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The ecological and evolutionary dynamics of inselbergs. 海岛的生态和进化动态。
IF 11 1区 生物学
Biological Reviews Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1111/brv.13150
Bram Vanschoenwinkel, Luiza F A de Paula, Joren M Snoeks, Tom Van der Stocken, Falko T Buschke, Stefan Porembski, Fernando A O Silveira
{"title":"The ecological and evolutionary dynamics of inselbergs.","authors":"Bram Vanschoenwinkel, Luiza F A de Paula, Joren M Snoeks, Tom Van der Stocken, Falko T Buschke, Stefan Porembski, Fernando A O Silveira","doi":"10.1111/brv.13150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Islands are fundamental model systems in ecology, biogeography, and evolutionary biology. However, terrestrial islands, unlike their aquatic counterparts, have received comparatively less attention. Among these land islands, inselbergs (i.e. isolated rock outcrops with diverse lithologies and a modest topographical prominence) stand out as iconic examples distributed worldwide across global biomes. Due to their durable lithology, inselbergs change slowly, persisting for tens of millions of years. In this review, we propose a biological definition for inselbergs that captures three fundamental characteristics of inselbergs from the perspective of biota. These are old age, isolation and the presence of unique microhabitats that are rare or absent in the surrounding matrix, fostering distinct communities often with unique and endemic biota. We synthesise the state of the art and formulate a set of testable hypotheses to deepen our understanding of the origins and maintenance of diversity on inselbergs, which are increasingly exposed to anthropogenic threats. By offering different habitats compared to the surrounding habitat matrix (e.g. moist microhabitats in dryland landscapes and xeric environments in humid tropical landscapes), inselbergs may allow specific lineages to thrive beyond their typical geographical limits. Particularly in drylands and degraded landscapes, inselbergs may not just provide different habitats but also act as ecological refuges or evolutionary refugia by providing a wider range of potential microhabitats than the surrounding matrix, enhancing resilience and promoting regional biodiversity. The central role of the matrix ensures that the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of inselbergs differ from those of true islands such as oceanic islands. Given that inselberg biota coexist within a terrestrial matrix, interactions between inselberg and matrix populations impact each other significantly. Over evolutionary timescales, matrix species may contract to inselberg refugia, preserving lineages while cycles of isolation and reconnection may drive speciation via a species pump. Although inselberg biodiversity has been studied predominantly from an island biogeography perspective, we argue that depending on the spatial scale, habitat specificity and mobility of the organisms considered, a range of different theories and paradigms can help explain the biogeography and local distribution patterns of different taxonomic and functional groups of inselberg species.</p>","PeriodicalId":133,"journal":{"name":"Biological Reviews","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142337715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Protection of the genome and the central exome by peripheral non-coding DNA against DNA damage in health, ageing and age-related diseases. 外周非编码 DNA 保护基因组和中心外显子组免受健康、衰老和老年相关疾病中的 DNA 损伤。
IF 11 1区 生物学
Biological Reviews Pub Date : 2024-09-26 DOI: 10.1111/brv.13151
Guo-Hua Qiu, Mingjun Fu, Xintian Zheng, Cuiqin Huang
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Trouble on the horizon: anticipating biological invasions through futures thinking. 地平线上的麻烦:通过未来思维预测生物入侵。
IF 11 1区 生物学
Biological Reviews Pub Date : 2024-09-23 DOI: 10.1111/brv.13149
Philip E Hulme
{"title":"Trouble on the horizon: anticipating biological invasions through futures thinking.","authors":"Philip E Hulme","doi":"10.1111/brv.13149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13149","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anticipating future biosecurity threats to prevent their occurrence is the most cost-effective strategy to manage invasive alien species. Yet, biological invasions are complex, highly uncertain processes. High uncertainty drives decision-making away from strategic preventative measures and towards operational outcomes aimed at post-invasion management. The limited success of preventative measures in curbing biological invasions reflects this short-term mindset and decision-makers should instead apply strategic foresight to imagine futures where biosecurity threats are minimised. Here, four major futures thinking tools (environmental scanning, driver-mapping, horizon scanning, and scenario planning) that describe probable, possible, plausible and preferable futures are