和内分泌学家的合作努力。对未来的研究人员提出了具体的挑战，以突破知识障碍，探索新的前沿。这一主题框架最终将适用于所有分类群，因为所涉及的原则是普遍的，并有望直接应用于整个生物科学中整合有机体和基因的方案。
Birds are some of the most familiar organisms of global ecosystems. Changes in the visibility and abundance of birds are therefore excellent indicators of population and physiological responses to habitat changes and are a major focus for public concern about detrimental environmental changes. In order to understand how birds respond to these challenges, it is essential to determine how the environment affects reproduction under natural conditions. The continuum from environmental variables (cues) to reproductive life-history traits depends upon a cascade of neural and physiological processes that determine the extent and rate at which birds will be able to adapt to changes in their environment. For a full understanding of this ability to adapt, ecologists and endocrinologists need to collaborate and build a common framework. The objective of this theme issue is to bring together a series of papers addressing how evolutionary ecologists and endocrinologists can collaborate directly using avian reproduction as a model system. First, we address the need to integrate ecology and endocrinology and what benefits to biological knowledge will be gained. The papers collected in this issue represent a new synthesis of ecology and endocrinology as discussed in three E-BIRD workshops. The three main foci are trade-offs and constraints, maternal effects and individual variation. Authors within each group present ecological and endocrinological aspects of their topics and many go on to outline testable hypotheses. Finally, we discuss where the major problems remain and how this issue points out where these need collaborative efforts of ecologists and endocrinologists. Specific challenges are raised to future researchers to break through intellectual barriers and explore new frontiers. This framework of topics will ultimately apply to all taxa because the principles involved are universal and hopefully will have direct application to programmes integrating organisms and genes throughout biological sciences.