A global class reunion with multiple groups feasting on the declining insect smorgasbord

被引:10
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作者
Vesterinen, Eero J. [1 ,2 ]
Kaunisto, Kari M. [3 ]
Lilley, Thomas M. [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Turku, Dept Biol, Turku, Finland
[2] Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Ecol, Uppsala, Sweden
[3] Univ Turku, Biodivers Unit, Turku, Finland
[4] Univ Helsinki, Finnish Museum Nat Hist, Helsinki, Finland
基金
芬兰科学院; 欧盟地平线“2020”;
关键词
ASSEMBLAGES; INDICATORS; DIVERSITY; PLANTS; BIRDS; PREY;
D O I
10.1038/s41598-020-73609-9
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We report a detection of a surprising similarity in the diet of predators across distant phyla. Though just a first glimpse into the subject, our discovery contradicts traditional aspects of biology, as the earliest notions in ecology have linked the most severe competition of resources with evolutionary relatedness. We argue that our finding deserves more research, and propose a plan to reveal more information on the current biodiversity loss around the world. While doing so, we expand the recently proposed conservation roadmaps into a parallel study of global interaction networks.
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