Williams Jason D, Boyko Christopher B
*Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549, USA
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West @ 79th St, New York, NY 10024, USA.
Integr Comp Biol. 2016 Oct;56(4):556-60. doi: 10.1093/icb/icw085. Epub 2016 Jul 3.
Although climate change can cause extreme alterations to ecosystems, only limited research has investigated how altered physical conditions (e.g., warming, extreme temperature events, sea level rise, ocean acidification, and altered precipitation) influence species interactions. In particular, the interplay between host and parasites in such a changing world is in need of study. Our objective in organizing this symposium was to bring together researchers working on a wide variety of natural enemies (parasites, pathogens, and pests), to exchange knowledge on how aspects of global climate change may alter the distribution and ecology of these organisms and their hosts. It is our intention that the symposium and the resulting articles will foster more accurate modeling of and predictions about the impacts of climate change on the biology and ecology of natural enemies and their hosts.
尽管气候变化会给生态系统带来极端改变，但仅有有限的研究探讨了物理条件的改变（如变暖、极端温度事件、海平面上升、海洋酸化和降水变化）如何影响物种间的相互作用。特别是，在这样一个不断变化的世界中，宿主与寄生虫之间的相互作用亟待研究。我们组织本次研讨会的目的是召集研究各种天敌（寄生虫、病原体和害虫）的研究人员，就全球气候变化的各个方面如何改变这些生物及其宿主的分布和生态进行知识交流。我们希望本次研讨会及由此产生的文章能够促进对气候变化对天敌及其宿主的生物学和生态学影响进行更准确的建模和预测。
