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Brodie S, Smith JA, Muhling BA, Barnett LAK, Carroll G, Fiedler P, Bograd SJ, Hazen EL, Jacox MG, Andrews KS, Barnes CL, Crozier LG, Fiechter J, Fredston A, Haltuch MA, Harvey CJ, Holmes E, Karp MA, Liu OR, Malick MJ, Pozo Buil M, Richerson K, Rooper CN, Samhouri J, Seary R, Selden RL, Thompson AR, Tommasi D, Ward EJ, Kaplan IC. Recommendations for quantifying and reducing uncertainty in climate projections of species distributions. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2022; 28:6586-6601. [PMID: 35978484 PMCID: PMC9805044 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Projecting the future distributions of commercially and ecologically important species has become a critical approach for ecosystem managers to strategically anticipate change, but large uncertainties in projections limit climate adaptation planning. Although distribution projections are primarily used to understand the scope of potential change-rather than accurately predict specific outcomes-it is nonetheless essential to understand where and why projections can give implausible results and to identify which processes contribute to uncertainty. Here, we use a series of simulated species distributions, an ensemble of 252 species distribution models, and an ensemble of three regional ocean climate projections, to isolate the influences of uncertainty from earth system model spread and from ecological modeling. The simulations encompass marine species with different functional traits and ecological preferences to more broadly address resource manager and fishery stakeholder needs, and provide a simulated true state with which to evaluate projections. We present our results relative to the degree of environmental extrapolation from historical conditions, which helps facilitate interpretation by ecological modelers working in diverse systems. We found uncertainty associated with species distribution models can exceed uncertainty generated from diverging earth system models (up to 70% of total uncertainty by 2100), and that this result was consistent across species traits. Species distribution model uncertainty increased through time and was primarily related to the degree to which models extrapolated into novel environmental conditions but moderated by how well models captured the underlying dynamics driving species distributions. The predictive power of simulated species distribution models remained relatively high in the first 30 years of projections, in alignment with the time period in which stakeholders make strategic decisions based on climate information. By understanding sources of uncertainty, and how they change at different forecast horizons, we provide recommendations for projecting species distribution models under global climate change.
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- Stephanie Brodie
- Institute of Marine SciencesUniversity of California Santa CruzMontereyCaliforniaUSA
- Environmental Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationMontereyCaliforniaUSA
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- Institute of Marine SciencesUniversity of California Santa CruzMontereyCaliforniaUSA
- Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSan DiegoCaliforniaUSA
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- Institute of Marine SciencesUniversity of California Santa CruzMontereyCaliforniaUSA
- Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSan DiegoCaliforniaUSA
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- Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSan DiegoCaliforniaUSA
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- Institute of Marine SciencesUniversity of California Santa CruzMontereyCaliforniaUSA
- Environmental Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationMontereyCaliforniaUSA
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- Institute of Marine SciencesUniversity of California Santa CruzMontereyCaliforniaUSA
- Environmental Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationMontereyCaliforniaUSA
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- Institute of Marine SciencesUniversity of California Santa CruzMontereyCaliforniaUSA
- Environmental Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationMontereyCaliforniaUSA
- Physical Sciences Laboratory, Earth System Research LaboratoriesNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationBoulderColoradoUSA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem StudiesUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Ocean Sciences DepartmentUniversity of California Santa CruzSanta CruzCaliforniaUSA
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- Ocean Sciences DepartmentUniversity of California Santa CruzSanta CruzCaliforniaUSA
- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural ResourcesRutgers UniversityNew BrunswickNew JerseyUSA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- ECS Tech, in support of, NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and TechnologySilver SpringMarylandUSA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Institute of Marine SciencesUniversity of California Santa CruzMontereyCaliforniaUSA
- Environmental Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationMontereyCaliforniaUSA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Institute of Marine SciencesUniversity of California Santa CruzMontereyCaliforniaUSA
- Environmental Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationMontereyCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesWellesley CollegeWellesleyMassachusettsUSA
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- Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSan DiegoCaliforniaUSA
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- Institute of Marine SciencesUniversity of California Santa CruzMontereyCaliforniaUSA
- Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSan DiegoCaliforniaUSA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSeattleWashingtonUSA
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Lovrenčić L, Temunović M, Bonassin L, Grandjean F, Austin CM, Maguire I. Climate change threatens unique genetic diversity within the Balkan biodiversity hotspot – The case of the endangered stone crayfish. Glob Ecol Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Prager CM, Classen AT, Sundqvist MK, Barrios‐Garcia M, Cameron EK, Chen L, Chisholm C, Crowther TW, Deslippe JR, Grigulis K, He J, Henning JA, Hovenden M, Høye TTT, Jing X, Lavorel S, McLaren JR, Metcalfe DB, Newman GS, Nielsen ML, Rixen C, Read QD, Rewcastle KE, Rodriguez‐Cabal M, Wardle DA, Wipf S, Sanders NJ. Integrating natural gradients, experiments, and statistical modeling in a distributed network experiment: An example from the WaRM Network. Ecol Evol 2022; 12:e9396. [PMID: 36262264 PMCID: PMC9575997 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Revised: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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A growing body of work examines the direct and indirect effects of climate change on ecosystems, typically by using manipulative experiments at a single site or performing meta-analyses across many independent experiments. However, results from single-site studies tend to have limited generality. Although meta-analytic approaches can help overcome this by exploring trends across sites, the inherent limitations in combining disparate datasets from independent approaches remain a major challenge. In this paper, we present a globally distributed experimental network that can be used to disentangle the direct and indirect effects of climate change. We discuss how natural gradients, experimental approaches, and statistical techniques can be combined to best inform predictions about responses to climate change, and we present a globally distributed experiment that utilizes natural environmental gradients to better understand long-term community and ecosystem responses to environmental change. The warming and (species) removal in mountains (WaRM) network employs experimental warming and plant species removals at high- and low-elevation sites in a factorial design to examine the combined and relative effects of climatic warming and the loss of dominant species on community structure and ecosystem function, both above- and belowground. The experimental design of the network allows for increasingly common statistical approaches to further elucidate the direct and indirect effects of warming. We argue that combining ecological observations and experiments along gradients is a powerful approach to make stronger predictions of how ecosystems will function in a warming world as species are lost, or gained, in local communities.
