生物复杂性研究动态  

Advances in biocomplexity studies

作　　者：王莉[1] 张晓艳[1] 钟扬[1] 南蓬[2] 

机构地区：[1]生物多样性与生态工程教育部重点实验室 [2]中国科学院华南植物研究所

出　　处：《生物多样性》2002年第2期238-242,共5页Biodiversity Science

基　　金：国家自然科学基金重大项目"中国关键地区生物多样性保育的研究"(批准号:39893360)

摘　　要：生物复杂性（biocomplexity或biological complexity）是近年来由 Rita Colwell等人积极倡导的一个新的学科领域，旨在更好地了解生命系统及其环境组分间的相互作用以及系统复杂性的动态特征与演化机制。目前，生物复杂性的定义与内涵尚不明确，意见纷呈，而有关研究在美国国家科学基金会（NSF）的支持下已迅速开展起来，并即将成为国际合作研究的热点之一。本文简要介绍了有关生物复杂性的不同观点、生物复杂性与生物多样性研究之间的关系，并以若干生态系统和基因组为例，说明了现阶段生物复杂性研究的主要特点。Biocomplexity, or biological complexity, is a new domain proposed by Rita Colwell and hercolleagues for better understanding of the interactions among components of complex life systems and dy-namic characteristics and evolutionary mechanism of the systems' complexity. Although the concept anddefinition of biocomplexity remain controversial, various research projects relevant to this field have beenundertaken with funding from US National Science Foundation (NSF), and a new trend in internationalcollaborative efforts to study life on Earth has been formed. In this paper, different opinions on the con-cept of biocomplexity and the relationship between biodiversity and biocomplexity studies are introducedbriefly. Several projects regarding ecosystems and genomes are also presented to illustrate the main char-acteristics of biocomplexity studies.

关 键 词：生物多样性 生态系统 基因组 生物复杂性 研究动态 

分 类 号：Q1-0[生物学—普通生物学]