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《Science | 食草动物限制全球植被恢复的成功》

  • 来源专题：战略生物资源
  • 编译者： 李康音
  • 发布时间：2023-11-05

  • 本文内容转载自“iMedicines”微信公众号。原文链接: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/LZgUYBk23TpMep-WHRH79A

    2023年11月3日，复旦大学生命科学学院、生物多样性与生态工程教育部重点实验室、上海长江河口湿地生态系统国家野外科学观测研究站贺强教授团队在Science 上以封面论文发表了题为Herbivory limits success of vegetation restoration globally的研究成果。通过构建和分析包含64个国家、2594组实验的全球动物消费者效应数据库和全球植物互作与恢复数据库，在全球尺度上系统研究了植食动物对植被恢复的下行效应、调控因素及管理措施。

    该研究阐明了动物下行效应在植被恢复中的关键作用及气候等调控因素，为何时、何地、如何管理下行效应以提高植被恢复的成效提供了新见解，为破解生态修复的“梦境”之困提供了新思路。当前，随着伯恩计划（Bonn Challenge）、非洲绿色长城（Africa’s Green Great Wall）、蓝碳计划（the Blue Carbon Initiative）等的实施，大规模植被恢复工程正在全球许多地区快速推进。该研究表明管理植食作用等下行效应将有助于这些大型植被恢复工程的优化推广，也为近年来有关通过恢复食物网结构而提升生态系统多样性和自维持能力的“营养级再野化”（trophic rewilding）倡议提供了实证支撑。


  • 原文来源：https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.add2814
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