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DOI | 10.1111/ele.13227 |
The limits to population density in birds and mammals | |
Stephens, Philip A.1; Vieira, Marcus V.2; Willis, Stephen G.1; Carbone, Chris3 | |
2019-04-01 | |
发表期刊 | ECOLOGY LETTERS
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ISSN | 1461-023X |
EISSN | 1461-0248 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 22期号:4页码:654-663 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England; Brazil |
英文摘要 | We address two fundamental ecological questions: what are the limits to animal population density and what determines those limits? We develop simple alternative models to predict population limits in relation to body mass. A model assuming that within-species area use increases with the square of daily travel distance broadly predicts the scaling of empirical extremes of minimum density across birds and mammals. Consistent with model predictions, the estimated density range for a given mass, 'population scope', is greater for birds than for mammals. However, unlike mammals and carnivorous birds, expected broad relationships between body mass and density extremes are not supported by data on herbivorous and omnivorous birds. Our results suggest that simple constraints on mobility and energy use/supply are major determinants of the scaling of density limits, but further understanding of interactions between dietary constraints and density limits are needed to predict future wildlife population responses to anthropogenic threats. |
英文关键词 | Body size carnivore energetics herbivore macroecology minimum viable population size population density scaling |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000460768100010 |
WOS关键词 | BODY-SIZE ; HOME-RANGE ; COMMON RULE ; ENERGY USE ; ECOLOGY ; SPACE ; ASSEMBLAGES ; ENERGETICS ; ALLOMETRY ; DYNAMICS |
WOS类目 | Ecology |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/31341 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Durham, Dept Biosci, Conservat Ecol Grp, South Rd, Durham DH1 3LE, England; 2.Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Inst Biol, Dept Ecol, Cp 68020, BR-21941902 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; 3.Zool Soc London, Inst Zool, Regents Pk, London NW1 4RY, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Stephens, Philip A.,Vieira, Marcus V.,Willis, Stephen G.,et al. The limits to population density in birds and mammals[J]. ECOLOGY LETTERS,2019,22(4):654-663. |
APA | Stephens, Philip A.,Vieira, Marcus V.,Willis, Stephen G.,&Carbone, Chris.(2019).The limits to population density in birds and mammals.ECOLOGY LETTERS,22(4),654-663. |
MLA | Stephens, Philip A.,et al."The limits to population density in birds and mammals".ECOLOGY LETTERS 22.4(2019):654-663. |
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