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- Case M. Prager
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology DepartmentUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMichiganUSA
- The Rocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryCrested ButteColoradoUSA
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology DepartmentUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMichiganUSA
- The Rocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryCrested ButteColoradoUSA
- Natural History Museum of DenmarkUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- Natural History Museum of DenmarkUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
- Department of Forest Ecology and ManagementSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUmeåSweden
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- CONICET, CENAC‐APNSan Carlos de BarilocheRio NegroArgentina
- Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural ResourcesUniversity of VermontBurlingtonVermontUSA
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- Department of Environmental ScienceSaint Mary's UniversityHalifaxNova ScotiaCanada
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- Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Restoration Ecology of Cold Area and Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plant BiotaNorthwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesXiningChina
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- Department of Environment Systems Science, Institute of Integrative BiologyETH ZürichZürichSwitzerland
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- Department of Environment Systems Science, Institute of Integrative BiologyETH ZürichZürichSwitzerland
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology, School of Biological SciencesVictoria University of WellingtonWellingtonNew Zealand
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie AlpineUniversité Grenoble Alpes – CNRS – Université Savoie Mont‐BlancGrenobleFrance
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- Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental SciencesPeking UniversityBeijingChina
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- The Rocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryCrested ButteColoradoUSA
- Department of BiologyUniversity of South AlabamaMobileAlabamaUSA
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- Biological Sciences, School of Natural SciencesUniversity of TasmaniaHobartTasmaniaAustralia
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- Department of Ecoscience and Arctic Research CentreAarhus UniversityAarhus CDenmark
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- Natural History Museum of DenmarkUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro‐Ecosystems, and College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouGansuChina
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie AlpineUniversité Grenoble Alpes – CNRS – Université Savoie Mont‐BlancGrenobleFrance
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of Texas at El PasoEl PasoTexasUSA
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental ScienceUmeå UniversityUmeåSweden
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- Department of Ecoscience and Arctic Research CentreAarhus UniversityAarhus CDenmark
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- Mountain Ecosystems GroupWSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLFDavos DorfSwitzerland
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- The Rocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryCrested ButteColoradoUSA
- National Socio‐Environmental Synthesis CenterAnnapolisMarylandUSA
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- Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural ResourcesUniversity of VermontBurlingtonVermontUSA
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- Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural ResourcesUniversity of VermontBurlingtonVermontUSA
- Grupo de Ecología de Invasiones, INIBIOMA, CONICETUniversidad Nacional del ComahueSan Carlos de BarilocheArgentina
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- Asian School of the EnvironmentNanyang Technological UniversitySingaporeSingapore
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of OklahomaNormanOklahomaUSA
- Department of Research and MonitoringChastè Planta‐WildenbergZernezSwitzerland
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology DepartmentUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMichiganUSA
- The Rocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryCrested ButteColoradoUSA
- Natural History Museum of DenmarkUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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Santos JM, Capinha C, Rocha J, Sousa CA. The current and future distribution of the yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) on Madeira Island. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2022; 16:e0010715. [PMID: 36094951 PMCID: PMC9499243 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the main vector for several diseases of global importance, such as dengue and yellow fever. This species was first identified on Madeira Island in 2005, and between 2012 and 2013 was responsible for an outbreak of dengue that affected several thousand people. However, the potential distribution of the species on the island remains poorly investigated. Here we assess the suitability of current and future climatic conditions to the species on the island and complement this assessment with estimates of the suitability of land use and human settlement conditions. We used four modelling algorithms (boosted regression trees, generalized additive models, generalized linear models and random forest) and data on the distribution of the species worldwide and across the island. For both climatic and non-climatic factors, suitability estimates predicted the current distribution of the species with good accuracy (mean area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic curve = 0.88 ±0.06, mean true skill statistic = 0.72 ±0.1). Minimum temperature of coldest month was the most influential climatic predictor, while human population density, residential housing density and public spaces were the most influential predictors describing land use and human settlement conditions. Suitable areas under current climates are predicted to occur mainly in the warmer and densely inhabited coastal areas of the southern part of the island, where the species is already established. By mid-century (2041–2060), the extent of climatically suitable areas is expected to increase, mainly towards higher altitudes and in the eastern part of the island. Our work shows that ongoing efforts to monitor and prevent the spread of Ae. aegypti on Madeira Island will have to increasingly consider the effects of climate change. The Aedes aegypti mosquito is an invasive species on Madeira Island and recently responsible for a dengue outbreak that affected more than 2000 people. To help control the activity of this mosquito, the local health authorities have an entomological surveillance program in place throughout the island. However, the full extent of the areas that can be colonized by this species remains unknown. We estimate the current and future potential distribution of Ae. aegypti on Madeira Island accounting for climatic, land use and human settlement conditions. Our results suggest that suitable conditions are predominantly distributed along the southern coast of the island. However, as climate change progresses, climatically suitable areas are expected to increase, particularly at mid-altitudes and in eastern part of the island. Minimum temperature of the coldest month was the most influential predictor variable in climatic suitability models, while human population density, housing density and public spaces were the most influential in models of land use and human settlement suitability. Our work provides valuable insight on the potential distribution of Ae. aegypti on Madeira Island, which can be used to inform ongoing and future monitoring and prevention initiatives.
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- José Maurício Santos
- Centre for Geographical Studies, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
- Associated Laboratory TERRA, Lisbon, Portugal
- * E-mail: (JMS); (CC)
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- Centre for Geographical Studies, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
- Associated Laboratory TERRA, Lisbon, Portugal
- * E-mail: (JMS); (CC)
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- Centre for Geographical Studies, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Abdulwahab UA, Hammill E, Hawkins CP. Choice of climate data affects the performance and interpretation of species distribution models. Ecol Modell 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wu X, Wang M, Li X, Yan Y, Dai M, Xie W, Zhou X, Zhang D, Wen Y. Response of distribution patterns of two closely related species in Taxus genus to climate change since last inter-glacial. Ecol Evol 2022; 12:e9302. [PMID: 36177121 PMCID: PMC9475124 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Climate change affects the species spatio-temporal distribution deeply. However, how climate affects the spatio-temporal distribution pattern of related species on the large scale remains largely unclear. Here, we selected two closely related species in Taxus genus Taxus chinensis and Taxus mairei to explore their distribution pattern. Four environmental variables were employed to simulate the distribution patterns using the optimized Maxent model. The results showed that the highly suitable area of T. chinensis and T. mairei in current period was 1.616 × 105 km2 and 3.093 × 105 km2, respectively. The distribution area of T. chinensis was smaller than that of T. mairei in different periods. Comparison of different periods shown that the distribution area of the two species was almost in stasis from LIG to the future periods. Temperature and precipitation were the main climate factors that determined the potential distribution of the two species. The centroids of T. chinensis and T. mairei were in Sichuan and Hunan provinces in current period, respectively. In the future, the centroid migration direction of the two species would shift towards northeast. Our results revealed that the average elevation distribution of T. chinensis was higher than that of T. mairei. This study sheds new insights into the habitat preference and limiting environment factors of the two related species and provides a valuable reference for the conservation of these two threatened species.
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- Xingtong Wu
- Central South University of Forestry and TechnologyHunanChina
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- Central South University of Forestry and TechnologyHunanChina
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- Central South University of Forestry and TechnologyHunanChina
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- Central South University of Forestry and TechnologyHunanChina
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- Central South University of Forestry and TechnologyHunanChina
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- Central South University of Forestry and TechnologyHunanChina
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- Central South University of Forestry and TechnologyHunanChina
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Predicted impacts of climate change and extreme temperature events on the future distribution of fruit bat species in Australia. Glob Ecol Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Carroll KA, Farwell LS, Pidgeon AM, Razenkova E, Gudex-Cross D, Helmers DP, Lewińska KE, Elsen PR, Radeloff VC. Mapping breeding bird species richness at management-relevant resolutions across the United States. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : A PUBLICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2022; 32:e2624. [PMID: 35404493 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Human activities alter ecosystems everywhere, causing rapid biodiversity loss and biotic homogenization. These losses necessitate coordinated conservation actions guided by biodiversity and species distribution spatial data that cover large areas yet have fine-enough resolution to be management-relevant (i.e., ≤5 km). However, most biodiversity products are too coarse for management or are only available for small areas. Furthermore, many maps generated for biodiversity assessment and conservation do not explicitly quantify the inherent tradeoff between resolution and accuracy when predicting biodiversity patterns. Our goals were to generate predictive models of overall breeding bird species richness and species richness of different guilds based on nine functional or life-history-based traits across the conterminous United States at three resolutions (0.5, 2.5, and 5 km) and quantify the tradeoff between resolution and accuracy and, hence, relevance for management of the resulting biodiversity maps. We summarized 18 years of North American Breeding Bird Survey data (1992-2019) and modeled species richness using random forests, including 66 predictor variables (describing climate, vegetation, geomorphology, and anthropogenic conditions), 20 of which we newly derived. Among the three spatial resolutions, the percentage variance explained ranged from 27% to 60% (median = 54%; mean = 57%) for overall species richness and 12% to 87% (median = 61%; mean = 58%) for our different guilds. Overall species richness and guild-specific species richness were best explained at 5-km resolution using ~24 predictor variables based on percentage variance explained, symmetric mean absolute percentage error, and root mean square error values. However, our 2.5-km-resolution maps were almost as accurate and provided more spatially detailed information, which is why we recommend them for most management applications. Our results represent the first consistent, occurrence-based, and nationwide maps of breeding bird richness with a thorough accuracy assessment that are also spatially detailed enough to inform local management decisions. More broadly, our findings highlight the importance of explicitly considering tradeoffs between resolution and accuracy to create management-relevant biodiversity products for large areas.
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- Kathleen A Carroll
- SILVIS Lab, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- SILVIS Lab, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- SILVIS Lab, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- SILVIS Lab, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- SILVIS Lab, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- SILVIS Lab, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- SILVIS Lab, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- SILVIS Lab, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- SILVIS Lab, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Krill finder: spatial distribution of sympatric fin (Balaenoptera physalus) and humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) whales in the Southern Ocean. Polar Biol 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-022-03080-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Lemes P, Barbosa FG, Naimi B, Araújo MB. Dispersal abilities favor commensalism in animal-plant interactions under climate change. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 835:155157. [PMID: 35405230 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Scientists still poorly understand how biotic interactions and dispersal limitation jointly interact and affect the ability of species to track suitable habitats under climate change. Here, we examine how animal-plant interactions and dispersal limitations might affect the responses of Brazil nut-dependent frogs facing projected climate change. Using ecological niche modelling and dispersal simulations, we forecast the future distributions of the Brazil nut tree and three commensalist frog species over time (2030, 2050, 2070, and 2090) in the regional rivalry (SSP370) scenario that includes great challenges to mitigation and adaptation. With the exception of one species, projections point to a decrease in suitable habitats of up to 40.6%. For frog species with potential reductions of co-occurrence areas, this is expected to reduce up to 23.8% of suitable areas for binomial animal-plant relationships. Even so, biotic interactions should not be lost over time. Species will depend on their own dispersal abilities to reach analogous climates in the future for maintaining ecological and evolutionary processes associated with commensal taxa. However, ecological and evolutionary processes associated with commensal taxa should be maintained in accordance with their own dispersal ability. When dispersal limitation is included in the models, the suitable range of all three frog species is reduced considerably by the end of the century. This highlights the importance of dispersal limitation inclusion for forecasting future distribution ranges when biotic interactions matter.
