区域生态学研究热点及进展

Hotspots and status of macroecology research

区域生态学是近年才发展起来的一门新兴学科,综述了区域生态学的学科特点、近期研究进展,以及区域生态学发展中存在的主要问题及其主要的研究热点。其研究热点主要集中在物种分布-多度模型、体型与分布范围、物种多样性纬度梯度格局、区域生态学与生物保护及区域生态学的新陈代谢理论等几个方面。尽管目前区域生态学研究中还存在研究方法、数据质量限制、数据统计、研究尺度不确定等一系列问题,它对于解决目前紧迫的区域环境问题及生物保护仍然具有重要意义,而且随着其研究方法和手段的进步,将发挥越来越重要的作用。

Macroecology is a newly developed subject in recent years. We summarized the characters, research status, main problems and hotspots of macroecology in this paper. Hotspots of macroecology were focused on the model of species distribution and abundance, figure and distribution range, biodiversity latitude pattern, biological protection, theory of metabolism, and so on. Though problems such as study methods, quality of data, means of statistic, dubious research scale still exist, it possess important meanings in the necessitous regional environment problems and protection of biodiversity. And with the development of study methods and means, macroecology will play more important roles in the future.