During the Anthropocene, ongoing rapid environmental changes are exposing many species to novel resources. However, scientists’ understanding of what novel resources are and how they impact species is still rudimentary. Here, we used a resource‐based approach to explore novel resources. First, we conceptualized novel resource use by species along two dimensions of novelty: namely, ecosystem novelty and resource novelty. We then examined characteristics that influence a species’ response to a novel resource and how novel resources can affect individuals, populations, species, and communities. In addition, we discuss potential management complications associated with novel resource use by threatened species. As conservation and management embrace global environmental change, it is critical that ecologists improve the current understanding of the opportunities and risks that novel resources present to species conservation.

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新资源：物种保护的机会和风险

在人类世期间，持续快速的环境变化使许多物种暴露于新资源。然而，科学家们对什么是新资源以及它们如何影响物种的理解仍处于初级阶段。在这里，我们使用基于资源的方法来探索新资源。首先，我们从两个新颖性维度对物种对新资源的使用进行了概念化：即生态系统新颖性和资源新颖性。然后，我们研究了影响物种对新资源反应的特征，以及新资源如何影响个人、种群、物种和社区。此外，我们讨论了与受威胁物种使用新资源相关的潜在管理并发症。随着保护和管理接受全球环境变化，