Stressor-response functions as a generalizable model for context dependence

Jordan Rosenfeld; Pedro Gonzalez-Espinosa; Lauren Jarvis; Eva Enders; Matthew Bayly; Andrew Paul; Laura MacPherson; Jonathan Moore; Michael Sullivan; Marta Ulaski; Kyle Wilson

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2022.09.010

Stressor-response functions as a generalizable model for context dependence

Trends Ecol Evol. 2022 Dec;37(12):1032-1035. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.09.010. Epub 2022 Oct 14.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4; BC Ministry of Environment, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Electronic address: jordan.rosenfeld@gov.bc.ca.
² UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4.
³ Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Freshwater Institute, Winnipeg, Canada, R3T 2N6.
⁴ Institute National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Québec, Canada, G1K 9A9.
⁵ ESSA Technologies, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6H 3H4.
⁶ Office of the Chief Scientist, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6H 4P2.
⁷ Alberta Environment and Parks, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6H 4P2.
⁸ Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5A 1S6.
⁹ Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance, Campbell River, BC, Canada, V9A 4X1.

PMID: 36244864
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.09.010

Abstract

Defining the context dependence of ecological states or processes is a fundamental goal of ecology. Stressor-response functions are the quantitative representation of context dependence, where the context (environmental contingency) is defined by location on the stressor (x) axis, and represents a unifying concept in biological science.

Keywords: context dependence; stressor-response functions.