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On the move: sloths and their epibionts as model mobile ecosystems
Biological Reviews ( IF 10.0 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-26 , DOI: 10.1111/brv.12773
Maya Kaup 1 , Sam Trull 2 , Erik F Y Hom 1
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Sloths are unusual mobile ecosystems, containing a high diversity of epibionts living and growing in their fur as they climb slowly through the canopies of tropical forests. These epibionts include poorly studied algae, arthropods, fungi, and bacteria, making sloths likely reservoirs of unexplored biodiversity. This review aims to identify gaps and eliminate misconceptions in our knowledge of sloths and their epibionts, and to identify key questions to stimulate future research into the functions and roles of sloths within a broader ecological and evolutionary context. This review also seeks to position the sloth fur ecosystem as a model for addressing fundamental questions in metacommunity and movement ecology. The conceptual and evidence-based foundation of this review aims to serve as a guide for future hypothesis-driven research into sloths, their microbiota, sloth health and conservation, and the coevolution of symbioses in general.

中文翻译:

移动中:树懒及其附属生物作为移动生态系统的模型

树懒是不寻常的移动生态系统,当它们缓慢地爬过热带森林的树冠时,它们的皮毛中生活和生长着高度多样性的表皮生物。这些附生生物包括研究不足的藻类、节肢动物、真菌和细菌,这使得树懒很可能是未开发的生物多样性的储存库。这篇综述旨在找出我们对树懒及其附属物的知识中的差距并消除误解,并确定关键问题,以激发未来在更广泛的生态和进化背景下对树懒的功能和作用进行研究。本综述还试图将树懒皮毛生态系统定位为解决元社区和运动生态学中基本问题的模型。本综述的概念和循证基础旨在为未来基于假设的树懒研究提供指导,
更新日期:2021-07-26
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