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- Priscila Lemes
- Laboratório de Ecologia e Biogeografia da Conservação, Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil.
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- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, MED Institute, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, MED Institute, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal; Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Dakhil MA, El-Barougy RF, El-Keblawy A, Farahat EA. Clay and climatic variability explain the global potential distribution of Juniperus phoenicea toward restoration planning. Sci Rep 2022; 12:13199. [PMID: 35915116 PMCID: PMC9343647 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16046-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Juniperus phoenicea is a medicinal conifer tree species distributed mainly in the Mediterranean region, and it is IUCN Red Listed species, locally threatened due to arid conditions and seed over-collection for medicinal purposes, particularly in the East-Mediterranean region. Several studies have addressed the potential distribution of J. phoenicea using bioclimatic and topographic variables at a local or global scale, but little is known about the role of soil and human influences as potential drivers. Therefore, our objectives were to determine the most influential predictor factors and their relative importance that might be limiting the regeneration of J. phoenicea, in addition, identifying the most suitable areas which could be assumed as priority conservation areas. We used ensemble models for species distribution modelling. Our findings revealed that aridity, temperature seasonality, and clay content are the most important factors limiting the potential distribution of J. phoenicea. Potentially suitable areas of the output maps, in which J. phoenicea populations degraded, could be assumed as decision-support tool reforestation planning. Other suitable areas, where there was no previous tree cover are a promising tool for afforestation and conservation planning. Finally, conservation actions are needed for natural habitats, particularly in the arid and semi-arid regions, which are highly threatened by global warming.
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- Mohammed A Dakhil
- Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, 11795, Egypt.
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damietta, Egypt.,Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, 11795, Egypt
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García Molinos J, Gavrilyeva T, Joompa P, Narita D, Chotiboriboon S, Parilova V, Sirisai S, Okhlopkov I, Zhang Z, Yakovleva N, Kongpunya P, Gowachirapant S, Gabyshev V, Kriengsinyos W. Study protocol: International joint research project ‘climate change resilience of Indigenous socioecological systemsʼ (RISE). PLoS One 2022; 17:e0271792. [PMID: 35862396 PMCID: PMC9302735 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Anthropogenic changes in the environment are increasingly threatening the sustainability of socioecological systems on a global scale. As stewards of the natural capital of over a quarter of the world’s surface area, Indigenous Peoples (IPs), are at the frontline of these changes. Indigenous socioecological systems (ISES) are particularly exposed and sensitive to exogenous changes because of the intimate bounds of IPs with nature. Traditional food systems (TFS) represent one of the most prominent components of ISES, providing not only diverse and nutritious food but also critical socioeconomic, cultural, and spiritual assets. However, a proper understanding of how future climate change may compromise TFS through alterations of related human-nature interactions is still lacking. Climate change resilience of indigenous socioecological systems (RISE) is a new joint international project that aims to fill this gap in knowledge. Methods and design RISE will use a comparative case study approach coupling on-site socioeconomic, nutritional, and ecological surveys of the target ISES of Sakha (Republic of Sakha, Russian Federation) and Karen (Kanchanaburi, Thailand) people with statistical models projecting future changes in the distribution and composition of traditional food species under contrasting climate change scenarios. The results presented as alternative narratives of future climate change impacts on TFS will be integrated into a risk assessment framework to explore potential vulnerabilities of ISES operating through altered TFS, and possible adaptation options through stakeholder consultation so that lessons learned can be applied in practice. Discussion By undertaking a comprehensive analysis of the socioeconomic and nutritional contributions of TFS toward the sustainability of ISES and projecting future changes under alternative climate change scenarios, RISE is strategically designed to deliver novel and robust science that will contribute towards the integration of Indigenous issues within climate change and sustainable agendas while generating a forum for discussion among Indigenous communities and relevant stakeholders. Its goal is to promote positive co-management and regional development through sustainability and climate change adaptation.
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- Institute of Engineering and Technology, North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk, Russian Federation
- Department of Regional Economic and Social Studies, Federal Research Centre «Yakutian Scientific Center» of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, Russian Federation
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Finances and Economics, North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk, Russian Federation
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- Emeritus Researcher Faculty of Liberal Arts, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
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- Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, Russian Federation
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- Arctic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
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- Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, Russian Federation
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SIMONS ARIELLEVI, CALDWELL STEVIE, FU MICHELLE, GALLEGOS JOSE, GATHERU MICHAEL, RICCARDELLI LAURA, TRUONG NHI, VIERA VALERIA. Constructing ecological indices for urban environments using species distribution models. Urban Ecosyst 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11252-022-01265-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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AbstractIn an increasingly urbanized world, there is a need to study urban areas as their own class of ecosystems as well as assess the impacts of anthropogenic impacts on biodiversity. However, collecting a sufficient number of species observations to estimate patterns of biodiversity in a city can be costly. Here we investigated the use of community science-based data on species occurrences, combined with species distribution models (SDMs), built using MaxEnt and remotely-sensed measures of the environment, to predict the distribution of a number of species across the urban environment of Los Angeles. By selecting species with the most accurate SDMs, and then summarizing these by class, we were able to produce two species richness models (SRMs) to predict biodiversity patterns for species in the class Aves and Magnoliopsida and how they respond to a variety of natural and anthropogenic environmental gradients.We found that species considered native to Los Angeles tend to have significantly more accurate SDMs than their non-native counterparts. For all species considered in this study we found environmental variables describing anthropogenic activities, such as housing density and alterations to land cover, tend to be more influential than natural factors, such as terrain and proximity to freshwater, in shaping SDMs. Using a random forest model we found our SRMs could account for approximately 54% and 62% of the predicted variation in species richness for species in the classes Aves and Magnoliopsida respectively. Using community science-based species occurrences, SRMs can be used to model patterns of urban biodiversity and assess the roles of environmental factors in shaping them.
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Potential European Geographical Distribution of Gnathotrichus materiarius (Fitch, 1858) (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) under Current and Future Climate Conditions. FORESTS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/f13071097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Gnathotrichus materiarius (Fitch, 1858) is an alien ambrosia beetle from North America, that has been spreading across Europe since the 1930s. The species infests coniferous trees, excavating galleries in sapwood. However, to date very few studies have predicted changes in ambrosia beetle habitat suitability under changing climate conditions. To fill that gap in the current knowledge, we used the MaxEnt algorithm to estimate areas potentially suitable for this species in Europe, both under current climate conditions and those forecasted for the years 2050 and 2070. Our analyses showed areas where the species has not been reported, though the climatic conditions are suitable. Models for the forecasted conditions predicted an increase in suitable habitats. Due to the wide range of host trees, the species is likely to spread through the Balkans, the Black Sea and Caucasus region, Baltic countries, the Scandinavian Peninsula, and Ukraine. As a technical pest of coniferous sapwood, it can cause financial losses due to deterioration in quality of timber harvested in such regions. Our results will be helpful for the development of a climate-change-integrated management strategy to mitigate potential adverse effects.
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Brambilla M, Rubolini D, Appukuttan O, Calvi G, Karger DN, Kmecl P, Mihelič T, Sattler T, Seaman B, Teufelbauer N, Wahl J, Celada C. Identifying climate refugia for high-elevation Alpine birds under current climate warming predictions. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2022; 28:4276-4291. [PMID: 35441422 PMCID: PMC9546033 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2022] [Revised: 03/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Identifying climate refugia is key to effective biodiversity conservation under a changing climate, especially for mountain-specialist species adapted to cold conditions and highly threatened by climate warming. We combined species distribution models (SDMs) with climate forecasts to identify climate refugia for high-elevation bird species (Lagopus muta, Anthus spinoletta, Prunella collaris, Montifringilla nivalis) in the European Alps, where the ecological effects of climate changes are particularly evident and predicted to intensify. We considered future (2041-2070) conditions (SSP585 scenario, four climate models) and identified three types of refugia: (1) in-situ refugia potentially suitable under both current and future climate conditions, ex-situ refugia suitable (2) only in the future according to all future conditions, or (3) under at least three out of four future conditions. SDMs were based on a very large, high-resolution occurrence dataset (2901-12,601 independent records for each species) collected by citizen scientists. SDMs were fitted using different algorithms, balancing statistical accuracy, ecological realism and predictive/extrapolation ability. We selected the most reliable ones based on consistency between training and testing data and extrapolation over distant areas. Future predictions revealed that all species (with the partial exception of A. spinoletta) will undergo a range contraction towards higher elevations, losing 17%-59% of their current range (larger losses in L. muta). We identified ~15,000 km2 of the Alpine region as in-situ refugia for at least three species, of which 44% are currently designated as protected areas (PAs; 18%-66% among countries). Our findings highlight the usefulness of spatially accurate data collected by citizen scientists, and the importance of model testing by extrapolating over independent areas. Climate refugia, which are only partly included within the current PAs system, should be priority sites for the conservation of Alpine high-elevation species and habitats, where habitat degradation/alteration by human activities should be prevented to ensure future suitability for alpine species.