assessed in terms of their potential to support both research and policy addressing biological invasions. Environmental scanning involves surveying existing data sources to detect signals of emerging alien species through knowledge of changes in either the likelihood or consequences of biological invasions. Several approaches are widely used for biosecurity including automated scans of digital media, consensus-based expert scoring, and prediction markets. Automated systems can be poor at detecting weak signals because of the large volume of 'noise' they generate while expert scoring relies on prior knowledge and so fails to identify unknown unknowns which is also true of prediction markets that work well for quite specific known risks. Driver-mapping uses expert consensus to identify the political, economic, societal, technological, legislative, and environmental forces shaping the future and is a critical component of strategic foresight that has rarely been applied to biological invasions. Considerable potential exists to extend this approach to develop system maps to identify where biosecurity interventions may be most effective and to explore driver complexes to determine megatrends shaping the future of biological invasions. Horizon scanning is a systematic outlook of potential threats and future developments to detect weak signals of emerging issues that exist at the margins of current thinking. Applications have been strongly focused on emerging issues related to research and technological challenges relevant to biosecurity and invasion science. However, most of these emerging issues are already well known in current-day research. Because horizon scanning is based on expert consensus, it needs to embrace a diversity of cultural, gender, and disciplinary diversity more adequately to ensure participants think intuitively and outside of their own subject boundaries. Scenario planning constructs storylines that describe alternative ways the political, economic, social, technological, legislative, and environmental situation might develop in the future. Biological invasion scenario planning has favoured structured approaches such as standardised archetypes and uncertainty ma","PeriodicalId":133,"journal":{"name":"Biological Reviews","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142277502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The Lego hypothesis of tissue morphogenesis: stereotypic organization of parallel orientational cell adhesions for epithelial self-assembly. 组织形态发生的乐高假说:上皮自组装的平行定向细胞粘附立体组织。
IF 11 1区 生物学
Biological Reviews Pub Date : 2024-09-23 DOI: 10.1111/brv.13147
Lili Zhang, Xiangyun Wei
{"title":"The Lego hypothesis of tissue morphogenesis: stereotypic organization of parallel orientational cell adhesions for epithelial self-assembly.","authors":"Lili Zhang, Xiangyun Wei","doi":"10.1111/brv.13147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13147","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>How tissues develop distinct structures remains poorly understood. We propose herein the Lego hypothesis of tissue morphogenesis, which states that during tissue morphogenesis, the topographical properties of cell surface adhesion molecules can be dynamically altered and polarised by regulating the spatiotemporal expression and localization of orientational cell adhesion (OCA) molecules cell-autonomously and non-cell-autonomously, thus modulating cells into unique Lego pieces for self-assembling into distinct cytoarchitectures. This concept can be exemplified by epithelial morphogenesis, in which cells are coalesced into a sheet by many types of adhesions. Among them, parallel OCAs (pOCAs) at the lateral cell membranes are essential for configuring cells in parallel. Major pOCAs include Na<sup>+</sup>/K<sup>+</sup>-ATPase-mediated adhesions, Crumbs-mediated adhesions, tight junctions, adherens junctions, and desmosomes. These pOCAs align in stereotypical orders along the apical-to-basal axis, and their absolute positioning is also regulated. Such spatial organization of pOCAs underlies proper epithelial morphogenesis. Thus, a key open question about tissue morphogenesis is how to regulate OCAs to make compatible adhesive cellular Lego pieces for tissue construction.</p>","PeriodicalId":133,"journal":{"name":"Biological Reviews","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142277501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Positive species interactions structure rhodolith bed communities at a global scale 积极的物种相互作用在全球范围内构建菱锰矿床群落
IF 1 1区 生物学
Biological Reviews Pub Date : 2024-09-19 DOI: 10.1111/brv.13148
Fabio Bulleri, Nadine Schubert, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Daniela Basso, Heidi L. Burdett, Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho, Jacques Grall, Paulo A. Horta, Nicholas A. Kamenos, Sophie Martin, Matteo Nannini, Pedro Neves, Irene Olivé, Viviana Peña, Federica Ragazzola, Cláudia Ribeiro, Eli Rinde, Marina Sissini, Fernando Tuya, João Silva
