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C R Biol. 2011 May;334(5-6):360-9. doi: 10.1016/j.crvi.2011.01.005. Epub 2011 Mar 23.
Examples of the impact of human activities on Vertebrate populations abound, with famous cases of extinction. This article reviews how and why Vertebrates are affected by the various components of global change. The effect of direct exploitation, while strong, is currently superseded by changes in use of all sorts, while climate change has started having significant effects on some Vertebrate populations. The low maximum growth rate of Vertebrate populations makes them particularly sensitive to global change, while they contribute relatively modestly to major ecosystem services. One may conclude that unless they are considered as sentinels of the biological consequences of global changes, their situation will go on strongly deteriorating, in particular under the influence of interactions of different components of global change such as changes in use and climate change.
人类活动对脊椎动物种群的影响比比皆是，其中不乏一些著名的灭绝案例。本文回顾了脊椎动物是如何以及为何受到全球变化各个组成部分的影响。直接开发的影响虽然强烈，但目前已被各种用途的变化所取代，而气候变化已开始对一些脊椎动物种群产生重大影响。脊椎动物种群的最大增长率较低，使它们对全球变化特别敏感，而它们对主要生态系统服务的贡献相对较小。人们可以得出这样的结论，除非将它们视为全球变化生物后果的哨兵，否则它们的状况将继续严重恶化，特别是在全球变化不同组成部分（如用途变化和气候变化）相互作用的影响下。