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- Mattia Brambilla
- Lipu/BirdLife ItaliaParmaItaly
- MUSE–Museo delle Scienze, Sezione Zoologia dei VertebratiTrentoItaly
- Fondazione Lombardia per l’Ambiente, Settore Biodiversità e aree protetteMilanoItaly
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Politiche AmbientaliUniversità degli Studi di MilanoMilanoItaly
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Politiche AmbientaliUniversità degli Studi di MilanoMilanoItaly
- Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque, IRSA‐CNRBrugherioItaly
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Politiche AmbientaliUniversità degli Studi di MilanoMilanoItaly
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)BirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten (DDA)MünsterGermany
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Anibaba QA, Dyderski MK, Jagodziński AM. Predicted range shifts of invasive giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) in Europe. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 825:154053. [PMID: 35217057 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Revised: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier (Giant hogweed) has spread across Europe after its introduction as an ornamental from the native range in the Western Greater Caucasus. In addition to its invasive capability, H. mantegazzianum reduces the alpha diversity of native species in the non-native range and can cause second-degree burns when its phytotoxic sap contacts the skin upon exposure to sunlight. Previous studies on H. mantegazzianum distribution focused on individual countries, therefore we know little about the potential shift of the species distribution under changing climate at the continental scale. To fill that gap in the current knowledge, we aimed to (i) identify the most important climatic factors for the distribution of H. mantegazzianum in Europe, (ii) recognize areas that will be suitable and unsuitable for future climate scenarios to prioritize management action. Our study showed that the mean temperature of the coldest quarter (bio11) and temperature annual range (bio7) were the most important bioclimatic variables predicting the suitable habitat of the species in Europe. For all scenarios, we found that the majority of the range changes expected by 2100 will occur as early as 2041. We predicted an overall decrease in climatically suitable area for H. mantegazzianum under climate change with over three quarters (i.e. 94%) of the suitable area reduced under the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) 585 in 2100. However, under the same scenario, climate conditions will likely favour the expansion (i.e. 20%) of H. mantegazzianum in northern Europe. The results from the present study will help in developing a climate change-integrated management strategy, most especially in northern Europe where range expansion is predicted.
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- Quadri A Anibaba
- Department of Ecology, Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kórnik, Poland.
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- Department of Ecology, Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kórnik, Poland
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- Department of Ecology, Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kórnik, Poland
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Lancaster LT, Fuller ZL, Berger D, Barbour MA, Jentoft S, Wellenreuther M. Understanding climate change response in the age of genomics. J Anim Ecol 2022; 91:1056-1063. [PMID: 35668551 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Nelson, New Zealand.,School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Understanding the effects of climate change on tropicalpine biota remains a scientific challenge today. The Andean páramo is the largest and most diverse tropicalpine biogeographical region in the world, and also one of the most threatened as it is prone to accelerated environmental changes. My goal was to predict changes in the distribution ranges of the diverse and highly endemic páramo flora on the mid-term (50 years). First, I predicted distribution changes in páramo plant species under novel climates and considering dispersal constraints. Second, I looked for consensus areas of species losses vs. gains in the páramo, expecting to identify a gradient of increasing relative richness with elevation over time. Last, I evaluated the behavior of plant species regarding their climatic refugia since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to establish if they likely remain or transcend them. Based on VegParamo vegetation data and CHELSA bioclimatic information, I performed species distribution models for a 664 species pool, that were then contrasted between the present, future (2070) and past (LGM). About 8.3% of the entire species pool (55 species) were predicted to be extirpated from the páramo by 2070, including 22 species endemics. On average, páramo plants gained 15.52% of additional distribution by 2070 (18.81% for endemics). Models predicted the most area gains for the northern páramos of Colombia and Venezuela, and the highest losses for the eastern Ecuadorian and Peruvian mountains. Moreover, area gains were more pronounced at high elevations, suggesting a future accelerated colonization process toward the northern Andean summits. Finally, only 21.41% of the species’ 2070 distribution coincided with their LGM (19.75% for endemics), and the largest climatic refugia since the LGM were found in southern Ecuador and Peru. This study is pioneer in predicting future distribution shifts for páramo plant species overall and provides solid bases to support climate change research and adaptation strategies in the tropical Andes.
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Wood SLR, Martins KT, Dumais-Lalonde V, Tanguy O, Maure F, St-Denis A, Rayfield B, Martin AE, Gonzalez A. Missing Interactions: The Current State of Multispecies Connectivity Analysis. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.830822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Designing effective habitat and protected area networks, which sustain species-rich communities is a critical conservation challenge. Recent decades have witnessed the emergence of new computational methods for analyzing and prioritizing the connectivity needs of multiple species. We argue that the goal of prioritizing habitat for multispecies connectivity should be focused on long-term persistence of a set of species in a landscape or seascape. Here we present a review of the literature based on 77 papers published between 2010 and 2020, in which we assess the current state and recent advances in multispecies connectivity analysis in terrestrial ecosystems. We summarize the four most employed analytical methods, compare their data requirements, and provide an overview of studies comparing results from multiple methods. We explicitly look at approaches for integrating multiple species considerations into reserve design and identify novel approaches being developed to overcome computational and theoretical challenges posed by multispecies connectivity analyses. There is a lack of common metrics for multispecies connectivity. We suggest the index of metapopulation capacity as one metric by which to assess and compare the effectiveness of proposed network designs. We conclude that, while advances have been made over the past decade, the field remains nascent by its ability to integrate multiple species interactions into analytical approaches to connectivity. Furthermore, the field is hampered its ability to provide robust connectivity assessments for lack of a clear definition and goal for multispecies connectivity conservation.
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Berlusconi A, Preatoni D, Assandri G, Bisi F, Brambilla M, Cecere JG, Cioccarelli S, Grattini N, Gustin M, Martinoli A, Rubolini D, Sbrilli A, Zanichelli A, Martinoli A, Morganti M. Intra-guild spatial niche overlap among three small falcon species in an area of recent sympatry. THE EUROPEAN ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2022.2055170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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- A. Berlusconi
- Environment Analysis and Management Unit - Guido Tosi Research Group - Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Varese, Italy
- CNR-IRSA National Research Council – Water Research Institute, Brugherio (MB) and Montelibretti (RM), Italy
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- Environment Analysis and Management Unit - Guido Tosi Research Group - Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Area Avifauna Migratrice, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Ozzano dell’Emilia (BO), Italy
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- Environment Analysis and Management Unit - Guido Tosi Research Group - Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Politiche Ambientali, Università degli Studi di MilanoDipartimento di Scienze e , Milan, Italy
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- Area Avifauna Migratrice, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Ozzano dell’Emilia (BO), Italy
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- Politiche Ambientali, Università degli Studi di MilanoDipartimento di Scienze e , Milan, Italy
- Ethology Unit, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- S.O.M., Stazione Ornitologica Modenese “Il Pettazzurro”, Modena, Italy
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- Conservation Department LIPU-Birdlife Italia, Parma, Italy
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- Environment Analysis and Management Unit - Guido Tosi Research Group - Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- CNR-IRSA National Research Council – Water Research Institute, Brugherio (MB) and Montelibretti (RM), Italy
- Politiche Ambientali, Università degli Studi di MilanoDipartimento di Scienze e , Milan, Italy
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- CNR-IRSA National Research Council – Water Research Institute, Brugherio (MB) and Montelibretti (RM), Italy
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- Conservation Department LIPU-Birdlife Italia, Parma, Italy
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- Environment Analysis and Management Unit - Guido Tosi Research Group - Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- CNR-IRSA National Research Council – Water Research Institute, Brugherio (MB) and Montelibretti (RM), Italy
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Condro AA, Syartinilia, Higuchi H, Mulyani YA, Raffiudin R, Rusniarsyah L, Setiawan Y, Prasetyo LB. Climate change leads to range contraction for Japanese population of the Oriental Honey-Buzzards: Implications for future conservation strategies. Glob Ecol Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Pillet M, Goettsch B, Merow C, Maitner B, Feng X, Roehrdanz PR, Enquist BJ. Elevated extinction risk of cacti under climate change. NATURE PLANTS 2022; 8:366-372. [PMID: 35422081 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-022-01130-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Cactaceae (cacti), a New World plant family, is one of the most endangered groups of organisms on the planet. Conservation planning is uncertain as it is unclear whether climate and land-use change will positively or negatively impact global cactus diversity. On the one hand, a common perception is that future climates will be favourable to cacti as they have multiple adaptations and specialized physiologies and morphologies for increased heat and drought. On the other hand, the wide diversity of the more than 1,500 cactus species, many of which occur in more mesic and cooler ecosystems, questions the view that most cacti can tolerate warmer and drought conditions. Here we assess the hypothesis that cacti will benefit and expand in potential distribution in a warmer and more drought-prone world. We quantified exposure to climate change through range forecasts and associated diversity maps for 408 cactus species under three Representative Concentration Pathways (2.6, 4.5 and 8.5) for 2050 and 2070. Our analyses show that 60% of species will experience a reduction in favourable climate, with about a quarter of species exposed to environmental conditions outside of the current realized niche in over 25% of their current distribution. These results show low sensitivity to many uncertainties in forecasting, mostly deriving from dispersal ability and model complexity rather than climate scenarios. While current range size and the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List category were not statistically significant predictors of predicted future changes in suitable climate area, epiphytes had the greatest exposure to novel climates. Overall, the number of cactus species at risk is projected to increase sharply in the future, especially in current richness hotspots. Land-use change has previously been identified as the second-most-common driver of threat among cacti, affecting many of the ~31% of cacti that are currently threatened. Our results suggest that climate change will become a primary driver of cactus extinction risk with 60-90% of species assessed negatively impacted by climate change and/or other anthropogenic processes, depending on how these threat processes are distributed across cactus species.
