Predicting the response of disease vectors to global change: the importance of allometric scaling

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise S. Nørgaard ◽  
Mariana Álvarez‐Noriega ◽  
Elizabeth McGraw ◽  
Craig R. White ◽  
Dustin J. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Global Change ◽  
Allometric Scaling ◽  
Disease Vectors

scholarly journals Rapid Anthropocene realignment of allometric scaling rules

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Santini ◽  
Nick J.B. Isaac
Keyword(s):  
Global Change ◽  
Population Density ◽  
Allometric Scaling ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Change Scenario ◽  
Anthropogenic Pressures ◽  
Size Dependent ◽  
Energetic Constraints ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe negative relationship between body size and population density (SDR) in mammals is often interpreted as resulting from energetic constraints. In a global change scenario, however, this relationship might be expected to change, given the size-dependent nature of anthropogenic pressures and vulnerability to extinction. Here we test whether the SDR in mammals has changed over the last 50 years. We show that the relationship has shifted down and became shallower, corresponding to a decline in population density of 32-72%, for the largest and smallest mammals, respectively. However, the SDRs become steeper in some groups (e.g. carnivores) and shallower in others (e.g. herbivores). The Anthropocene reorganization of biotic systems is apparent in macroecological relationships that were previously believed to be immutable, reinforcing the notion that biodiversity pattens are contingent upon conditions at the time of investigation. We call for an increased attention on the role of global change on macroecological inferences.

Global Change and Future Earth

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Global Change

Perspectives on Global Change

1997 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Global Change

Global Change and Health

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor Hancock
Keyword(s):  
Global Change

Practicing what we preach: Reflections on the pros and cons of transdisciplinary research in Erongarícuaro, Mexico

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin C. Pischke ◽  
Lucía Pérez Volkow ◽  
Mayra Fragoso-Medina ◽  
Laura Aguirre franco
Keyword(s):  
Global Change ◽  
Transdisciplinary Research ◽  
American Institute ◽  
Socioecological Systems ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
International Borders ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Young Researchers

In November 2016, a group of students from the Americas participated in an Inter-American Institute for Global Change Researchfunded two-week course organized by professors from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. The aim was to teach students and young researchers how to collaborate with non-scientists to conduct socioecological systems research in a transdisciplinary manner. This article will review the benefits as well as the challenges to doing so. It concludes with recommendations that other research teams can follow when conducting similar research that crosses disciplinary and international borders.

Global change and human change

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.C. Patten
Keyword(s):  
Global Change
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