Boulanger Laureline, Héraud Amélie, Martzloff Dorian, Ropital Valentin
Master 2 Écophysiologie, Écologie & Éthologie 2019-2020, Faculté des Sciences de la Vie, Université de Strasbourg, 28 rue Goethe, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
Biol Aujourdhui. 2020;214(3-4):105-108. doi: 10.1051/jbio/2020013. Epub 2020 Dec 24.
The earth is currently facing an unprecedented biodiversity loss, which is taking such proportions that it is sometimes considered to be the sixth mass extinction. Human activities are the main cause of this alarming ecological crisis and threaten this biodiversity yet essential to mankind. It is thus necessary to learn more about the different living species, in order to protect and preserve them. In particular, three key scientific fields give us a better insight on biodiversity and its characteristics: ecology, focusing on living species interacting with their environment; ethology, focusing on animal behaviour; and ecophysiology, linking changes at the physiological scale to environmental changes. Together, they allow us to work in favor of biodiversity, by giving us a better understanding of animal species and their ways of life, thus allowing us to act accordingly.
地球目前正面临着前所未有的生物多样性丧失，其规模之大，有时被认为是第六次大灭绝。人类活动是这场令人担忧的生态危机的主要原因，并威胁到对人类至关重要的生物多样性。因此，有必要更多地了解不同的生物物种，以便保护和保存它们。特别是，三个关键的科学领域让我们对生物多样性及其特征有了更深入的了解：生态学，关注生物物种与其环境的相互作用；动物行为学，关注动物行为；生态生理学，将生理尺度的变化与环境变化联系起来。它们共同作用，通过让我们更好地了解动物物种及其生活方式，从而使我们能够采取相应行动，助力生物多样性保护。