{"title":"Positive species interactions structure rhodolith bed communities at a global scale","authors":"Fabio Bulleri, Nadine Schubert, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Daniela Basso, Heidi L. Burdett, Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho, Jacques Grall, Paulo A. Horta, Nicholas A. Kamenos, Sophie Martin, Matteo Nannini, Pedro Neves, Irene Olivé, Viviana Peña, Federica Ragazzola, Cláudia Ribeiro, Eli Rinde, Marina Sissini, Fernando Tuya, João Silva","doi":"10.1111/brv.13148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13148","url":null,"abstract":"Rhodolith beds are diverse and globally distributed habitats. Nonetheless, the role of rhodoliths in structuring the associated species community through a hierarchy of positive interactions is yet to be recognised. In this review, we provide evidence that rhodoliths can function as foundation species of multi-level facilitation cascades and, hence, are fundamental for the persistence of hierarchically structured communities within coastal oceans. Rhodoliths generate facilitation cascades by buffering physical stress, reducing consumer pressure and enhancing resource availability. Due to large variations in their shape, size and density, a single rhodolith bed can support multiple taxonomically distant and architecturally distinct habitat-forming species, such as primary producers, sponges or bivalves, thus encompassing a broad range of functional traits and providing a wealth of secondary microhabitat and food resources. In addition, rhodoliths are often mobile, and thus can redistribute associated species, potentially expanding the distribution of species with short-distance dispersal abilities. Key knowledge gaps we have identified include: the experimental assessment of the role of rhodoliths as basal facilitators; the length and temporal stability of facilitation cascades; variations in species interactions within cascades across environmental gradients; and the role of rhodolith beds as climate refugia. Addressing these research priorities will allow the development of evidence-based policy decisions and elevate rhodolith beds within marine conservation strategies.","PeriodicalId":133,"journal":{"name":"Biological Reviews","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A synthetic review: natural history of amniote reproductive modes in light of comparative evolutionary genomics 综述:从比较进化基因组学看羊膜动物生殖模式的自然史
IF 1 1区 生物学
Biological Reviews Pub Date : 2024-09-19 DOI: 10.1111/brv.13145
X Maggs
{"title":"A synthetic review: natural history of amniote reproductive modes in light of comparative evolutionary genomics","authors":"X Maggs","doi":"10.1111/brv.13145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13145","url":null,"abstract":"There is a current lack of consensus on whether the ancestral parity mode was oviparity (egg-laying) or viviparity (live-birth) in amniotes and particularly in squamates (snakes, lizards, and amphisbaenids). How transitions between parity modes occur at the genomic level has primary importance for how science conceptualises the origin of amniotes, and highly variable parity modes in Squamata. Synthesising literature from medicine, poultry science, reproductive biology, and evolutionary biology, I review the genomics and physiology of five broad processes (here termed the ‘Main Five’) expected to change during transitions between parity modes: eggshell formation, embryonic retention, placentation, calcium transport, and maternal–fetal immune dynamics. Throughout, I offer alternative perspectives and testable hypotheses regarding proximate causes of parity mode evolution in amniotes and squamates. If viviparity did evolve early in the history of lepidosaurs, I offer the nucleation site hypothesis as a proximate explanation. The framework of this hypothesis can be extended to amniotes to infer their ancestral state. I also provide a mechanism and hypothesis on how squamates may transition from viviparity to oviparity and make predictions about the directionality of transitions in three species. After considering evidence for differing perspectives on amniote origins, I offer a framework that unifies (<i>i</i>) the extended embryonic retention model and (<i>ii</i>) the traditional model which describes the amniote egg as an adaptation to the terrestrial environment. Additionally, this review contextualises the origin of amniotes and parity mode evolution within Medawar's paradigm. Medawar posited that pregnancy could be supported by immunosuppression, inertness, evasion, or immunological barriers. I demonstrate that this does not support gestation or gravidity across most amniotes but may be an adequate paradigm to explain how the first amniote tolerated internal fertilization and delayed egg deposition. In this context, the eggshell can be thought of as an immunological barrier. If serving as a