School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany; Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Jul;39(7):677-688. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.02.004. Epub 2024 Mar 19.
Although primarily studied through the lens of community ecology, phenomena consistent with priority effects appear to be widespread across many different scenarios spanning a broad range of spatial, temporal, and biological scales. However, communication between these research fields is inconsistent and has resulted in a fragmented co-citation landscape, likely due to the diversity of terms used to refer to priority effects across these fields. We review these related terms, and the biological contexts in which they are used, to facilitate greater cross-disciplinary cohesion in research on priority effects. In breaking down these semantic barriers, we aim to provide a framework to better understand the conditions and mechanisms of priority effects, and their consequences across spatial and temporal scales.
尽管主要通过社区生态学的视角进行研究，但优先效应现象似乎在跨越广泛的空间、时间和生物学尺度的许多不同场景中广泛存在。然而，这些研究领域之间的交流并不一致，导致共同引用景观碎片化，这可能是由于这些领域用于指代优先效应的术语多样性所致。我们回顾了这些相关术语及其在生物背景下的使用情况，以促进优先效应研究中跨学科的凝聚力。通过打破这些语义障碍，我们旨在提供一个框架，以更好地理解优先效应的条件和机制及其在空间和时间尺度上的后果。
