期刊
ECOLOGY LETTERS
卷 25, 期 6, 页码 1566-1579出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ele.14004
关键词
comparative biology; conservation; disturbance; fast-slow continuum; pace of life; population collapse; recovery; resistance; stability; traits
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资金
- Ramon Areces Foundation Fellowship [BEVP30P01A5816]
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/M018458/1, NE/S006125/1]
- NERC [NE/S006125/1, NE/M018458/1] Funding Source: UKRI
This study investigates how the life history of 910 natural populations of animals and plants predicts their resilience. The researchers found that resilience of species is determined by their life history traits, such as pace of life and reproductive strategy. Species with longer generation times require longer recovery times post-disturbance, while those with greater reproductive capacity have greater resistance and compensation.
Accelerating rates of biodiversity loss underscore the need to understand how species achieve resilience-the ability to resist and recover from a/biotic disturbances. Yet, the factors determining the resilience of species remain poorly understood, due to disagreements on its definition and the lack of large-scale analyses. Here, we investigate how the life history of 910 natural populations of animals and plants predicts their intrinsic ability to be resilient. We show that demographic resilience can be achieved through different combinations of compensation, resistance and recovery after a disturbance. We demonstrate that these resilience components are highly correlated with life history traits related to the species' pace of life and reproductive strategy. Species with longer generation times require longer recovery times post-disturbance, whilst those with greater reproductive capacity have greater resistance and compensation. Our findings highlight the key role of life history traits to understand species resilience, improving our ability to predict how natural populations cope with disturbance regimes.
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