Adaptándose a un medio cambiante:
La importancia del comportamiento animal en estudios de conservación
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https://doi.org/10.29105/bys3.5-31Keywords:
Comportamiento, cambio climático, ecosistemas marinos, cambio conductual, biodiversidad, conservación, plasticidadAbstract
En la actualidad, el cambio climático antropogénico representa el mayor desafío para la humanidad. Existen numerosas líneas de evidencia que muestran los impactos negativos que este fenómeno tiene en los sistemas biológicos, tales como cambios en la abundancia, fisiología, distribución y patrones de migración de numerosas especies de fauna. Sin embargo, los cambios en el comportamiento de las especies han sido ignorados por años.
El comportamiento, sin embargo, representa un factor crucial en la adaptación y la supervivencia de los organismos, ya que su modificación posee un significado crítico: una señal de alerta en respuesta a condiciones ambientales. Debido a esto, el estudio del comportamiento representa una herramienta valiosa para predecir y evitar a tiempo declives en las poblaciones de organismos con elevada importancia ecológica y económica. El objetivo general de esta revisión es abrir la puerta a una nueva área conocida como Conducta en la Conservación (Conservation Behavior) en nuestro país. Esta revisión de estudios conductuales realizados presenta casos de estudio, llevados a cabo desde los trópicos hasta el Ártico, de las respuestas en la conducta de diversas especies de fauna ante los cambios ambientales. Ésta, a su vez, refleja la importancia de incorporar estudios de comportamiento en estrategias de conservación para comprender cómo los organismos se enfrentarán a un mundo cambiant
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