As myg own studies have advanced , i have been increasingly impressed with the functional similarities between insect and vertebrate societies and less so with the structural differences that seem , at first glance , to constitute such an immense gulf between them 随着我的研究不断深入,我对昆虫和脊椎动物群落之间的功能类似性印象愈来愈深刻,而对结构上的差异印象愈发淡漠,虽然这些结构上的差异初看上去似乎构成了二者间一条无法愈越的鸿沟。