barrier underpins the origin of the amniote eggshell, there should be evidence that oviparous gravidity can be met with a lack of immunological responses <i>in utero</i>. Rare examples of two species that differentially express very few genes during gravidity, suggestive of an absent immunological reaction to oviparous gravidity, are two skinks <i>Lampropholis guichenoti</i> and <i>Lerista bougainvillii</i>. These species may serve as good models for the original amniote egg. Overall, this review grounds itself in the historical literature while offering a modern perspective on the origin of amniotes. I encourage the scientific community to utilise this review as a resource in evolutionary and comparative genomics studies, embrace the complexity of the system, and thoughtfully consider the frameworks proposed.","PeriodicalId":133,"journal":{"name":"Biological Reviews","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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How life became colourful: colour vision, aposematism, sexual selection, flowers, and fruits 生命如何变得多姿多彩:色觉、无性繁殖、性选择、花朵和果实
IF 1 1区 生物学
Biological Reviews Pub Date : 2024-09-16 DOI: 10.1111/brv.13141
John J. Wiens, Zachary Emberts
{"title":"How life became colourful: colour vision, aposematism, sexual selection, flowers, and fruits","authors":"John J. Wiens, Zachary Emberts","doi":"10.1111/brv.13141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13141","url":null,"abstract":"Plants and animals are often adorned with potentially conspicuous colours (e.g. red, yellow, orange, blue, purple). These include the dazzling colours of fruits and flowers, the brilliant warning colours of frogs, snakes, and invertebrates, and the spectacular sexually selected colours of insects, fish, birds, and lizards. Such signals are often thought to utilize pre-existing sensitivities in the receiver's visual systems. This raises the question: what was the initial function of conspicuous colouration and colour vision? Here, we review the origins of colour vision, fruit, flowers, and aposematic and sexually selected colouration. We find that aposematic colouration is widely distributed across animals but relatively young, evolving only in the last ~150 million years (Myr). Sexually selected colouration in animals appears confined to arthropods and chordates, and is also relatively young (generally &lt;100 Myr). Colourful flowers likely evolved ~200 million years ago (Mya), whereas colourful fruits/seeds likely evolved ~300 Mya. Colour vision (<i>sensu lato</i>) appears to be substantially older, and likely originated ~400–500 Mya in both arthropods and chordates. Thus, colour vision may have evolved long before extant lineages with fruit, flowers, aposematism, and sexual colour signals. We also find that there appears to have been an explosion of colour within the last ~100 Myr, including &gt;200 origins of aposematic colouration across nine animal phyla and &gt;100 origins of sexually selected colouration among arthropods and chordates.","PeriodicalId":133,"journal":{"name":"Biological Reviews","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation 揭示乳酸化的多方面分子功能和对多种疾病的影响
IF 1 1区 生物学
Biological Reviews Pub Date : 2024-09-16 DOI: 10.1111/brv.13135
Fengyang Jing, Jianyun Zhang, Heyu Zhang, Tiejun Li
{"title":"Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation","authors":"Fengyang Jing, Jianyun Zhang, Heyu Zhang, Tiejun Li","doi":"10.1111/brv.13135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13135","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, a significant breakthrough has emerged in biology, the identification of lactylation, a novel post-translational process. This intriguing modification is not limited to a specific class of proteins but occurs across a diverse range, including histones, signalling molecules, enzymes, and substrates. It can exert a broad regulatory role in various diseases, ranging from developmental anomalies and neurodegenerative disorders to inflammation and cancer. Thus, it presents exciting opportunities for exploring innovative treatment approaches. As a result, there has been a recent surge of research interest, leading to a deeper understanding of the molecular mechanisms and regulatory functions underlying lactylation within physiological and pathological processes. Here, we review the detection and molecular mechanisms of lactylation, from biological functions to disease effects, providing a systematic overview of the mechanisms and functions of this post-translational modification.","PeriodicalId":133,"journal":{"name":"Biological Reviews","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The effects of invertebrates on wood decomposition across the world 世界各地无脊椎动物对木材分解的影响
IF 1 1区 生物学
Biological Reviews Pub Date : 2024-09-16 DOI: 10.1111/brv.13134