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- Michiel Pillet
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
- International Union for Conservation of Nature, Species Survival Commission, Cactus and Succulent Plants Specialist Group, Cambridge, UK.
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- International Union for Conservation of Nature, Species Survival Commission, Cactus and Succulent Plants Specialist Group, Cambridge, UK
- The Biodiversity Consultancy Ltd, Cambridge, UK
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- Eversource Energy Center and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Eversource Energy Center and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Geography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
- Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA
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Chardon NI, Nabe‐Nielsen J, Assmann JJ, Dyrholm Jacobsen IB, Guéguen M, Normand S, Wipf S. High resolution species distribution and abundance models cannot predict separate shrub datasets in adjacent Arctic fjords. DIVERS DISTRIB 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- Nathalie Isabelle Chardon
- Biodiversity Research Centre University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
- WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research Davos Dorf Switzerland
- Department of Biology Aarhus University Aarhus C Denmark
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc CNRS, LECA Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine Grenoble France
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- Department of Biology Aarhus University Aarhus C Denmark
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- Swiss National Park Chastè Planta‐Wildenberg Zernez Switzerland
- Climate Change, Extremes and Natural Hazards in Alpine Regions Research Centre CERC Davos Dorf Switzerland
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Stewart SB, Fedrigo M, Kasel S, Roxburgh SH, Choden K, Tenzin K, Allen K, Nitschke CR. Predicting plant species distributions using climate‐based model ensembles with corresponding measures of congruence and uncertainty. DIVERS DISTRIB 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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- GeoRubix Solutions Hobart Tasmania Australia
- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences University of Melbourne Burnley Victoria Australia
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- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences University of Melbourne Burnley Victoria Australia
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- Bhutan for Life Fund Secretariat Royal Textile Academy Complex Thimphu Bhutan
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- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences University of Melbourne Burnley Victoria Australia
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- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences University of Melbourne Burnley Victoria Australia
- Geography, Planning Spatial Sciences University of Tasmania Sandy Bay Tasmania Australia
- Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage University of New South Wales New South Wales Australia
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- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences University of Melbourne Burnley Victoria Australia
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Moran EV, Thuiller W, Angert AL, Benito Garzón M. Editorial: Predicting and Managing Climate-Driven Range Shifts in Plants. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.856213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Climate change threatens native potential agroforestry plant species in Brazil. Sci Rep 2022; 12:2267. [PMID: 35145191 PMCID: PMC8831634 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06234-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Climate change is one of the main drivers of species extinction in the twentyfirst-century. Here, we (1) quantify potential changes in species' bioclimatic area of habitat (BAH) of 135 native potential agroforestry species from the Brazilian flora, using two different climate change scenarios (SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5) and dispersal scenarios, where species have no ability to disperse and reach new areas (non-dispersal) and where species can migrate within the estimated BAH (full dispersal) for 2041–2060 and 2061–2080. We then (2) assess the preliminary conservation status of each species based on IUCN criteria. Current and future potential habitats for species were predicted using MaxEnt, a machine-learning algorithm used to estimate species' probability distribution. Future climate is predicted to trigger a mean decline in BAH between 38.5–56.3% under the non-dispersal scenario and between 22.3–41.9% under the full dispersal scenario for 135 native potential agroforestry species. Additionally, we found that only 4.3% of the studied species could be threatened under the IUCN Red List criteria B1 and B2. However, when considering the predicted quantitative habitat loss due to climate change (A3c criterion) the percentages increased between 68.8–84.4% under the non-dispersal scenario and between 40.7–64.4% under the full dispersal scenario. To lessen such threats, we argue that encouraging the use of these species in rural and peri-urban agroecosystems are promising, complementary strategies for their long-term conservation.
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Lovrenčić L, Temunović M, Gross R, Grgurev M, Maguire I. Integrating population genetics and species distribution modelling to guide conservation of the noble crayfish, Astacus astacus, in Croatia. Sci Rep 2022; 12:2040. [PMID: 35132091 PMCID: PMC8821615 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06027-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The noble crayfish, Astacus astacus, is an indigenous European freshwater species. Its populations show significant declines caused by anthropogenic pressure on its habitats, climate change and the spread of invasive species. Diminishing populations’ trends and loss of genetic diversity highlight the need for effective conservation that will ensure their long-term survival. We combined population genetics and species distribution modelling (SDM) to reveal the impact of climate change and invasive species on the noble crayfish, and to guide future conservation programs of current populations. Our study showed that Croatian populations of A. astacus harbour an important part of species genetic diversity and represent significant genetic reservoir at the European level. The SDM results predicted substantial reductions of suitable habitats for A. astacus by the 2070; only 13% of its current potential distribution is projected to remain stable under pessimistic Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP 8.5) emission scenario. Moreover, most of the populations with high genetic diversity are located in the areas predicted to become unsuitable, and consequently have a high probability of being lost in the future. Further, SDM results also indicated considerable decrease of future habitat suitability for invasive crayfish species in Croatia, suggesting that climate change poses a major threat to already endangered A. astacus. The obtained results help in the identification of populations and areas with the highest conservation value which should be given the highest priority for protection. In order to preserve present diversity in areas that are predicted as suitable, we propose assisted migration and repopulation approaches, for enhancing populations’ size and saving maximum genetic variability. The result of our research emphasizes once again the benefits of multidisciplinary approach in the modern biodiversity conservation.
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- Leona Lovrenčić
- Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
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- Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
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Using species distribution models only may underestimate climate change impacts on future marine biodiversity. Ecol Modell 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Igawa TK, de Toledo PM, Anjos LJS. Climate change could reduce and spatially reconfigure cocoa cultivation in the Brazilian Amazon by 2050. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0262729. [PMID: 35041710 PMCID: PMC8765622 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Cocoa is a plant with origins in northwestern South America with high relevance in the global economy. Evidence indicates that cocoa is sensitive to a dry climate, under which crop production is reduced. Projections for future climate change scenarios suggest a warmer and drier climate in the Amazon basin. In this paper, we quantify the potential effects in cocoa production due to its edaphoclimatic suitability changes to the Brazilian Amazon biome and account for regional differences in planning occupation territories. We modeled the suitability of cocoa's geographical distribution using an ensemble of 10 correlative models that were run in the "biomod2" library and projected to two future climate scenarios (RCPs 4.5 and 8.5) by 2050. Combining information on climate and soil suitability and installed infrastructure in the macro-regions of the Brazilian Amazon. We defined a zoning system to indicate how cocoa production may respond to climate change according to the current and future suitability model. Our results suggest that a reduction in precipitation and an increase in temperature may promote a reduction in the suitability of cocoa production in the Brazilian Amazon biome. In addition of the areas suitable for cocoa plantation, we found a 37.05% and 73.15% decrease in the areas suitable for intensification and expansion zones under RCP 4.5 and 8.5, respectively, compared with the current scenario. We conclude that there may be a need to expand land to cocoa production in the future, or else it will be necessary to plant a cocoa variety resistant to new climatic conditions. Besides, we recommend procedures to combat illegal deforestation to prevent the most critical climate change scenarios from occurring.
