Open AccessDefence mechanisms: the role of physiology in current and future environmental protection paradigms
Author(s) -
Chris N. Glover
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
conservation physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2051-1434
DOI - 10.1093/conphys/coy012
Subject(s) - stressor , organism , mechanism (biology) , biology , function (biology) , ecology , adverse outcome pathway , temporal scales , environmental change , risk analysis (engineering) , environmental resource management , climate change , computational biology , neuroscience , evolutionary biology , environmental science , medicine , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology
Integrating physiological mechanism into ecological risk assessment has multiple advantages, as demonstrated by approaches such as the biotic ligand model, adverse outcomes pathways and mechanistic effects models. However, there is significant additional scope for incorporating physiological data and principles into environmental protection paradigms.
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