Seebacher Frank, Narayan Edward, Rummer Jodie L, Tomlinson Sean, Cooke Steven J
School of Life and Environmental Sciences A08, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia QLD4072, Australia.
Conserv Physiol. 2023 Jun 3;11(1):coad038. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coad038. eCollection 2023.
Global warming is now predicted to exceed 1.5°C by 2033 and 2°C by the end of the 21st century. This level of warming and the associated environmental variability are already increasing pressure on natural and human systems. Here we emphasize the role of physiology in the light of the latest assessment of climate warming by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. We describe how physiology can contribute to contemporary conservation programmes. We focus on thermal responses of animals, but we acknowledge that the impacts of climate change are much broader phylogenetically and environmentally. A physiological contribution would encompass environmental monitoring, coupled with measuring individual sensitivities to temperature change and upscaling these to ecosystem level. The latest version of the widely accepted designed by the Conservation Measures Partnership includes several explicit climate change considerations. We argue that physiology has a unique role to play in addressing these considerations. Moreover, physiology can be incorporated by institutions and organizations that range from international bodies to national governments and to local communities, and in doing so, it brings a mechanistic approach to conservation and the management of biological resources.
据预测，到2033年全球变暖将超过1.5摄氏度，到21世纪末将超过2摄氏度。这种变暖程度以及相关的环境变化已经给自然和人类系统带来了越来越大的压力。在此，我们根据政府间气候变化专门委员会对气候变暖的最新评估，强调生理学的作用。我们描述了生理学如何能为当代保护计划做出贡献。我们专注于动物的热反应，但我们承认气候变化的影响在系统发育和环境方面要广泛得多。生理学的贡献将包括环境监测，同时测量个体对温度变化的敏感度，并将这些敏感度提升到生态系统层面。保护措施伙伴关系设计的广泛接受的最新版本包含了几个明确的气候变化考量因素。我们认为生理学在应对这些考量因素方面可发挥独特作用。此外，从国际机构到国家政府再到地方社区的各类机构和组织都可以纳入生理学，这样做能为生物资源的保护和管理带来一种机制性方法。
