Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Evol Anthropol. 2020 Nov;29(6):317-331. doi: 10.1002/evan.21874.
In recent years, interest in understanding the effects of climate change on species and ecological systems has sharply increased. We quantify and contextualize the current state of knowledge about the effects of contemporary climate change on non-human primates, a taxon of great ecological and anthropological significance. Specifically, we report findings from a systematic literature search designed to assess the allocation of research effort on primates and climate change and consider how the current distribution of knowledge may be influencing our understanding of the topic. We reveal significant phylogenetic and geographic gaps in our knowledge, which is strongly biased towards lemurs, apes, and a relatively small subset of primate range countries. We show that few analyses investigate changes in primate foods relative to changes in primates themselves or their habitats, and observe that few longitudinal datasets are of sufficient duration to detect effects on the generational scale. We end by identifying areas of research inquiry that would advance our theoretical understanding of primate ecology, evolution, and adaptability, and meaningfully contribute to primate conservation.
近年来，人们对了解气候变化对物种和生态系统的影响的兴趣急剧增加。我们量化并分析了当前关于气候变化对非人类灵长类动物影响的知识状况，非人类灵长类动物具有重要的生态和人类学意义。具体来说，我们报告了一项系统文献检索的结果，该检索旨在评估研究灵长类动物和气候变化的努力分配情况，并考虑当前知识分布如何影响我们对该主题的理解。我们发现，我们的知识在系统发育和地理上存在明显的差距，这种差距主要集中在狐猴、猿类和相对较少的灵长类动物分布国家。我们表明，很少有分析研究灵长类动物食物相对于灵长类动物本身或其栖息地的变化，并且观察到很少有纵向数据集具有足够的持续时间来检测对代际尺度的影响。最后，我们确定了一些研究领域，这些领域将有助于我们从理论上理解灵长类动物的生态学、进化和适应性，并为灵长类动物的保护做出有意义的贡献。
