海洋巨型动物运动生态学的关键问题。

Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology.

机构信息

Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Warrnambool, VIC 3280, Australia.

IOMRC and The UWA Oceans Institute, School of Animal Biology and Centre for Marine Futures, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; Australian Institute of Marine Science, c/o The UWA Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.

出版信息

Trends Ecol Evol. 2016 Jun;31(6):463-475. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.015. Epub 2016 Mar 12.

DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.015

PMID:26979550

Abstract

It is a golden age for animal movement studies and so an opportune time to assess priorities for future work. We assembled 40 experts to identify key questions in this field, focussing on marine megafauna, which include a broad range of birds, mammals, reptiles, and fish. Research on these taxa has both underpinned many of the recent technical developments and led to fundamental discoveries in the field. We show that the questions have broad applicability to other taxa, including terrestrial animals, flying insects, and swimming invertebrates, and, as such, this exercise provides a useful roadmap for targeted deployments and data syntheses that should advance the field of movement ecology.

摘要

这是动物运动研究的黄金时代，也是评估未来工作重点的恰当时机。我们召集了 40 名专家，确定了该领域的关键问题，重点关注海洋巨型动物，其中包括广泛的鸟类、哺乳动物、爬行动物和鱼类。对这些类群的研究不仅为最近的许多技术发展提供了基础，而且在该领域也取得了一些基础性发现。我们表明，这些问题具有广泛的适用性，可应用于其他类群，包括陆地动物、飞行昆虫和游泳无脊椎动物，因此，这项工作为有针对性的部署和数据综合提供了有用的路线图，这将推动运动生态学领域的发展。