Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Jun;39(6):558-570. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.01.009. Epub 2024 Feb 23.
Despite the development of network science, we lack clear heuristics for how far different disturbance types propagate within and across species interaction networks. We discuss the mechanisms of disturbance propagation in ecological networks, and propose that disturbances can be categorized into structural, functional, and transmission types according to their spread and effect on network structure and functioning. We describe the properties of species and their interaction networks and metanetworks that determine the indirect, spatial, and temporal extent of propagation. We argue that the sampling scale of ecological studies may have impeded predictions regarding the rate and extent that a disturbance spreads, and discuss directions to help ecologists to move towards a predictive understanding of the propagation of impacts across interacting communities and ecosystems.
尽管网络科学得到了发展，但我们对于不同类型的干扰在种间相互作用网络内和种间的传播范围仍然缺乏明确的启发式方法。我们讨论了在生态网络中干扰传播的机制，并提出可以根据其传播范围和对网络结构和功能的影响，将干扰分为结构型、功能型和传播型。我们描述了决定干扰传播的间接性、空间性和时滞性的物种及其相互作用网络和超网络的特性。我们认为，生态研究的采样尺度可能阻碍了对干扰传播速度和范围的预测，并讨论了有助于生态学家对相互作用的群落和生态系统中影响传播进行预测性理解的方向。