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- Tassio Koiti Igawa
- Graduate Program in Environmental Science—PPGCA, Institute of Geosciences, Federal University of Pará—UFPA, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Environmental Science—PPGCA, Institute of Geosciences, Federal University of Pará—UFPA, Belém, Pará, Brazil
- Earth System Science Center—CCST, National Institute for Space Research—INPE, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Environmental Science—PPGCA, Institute of Geosciences, Federal University of Pará—UFPA, Belém, Pará, Brazil
- Parauapebas Campus, Federal Rural University of the Amazon—UFRA, Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil
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The Current and Future Potential Geographical Distribution and Evolution Process of Catalpa bungei in China. FORESTS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/f13010096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Catalpa bungei C. A. Mey. (C. bungei) is one of the recommended native species for ecological management in China. It is a fast-growing tree of high economic and ecological importance, but its rare resources, caused by anthropogenic destruction and local climatic degradation, have not satisfied the requirements. It has been widely recommended for large-scale afforestation of ecological management and gradually increasing in recent years, but the impact mechanism of climate change on its growth has not been studied yet. Studying the response of species to climate change is an important part of national afforestation planning. Based on combinations of climate, topography, soil variables, and the multiple model ensemble (MME) of CMIP6, this study explored the relationship between C. bungei and climate change, then constructed Maxent to predict its potential distribution under SSP126 and SSP585 and analyzed its dominant environmental factors. The results showed that C. bungei is widely distributed in Henan, Hebei, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, and Shaanxi provinces and others where it covers an area of 2.96 × 106 km2. Under SSP126 and SSP585, its overall habitat area will increase by more than 14.2% in 2080–2100, which mainly indicates the transformation of unsuitable areas into low suitable areas. The center of its distribution will migrate to the north with a longer distance under SSP585 than that under SSP126, and it will transfer from the junction of Shaanxi and Hubei province to the north of Shaanxi province under SSP585 by 2100. In that case, C. bungei shows a large-area degradation trend in the south of the Yangtze River Basin but better suitability in the north of the Yellow River Basin, such as the Northeast Plain, the Tianshan Mountains, the Loess Plateau, and others. Temperature factors have the greatest impact on the distribution of C. bungei. It is mainly affected by the mean temperature of the coldest quarter, followed by precipitation of the wettest month, mean diurnal range, and precipitation of the coldest quarter. Our results hence demonstrate that the increase of the mean temperature of the coldest quarter becomes the main reason for its degradation, which simultaneously means a larger habitat boundary in Northeast China. The findings provide scientific evidence for the ecological restoration and sustainable development of C. bungei in China.
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Brzozowski M, Pełechaty M, Bogawski P. A winner or a loser in climate change? Modelling the past, current, and future potential distributions of a rare charophyte species. Glob Ecol Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Zhang N, Liao Z, Wu S, Nobis MP, Wang J, Wu N. Impact of climate change on wheat security through an alternate host of stripe rust. Food Energy Secur 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/fes3.356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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- Nannan Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province Chengdu Institute of Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences Chengdu China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province Chengdu Institute of Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences Chengdu China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Built Environments University of Washington Seattle Washington USA
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province Chengdu Institute of Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences Chengdu China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province Chengdu Institute of Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences Chengdu China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
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Zhao N, Zhang X, Shan G, Ye X. Evaluating the Effects of Climate Change on Spatial Aggregation of Giant Pandas and Sympatric Species in a Mountainous Landscape. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:3332. [PMID: 34828063 PMCID: PMC8614526 DOI: 10.3390/ani11113332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Understanding how climate change alters the spatial aggregation of sympatric species is important for biodiversity conservation. Previous studies usually focused on spatial shifting of species but paid little attention to changes in interspecific competitions under climate change. In this study, we evaluated the potential effects of climate change on the spatial aggregation of giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) and three sympatric competitive species (i.e., black bears (Ursus thibetanus), golden takins (Budorcas taxicolor), and wild boars (Sus scrofa)) in the Qinling Mountains, China. We employed an ensemble species distribution modeling (SDM) approach to map the current spatial distributions of giant pandas and sympatric animals and projected them to future climate scenarios in 2050s and 2070s. We then examined the range overlapping and niche similarities of these species under different climate change scenarios. The results showed that the distribution areas of giant pandas and sympatric species would decrease remarkably under future climate changes. The shifting directions of the overlapping between giant pandas and sympatric species vary under different climate change scenarios. In conclusion, future climate change greatly shapes the spatial overlapping pattern of giant pandas and sympatric species in the Qinling Mountains, while interspecific competition would be intensified under both mild and worst-case climate change scenarios.
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- Naxun Zhao
- Changqing Teaching & Research Base of Ecology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China; (N.Z.); (X.Z.); (G.S.)
- Administration of Shaanxi Changqing National Nature Reserve, Hanzhong 723000, China
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- Changqing Teaching & Research Base of Ecology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China; (N.Z.); (X.Z.); (G.S.)
- Administration of Shaanxi Changqing National Nature Reserve, Hanzhong 723000, China
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- Changqing Teaching & Research Base of Ecology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China; (N.Z.); (X.Z.); (G.S.)
- Administration of Shaanxi Changqing National Nature Reserve, Hanzhong 723000, China
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- Changqing Teaching & Research Base of Ecology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China; (N.Z.); (X.Z.); (G.S.)
- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
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Boonman CC, Huijbregts MA, Benítez‐López A, Schipper AM, Thuiller W, Santini L. Trait‐based projections of climate change effects on global biome distributions. DIVERS DISTRIB 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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- Coline C.F. Boonman
- Institute for Water and Wetland Research Department of Environmental Science Radboud University Nijmegen the Netherlands
- Institute for Water and Wetland Research Department of Aquatic Ecology & Environmental Biology Radboud University Nijmegen the Netherlands
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- Institute for Water and Wetland Research Department of Environmental Science Radboud University Nijmegen the Netherlands
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- Institute for Water and Wetland Research Department of Environmental Science Radboud University Nijmegen the Netherlands
- Integrative Ecology Group Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD‐CSIC) Sevilla Spain
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- Institute for Water and Wetland Research Department of Environmental Science Radboud University Nijmegen the Netherlands
- PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency The Hague the Netherlands
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- Laboratoire d'Écologie Alpine (LECA) CNRS LECA Univ. Grenoble AlpesUniv. Savoie Mont Blanc Grenoble France
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- Institute for Water and Wetland Research Department of Environmental Science Radboud University Nijmegen the Netherlands
- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “Charles Darwin” Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
- National Research Council Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (CNR‐IRET)Monterotondo (Rome) Italy
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Mammola S, Pétillon J, Hacala A, Monsimet J, Marti S, Cardoso P, Lafage D. Challenges and opportunities of species distribution modelling of terrestrial arthropod predators. DIVERS DISTRIB 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Stefano Mammola
- Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe) Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS) University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
- Molecular Ecology Group (MEG), Water Research Institute (RSA) National Research Council (CNR) Verbania Pallanza Italy
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- UMR ECOBIO Université de Rennes 1 Rennes France
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- Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Campus Evenstad Koppang Norway
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- Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe) Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS) University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
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- UMR ECOBIO Université de Rennes 1 Rennes France
- Department of Environmental and Life Sciences/Biology Karlstad University Karlstad Sweden
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Casanelles‐Abella J, Müller S, Keller A, Aleixo C, Alós Orti M, Chiron F, Deguines N, Hallikma T, Laanisto L, Pinho P, Samson R, Tryjanowski P, Van Mensel A, Pellissier L, Moretti M. How wild bees find a way in European cities: Pollen metabarcoding unravels multiple feeding strategies and their effects on distribution patterns in four wild bee species. J Appl Ecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Joan Casanelles‐Abella
- Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
- Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems ETH Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- Organismic and Cellular Interactions Biocenter Faculty of Biology Ludwig‐Maximilians‐Universität München Martinsried Germany
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c) Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal
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- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Estonian University of Life Sciences Tartu Estonia
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- Université Paris‐SaclayCNRSAgroParisTechEcologie Systématique Evolution Orsay France
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- Université Paris‐SaclayCNRSAgroParisTechEcologie Systématique Evolution Orsay France
- Laboratoire Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions Equipe Ecologie Evolution Symbiose Université de PoitiersUMR CNRS Nouvelle‐Aquitaine France
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- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Estonian University of Life Sciences Tartu Estonia
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- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Estonian University of Life Sciences Tartu Estonia
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c) Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal
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- Laboratory of Environmental and Urban Ecology Department of Bioscience Engineering University of Antwerp Antwerp Belgium
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- Department of Zoology Poznan University of Life Sciences Poznań Poland
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- Laboratory of Environmental and Urban Ecology Department of Bioscience Engineering University of Antwerp Antwerp Belgium
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- Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems ETH Zurich Zurich Switzerland
- Land Change Science Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
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Ferreira MR, Almeida AM, Quintela-Sabarís C, Roque N, Fernandez P, Ribeiro MM. The role of littoral cliffs in the niche delimitation on a microendemic plant facing climate change. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0258976. [PMID: 34679129 PMCID: PMC8535191 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Obligate coastline taxa generally occupy very limited areas, especially when there is a close affinity with a specific coast type. Climate change can be a meaningful threat for them, reducing suitable habitat or forcing migration events. Cistus ladanifer subsp. sulcatus is an endemic plant of Portugal, known to occur only in the top of its south-western coast's prominent cliffs. In spite of being included in the annexes II and IV of the European Habitats Directive of Natura 2000 Network, this taxon is still understudied, especially regarding the effects of climate change on its distribution. To overcome such gap, Maxent was used to model the current distribution of C. ladanifer subsp. sulcatus and project its future distribution considering different General Circulation Models, periods (2050 and 2070) and Representation Concentration Pathways (4.5 and 8.5). The results suggested an extensive range contraction in the future, and extinction is a possible scenario. The proximity to littoral cliffs is crucial for this plant's occurrence, but these formations are irregularly distributed along the coast, hindering range expansions, further inhibited by a small dispersal capacity. Cistus ladanifer subsp. sulcatus will probably remain confined to south-western Portugal in the future, where it will continue to face relevant threats like human activity, reinforcing the need for its conservation.
