Symbioses and their Consequences for Community and Applied Ecology

摘要: Species interactions are frequently variable in time and space, symbiotic relationships certainly no exception. Empirically derived rules of host specificity interspecific may apply locally under some conditions, but we must exercise care when extrapolate results across species’ ranges or local conditions change. In the words ecologist Larry Slobodkin (1987), “the study symbiosis should remain elegant natural history, combined with full spectrum modern biology at all levels.” The level community ecology has historically been somewhat lacking! An interdisciplinary mix approaches insights will be necessary as conservation biologists, population ecologists, resource managers, epidemiologists, researchers tackle basic applied problems habitats diverse old growth forests, coral reefs, agroecosystems. A marriage data methods field laboratory analysis physiological biochemical details symbiosis, increasing among ecologists symbiologists, nudge biological science its applications farther along this path.