Multidisciplinary approaches to conservation and wildlife management are often effective in addressing complex, multi-factor problems. Emerging fields such as conservation physiology and conservation behaviour can provide innovative solutions and management strategies for target species and systems. Sensory ecology combines the study of ‘how animals acquire’ and process sensory stimuli from their environments, and the ecological and evolutionary significance of ‘how animals respond’ to this information. We review the benefits that sensory ecology can bring to wildlife conservation and management by discussing case studies across major taxa and sensory modalities. Conservation practices informed by a sensory ecology approach include the amelioration of sensory traps, control of invasive species, reduction of human–wildlife conflicts and relocation and establishment of new populations of endangered species. We illustrate that sensory ecology can facilitate the understanding of mechanistic ecological and physiological explanations underlying particular conservation issues and also can help develop innovative solutions to ameliorate conservation problems.

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利用常识：感官生态满足野生动物保护和管理

保护和野生动物管理的多学科方法通常可以有效地解决复杂的多因素问题。保护生理学和保护行为等新兴领域可以为目标物种和系统提供创新的解决方案和管理策略。感觉生态学结合了对“动物如何获得”和处理来自其环境的感觉刺激的研究，以及“动物如何对这些信息做出反应”的生态和进化意义。我们通过讨论主要分类群和感官模式的案例研究，回顾了感官生态学可以为野生动物保护和管理带来的好处。以感官生态学方法为依据的保护实践包括改善感官陷阱、控制入侵物种、减少人类与野生动物的冲突，重新安置和建立新的濒危物种种群。我们说明，感官生态学可以促进对特定保护问题背后的机械生态学和生理学解释的理解，也可以帮助开发创新的解决方案来改善保护问题。