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- Miguel R. Ferreira
- Departamento de Recursos Naturais e Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
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- Departamento de Recursos Naturais e Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
- C4—Centro de Competências em Cloud Computing (C4-UBI), Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
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- Departamento de Edafoloxía e Quimica Agrícola, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Espanha
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- Departamento de Recursos Naturais e Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
- QRural—Qualidade de Vida no Mundo Rural, Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
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- Departamento de Recursos Naturais e Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
- MED—Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Universidade de Évora, Pólo da Mitra, Évora, Portugal
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- Departamento de Recursos Naturais e Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
- CEF—Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- CERNAS—Pólo de Castelo Branco do Centro de Estudos de Recursos Naturais, Ambiente e Sociedade, Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
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Wang YXG, Matson KD, Santini L, Visconti P, Hilbers JP, Huijbregts MAJ, Xu Y, Prins HHT, Allen T, Huang ZYX, de Boer WF. Mammal assemblage composition predicts global patterns in emerging infectious disease risk. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2021; 27:4995-5007. [PMID: 34214237 PMCID: PMC8518613 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Revised: 06/13/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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As a source of emerging infectious diseases, wildlife assemblages (and related spatial patterns) must be quantitatively assessed to help identify high-risk locations. Previous assessments have largely focussed on the distributions of individual species; however, transmission dynamics are expected to depend on assemblage composition. Moreover, disease-diversity relationships have mainly been studied in the context of species loss, but assemblage composition and disease risk (e.g. infection prevalence in wildlife assemblages) can change without extinction. Based on the predicted distributions and abundances of 4466 mammal species, we estimated global patterns of disease risk through the calculation of the community-level basic reproductive ratio R0, an index of invasion potential, persistence, and maximum prevalence of a pathogen in a wildlife assemblage. For density-dependent diseases, we found that, in addition to tropical areas which are commonly viewed as infectious disease hotspots, northern temperate latitudes included high-risk areas. We also forecasted the effects of climate change and habitat loss from 2015 to 2035. Over this period, many local assemblages showed no net loss of species richness, but the assemblage composition (i.e. the mix of species and their abundances) changed considerably. Simultaneously, most areas experienced a decreased risk of density-dependent diseases but an increased risk of frequency-dependent diseases. We further explored the factors driving these changes in disease risk. Our results suggest that biodiversity and changes therein jointly influence disease risk. Understanding these changes and their drivers and ultimately identifying emerging infectious disease hotspots can help health officials prioritize resource distribution.
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- Yingying X. G. Wang
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation GroupWageningen University and ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
- Department of Biological and Environmental ScienceUniversity of JyväskyläJyväskyläFinland
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- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation GroupWageningen University and ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “Charles Darwin”Sapienza University of RomeRomeItaly
- Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (CNR‐IRET)National Research CouncilMonterotondo (Rome)Italy
- Department of Environmental ScienceRadboud UniversityNijmegenThe Netherlands
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- International Institute for Applied System AnalysisLaxenburgAustria
- Institute of ZoologyZoological Society of LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Environmental ScienceRadboud UniversityNijmegenThe Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation GroupWageningen University and ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
- The Finnish Museum of Natural HistoryUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation GroupWageningen University and ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
- Department of Animal SciencesWageningen University and ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation GroupWageningen University and ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
- College of Life SciencesNanjing Normal UniversityNanjingChina
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- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation GroupWageningen University and ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
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The evolutionary genomics of species' responses to climate change. Nat Ecol Evol 2021; 5:1350-1360. [PMID: 34373621 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01526-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Climate change is a threat to biodiversity. One way that this threat manifests is through pronounced shifts in the geographical range of species over time. To predict these shifts, researchers have primarily used species distribution models. However, these models are based on assumptions of niche conservatism and do not consider evolutionary processes, potentially limiting their accuracy and value. To incorporate evolution into the prediction of species' responses to climate change, researchers have turned to landscape genomic data and examined information about local genetic adaptation using climate models. Although this is an important advancement, this approach currently does not include other evolutionary processes-such as gene flow, population dispersal and genomic load-that are critical for predicting the fate of species across the landscape. Here, we briefly review the current practices for the use of species distribution models and for incorporating local adaptation. We next discuss the rationale and theory for considering additional processes, reviewing how they can be incorporated into studies of species' responses to climate change. We summarize with a conceptual framework of how manifold layers of information can be combined to predict the potential response of specific populations to climate change. We illustrate all of the topics using an exemplar dataset and provide the source code as potential tutorials. This Perspective is intended to be a step towards a more comprehensive integration of population genomics with climate change science.
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Semenchuk P, Moser D, Essl F, Schindler S, Wessely J, Gattringer A, Dullinger S. Future Representation of Species’ Climatic Niches in Protected Areas: A Case Study With Austrian Endemics. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.685753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Climate driven species’ range shifts may interfere with existing protected area (PA) networks, resulting in a mismatch between places where species are currently protected and places where they can thrive in the future. Here, we assess the climate-smartness of the Austrian PA network by focusing on endemic species’ climatic niches and their future representation within PAs. We calculated endemic species’ climatic niches and climate space available in PAs within their dispersal reach under current and future climates, with the latter represented by three climate change scenarios and three time-steps (2030, 2050, and 2080). Niches were derived from the area of occupancy of species and the extent of PAs, respectively, and calculated as bivariate density kernels on gradients of mean annual temperature and annual precipitation. We then computed climatic representation of species’ niches in PAs as the proportion of the species’ kernel covered by the PA kernel. We found that under both a medium (RCP 4.5) and severe (RCP 8.5) climate change scenario, representation of endemic species’ climatic niches by PAs will decrease to a sixth for animals and to a third for plants, on average, toward the end of the century. Twenty to thirty percent of Austrian endemic species will then have no representation of their climatic niches in PAs anymore. Species with larger geographical and wider elevational ranges will lose less climatic niche representation. The declining representation of climatic niches in PAs implies that, even if PAs may secure the persistence of a part of these endemics, only a small portion of intraspecific diversity of many species may be represented in PAs in the future. We discuss our findings in the context of the varied elevational gradients found in Austria and suggest that the most promising strategies for safeguarding endemic species’ evolutionary potential are to limit the magnitude of climate change and to reduce other pressures that additionally threaten their survival.
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Benedetti F, Vogt M, Elizondo UH, Righetti D, Zimmermann NE, Gruber N. Major restructuring of marine plankton assemblages under global warming. Nat Commun 2021; 12:5226. [PMID: 34471105 PMCID: PMC8410869 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25385-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Marine phytoplankton and zooplankton form the basis of the ocean’s food-web, yet the impacts of climate change on their biodiversity are poorly understood. Here, we use an ensemble of species distribution models for a total of 336 phytoplankton and 524 zooplankton species to determine their present and future habitat suitability patterns. For the end of this century, under a high emission scenario, we find an overall increase in plankton species richness driven by ocean warming, and a poleward shift of the species’ distributions at a median speed of 35 km/decade. Phytoplankton species richness is projected to increase by more than 16% over most regions except for the Arctic Ocean. In contrast, zooplankton richness is projected to slightly decline in the tropics, but to increase strongly in temperate to subpolar latitudes. In these latitudes, nearly 40% of the phytoplankton and zooplankton assemblages are replaced by poleward shifting species. This implies that climate change threatens the contribution of plankton communities to plankton-mediated ecosystem services such as biological carbon sequestration. Warming will affect marine plankton biomass, but also its diversity and community composition in poorly understood ways. Here, the authors model the spatial distribution of 860 marine plankton species from 10 functional groups and identify the future hotspots of climate change impacts under RCP8.5.