Denis M. Njoroge, Gbadamassi G. O. Dossa, Douglas Schaefer, Juan Zuo, Michael D. Ulyshen, Sebastian Seibold, Amy E. Zanne, Brad Oberle, Rhett D. Harrison, Shengjie Liu, Xiaobo Li, Tone Birkemoe, Melanie K. Taylor, Philip J. Burton, David B. Lindenmayer, Jari Kouki, Yagya Adhikari, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen
{"title":"The effects of invertebrates on wood decomposition across the world","authors":"Denis M. Njoroge, Gbadamassi G. O. Dossa, Douglas Schaefer, Juan Zuo, Michael D. Ulyshen, Sebastian Seibold, Amy E. Zanne, Brad Oberle, Rhett D. Harrison, Shengjie Liu, Xiaobo Li, Tone Birkemoe, Melanie K. Taylor, Philip J. Burton, David B. Lindenmayer, Jari Kouki, Yagya Adhikari, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen","doi":"10.1111/brv.13134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13134","url":null,"abstract":"Invertebrates and microorganisms are important but climate-dependent agents of wood decomposition globally. In this meta-analysis, we investigated what drives the invertebrate effect on wood decomposition worldwide. Globally, we found wood decomposition rates were on average approximately 40% higher when invertebrates were present compared to when they were excluded. This effect was most pronounced in the tropics, owing mainly to the activities of termites. The invertebrate effect was stronger for woody debris without bark as well as for that of larger diameter, possibly reflecting bark- and diameter-mediated differences in fungal colonisation or activity rates relative to those of invertebrates. Our meta-analysis shows similar overall invertebrate effect sizes on decomposition of woody debris derived from angiosperms and gymnosperms globally. Our results suggest the existence of critical interactions between microorganism colonisation and the invertebrate contribution to wood decomposition. To improve biogeochemical models, a better quantification of invertebrate contributions to wood decomposition is needed.","PeriodicalId":133,"journal":{"name":"Biological Reviews","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective 欧洲自然保护中的野化马--遗传学、伦理学和福利的视角
IF 1 1区 生物学
Biological Reviews Pub Date : 2024-09-15 DOI: 10.1111/brv.13146
Lilla Lovász, Carolin Sommer-Trembo, Julia M.I. Barth, John D. Scasta, Ralitsa Grancharova-Hill, Rhys T. Lemoine, Viola Kerekes, Léa Merckling, Amos Bouskila, Jens-Christian Svenning, Antoine Fages
{"title":"Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective","authors":"Lilla Lovász, Carolin Sommer-Trembo, Julia M.I. Barth, John D. Scasta, Ralitsa Grancharova-Hill, Rhys T. Lemoine, Viola Kerekes, Léa Merckling, Amos Bouskila, Jens-Christian Svenning, Antoine Fages","doi":"10.1111/brv.13146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13146","url":null,"abstract":"In recent decades, the integration of horses (<i>Equus ferus</i>) in European rewilding initiatives has gained widespread popularity due to their potential for regulating vegetation and restoring natural ecosystems. However, employing horses in conservation efforts presents important challenges, which we here explore and discuss. These challenges encompass the lack of consensus on key terms inherent to conservation and rewilding, the entrenched culture and strong emotions associated with horses, low genetic diversity and high susceptibility to hereditary diseases in animals under human selection, as well as insufficient consideration for the social behaviour of horses in wild-living populations. In addition, management of wild-living horses involves intricate welfare, ethics and legislative dimensions. Anthropocentric population-control initiatives may be detrimental to horse group structures since they tend to prioritise individual welfare over the health of populations and ecosystems. To overcome these challenges, we provide comprehensive recommendations. These involve a systematic acquisition of genetic information, a focus on genetic diversity rather than breed purity and minimal veterinary intervention in wild-living populations. Further, we advise allowing for natural top-down and bottom-up control – or, if impossible, simulating this by culling or non-lethal removal of horses – instead of using fertility control for population management. We advocate for intensified collaboration between conservation biologists and practitioners and enhanced communication with the general public. Decision-making should be informed by a thorough understanding of the genetic makeup, common health issues and dynamics, and social behaviour in wild-living horse populations. Such a holistic approach is essential to reconcile human emotions associated with horses with the implementation of conservation practices that are not only effective but also sustainable for the long-term viability of functional, biodiverse ecosystems, while rehabilitating the horse as a widespread wild-living species in Europe.","PeriodicalId":133,"journal":{"name":"Biological Reviews","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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