School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, King's College London, London Bridge Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2009 Nov 27;364(1534):3313-9. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0175.
The robustness of the growth of the human population in the face of environmental impacts is in contrast to the sensitivity of wildlife. There is a danger that the success of reproduction of humans provides a false sense of security for the public, media and politicians with respect to wildlife survival, the maintenance of viable ecosystems and the capacity for recovery of damaged ecosystems and endangered species. In reality, the success of humans to populate the planet has been dependent on the combination of the ability to reproduce successfully and to minimize loss of offspring through controlling and manipulating their own micro-environment. In contrast, reproduction in wildlife is threatened by environmental changes operating at many different physiological levels.
面对环境影响，人类人口的增长具有稳健性，这与野生动物的敏感性形成了鲜明对比。人类繁殖的成功给公众、媒体和政治家带来了一种错误的安全感，使他们认为野生动物的生存、可行生态系统的维持以及受损生态系统和濒危物种的恢复能力都有了保障。实际上，人类能够在地球上繁衍生息，这依赖于他们成功繁殖的能力，以及通过控制和操纵自身微观环境来最小化后代损失的能力。相比之下，野生动物的繁殖受到许多不同生理层面的环境变化的威胁。