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- Fabio Benedetti
- Environmental Physics, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Environmental Physics, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Environmental Physics, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Environmental Physics, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Dynamic Macroecology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Environmental Physics, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Nielsen ES, Henriques R, Beger M, von der Heyden S. Distinct interspecific and intraspecific vulnerability of coastal species to global change. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2021; 27:3415-3431. [PMID: 33904200 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Characterising and predicting species responses to anthropogenic global change is one of the key challenges in contemporary ecology and conservation. The sensitivity of marine species to climate change is increasingly being described with forecasted species distributions, yet these rarely account for population level processes such as genomic variation and local adaptation. This study compares inter- and intraspecific patterns of biological composition to determine how vulnerability to climate change, and its environmental drivers, vary across species and populations. We compare species trajectories for three ecologically important southern African marine invertebrates at two time points in the future, both at the species level, with correlative species distribution models, and at the population level, with gradient forest models. Reported range shifts are species-specific and include both predicted range gains and losses. Forecasted species responses to climate change are strongly influenced by changes in a suite of environmental variables, from sea surface salinity and sea surface temperature, to minimum air temperature. Our results further suggest a mismatch between future habitat suitability (where species can remain in their ecological niche) and genomic vulnerability (where populations retain their genomic composition), highlighting the inter- and intraspecific variability in species' sensitivity to global change. Overall, this study demonstrates the importance of considering species and population level climatic vulnerability when proactively managing coastal marine ecosystems in the Anthropocene.
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- Erica S Nielsen
- Evolutionary Genomics Group, Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa
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- Evolutionary Genomics Group, Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa
- Section for Marine Living Resources, Technical University of Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Silkeborg, Denmark
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- School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Evolutionary Genomics Group, Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa
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Guo K, Zhong J, Xie F, Zhu L, Qu Y, Ji X. Climate warming will increase chances of hybridization and introgression between two Takydromus lizards (Lacertidae). Ecol Evol 2021; 11:8573-8584. [PMID: 34257917 PMCID: PMC8258214 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Coexisting species may experience population and range changes alone or jointly in response to environmental change. Here, we used six climate variables and ten modeling algorithms to predict the distribution of two Takydromus species (T. septentrionalis and T. sexlineatus) in China. We identified the sympatric and allopatric areas by comparing projections between the two species based on habitat suitability under present and future climate scenarios. We constructed the hypervolumes of six climate variables for the two species and then evaluated overlaps between hypervolumes. From this study, we know the following. First, minimum temperature of coldest month contributes the most to the prediction of habitat suitability. Second, habitats suitable for the two species will shift northward in response to climate warming. Third, the range of T. sexlineatus will expand across the four future time intervals before 2,100, namely the 2021-2040, 2041-2060, 2061-2080, and 2081-2100 intervals, under both Shared socioeconomic pathway (SSP) 245 and SSP585 scenarios, and the range of T. septentrionalis will also expand in the future except at the 2081-2100 interval under the SSP585 scenario. Fourth, the sympatric areas will contract or expand under the SSP245 scenario and expand across the four future time intervals before 2,100 under the SSP585 scenario. Fifth, the niche hypervolumes of the two species partially overlapped, and the differences in niche centroid show some degree of niche differentiation between the two species. These results allow to conclude that climate warming will not only drive the northward drift of sympatric areas but also increase the size of these areas if nothing is done to limit the emission of greenhouse gases. Given the existence of hybridization and introgression between T. septentrionalis and T. sexlineatus in the field where they coexist, we also conclude that climate warming will increase chances of hybridization and introgression between the two species.
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- Kun Guo
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and BiotechnologyCollege of Life SciencesNanjing Normal UniversityNanjingChina
- College of Life and Environmental SciencesWenzhou UniversityWenzhouChina
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and BiotechnologyCollege of Life SciencesNanjing Normal UniversityNanjingChina
- College of Life and Environmental SciencesWenzhou UniversityWenzhouChina
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and BiotechnologyCollege of Life SciencesNanjing Normal UniversityNanjingChina
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and BiotechnologyCollege of Life SciencesNanjing Normal UniversityNanjingChina
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and BiotechnologyCollege of Life SciencesNanjing Normal UniversityNanjingChina
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and BiotechnologyCollege of Life SciencesNanjing Normal UniversityNanjingChina
- College of Life and Environmental SciencesWenzhou UniversityWenzhouChina
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Beest FM, Beumer LT, Andersen AS, Hansson SV, Schmidt NM. Rapid shifts in Arctic tundra species' distributions and inter‐specific range overlap under future climate change. DIVERS DISTRIB 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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- Floris M. Beest
- Department of Bioscience Aarhus University Roskilde Denmark
- Arctic Research Centre Aarhus University Aarhus C Denmark
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- Department of Bioscience Aarhus University Roskilde Denmark
- Arctic Research Centre Aarhus University Aarhus C Denmark
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- Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement (UMR‐5245) CNRS, Université de Toulouse Castanet Tolosan France
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- Department of Bioscience Aarhus University Roskilde Denmark
- Arctic Research Centre Aarhus University Aarhus C Denmark
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Carvalho JS, Graham B, Bocksberger G, Maisels F, Williamson EA, Wich S, Sop T, Amarasekaran B, Barca B, Barrie A, Bergl RA, Boesch C, Boesch H, Brncic TM, Buys B, Chancellor R, Danquah E, Doumbé OA, Le‐Duc SY, Galat‐Luong A, Ganas J, Gatti S, Ghiurghi A, Goedmakers A, Granier N, Hakizimana D, Haurez B, Head J, Herbinger I, Hillers A, Jones S, Junker J, Maputla N, Manasseh E, McCarthy MS, Molokwu‐Odozi M, Morgan BJ, Nakashima Y, N’Goran PK, Nixon S, Nkembi L, Normand E, Nzooh LD, Olson SH, Payne L, Petre C, Piel AK, Pintea L, Plumptre AJ, Rundus A, Serckx A, Stewart FA, Sunderland‐Groves J, Tagg N, Todd A, Vosper A, Wenceslau JF, Wessling EG, Willie J, Kühl HS. Predicting range shifts of African apes under global change scenarios. DIVERS DISTRIB 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Montti L, Velazco SJE, Travis JMJ, Grau HR. Predicting current and future global distribution of invasive
Ligustrum lucidum
W.T. Aiton: Assessing emerging risks to biodiversity hotspots. DIVERS DISTRIB 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Lía Montti
- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC) FCEyN, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Mar del Plata Buenos Aires Argentina
- Instituto de Geología de Costas y del Cuaternario (IGCyC) FCEyN Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata‐CIC Mar del Plata Buenos Aires Argentina
- Instituto de Biología Subtropical (IBS) Universidad Nacional de Misiones (UNaM) – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Misiones Argentina
- Instituto de Ecología Regional (IER) Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (UNT) – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Tucumán Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología Subtropical (IBS) Universidad Nacional de Misiones (UNaM) – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Misiones Argentina
- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences University of California – Riverside Riverside CA USA
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Biodiversidade Neotropical Universidade Federal da Integração Latino‐Americana (UNILA) Foz do Iguaçu Brazil
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- Instituto de Ecología Regional (IER) Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (UNT) – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Tucumán Argentina
- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (UNT) Tucumán Argentina
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Gomes E, Inácio M, Bogdzevič K, Kalinauskas M, Karnauskaitė D, Pereira P. Future scenarios impact on land use change and habitat quality in Lithuania. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 197:111101. [PMID: 33831413 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Anticipating future land use and land cover (LULC) changes can improve our knowledge of the complexity of human-environment interactions that lead to transformations in the landscape. Therefore, it is key to understand these LULC changes under different scenarios and how they affect habitat quality (HQ) a key indicator for ecosystem services (ES) supply quality. This work aims to study the impacts of LULC changes under different scenarios: business as usual (A0), urbanisation (A1), land abandonment and afforestation (A2) and agriculture intensification (A3) in 2050. To simulate future LULC changes we applied the Cellular Automata (CA) method, and to assess HQ, the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs (InVEST) model was used. Spatial autocorrelation was assessed with a Moran's I index and the Getis Ord* hotspot analysis. The result showed that the LULC model calibration and validation were accurate (80%). Between 1990 and 2018 there was an increase in urban areas and forest and woodlands, which was reflected in the A0 scenario in 2050. Under the A1 scenario there was an increase in the urban area (4628 ha) compared to 2018, and in the most important cities (e.g., Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda) in the scenario A2 there was an increase of 375,820 ha of woodland and forest. Finally, under the scenario A3, a large growth in cropland area (884,030 ha) was identified. HQ model had a better validation using three cover density data (r2 = 0.67), than with imperviousness (r2 = 0.26). A2 scenario showed the highest HQ and A3 scenario have the lowest HQ. The land uses of 1990, 2018, and A3 scenario had a clustered distribution while A0, A1 and A2 showed a random pattern. The results can support policy-makers by assessing the impact of future LULC changes in Lithuania.
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- Eduardo Gomes
- Environmental Management Laboratory, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
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- Environmental Management Laboratory, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Environmental Management Laboratory, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Environmental Management Laboratory, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Environmental Management Laboratory, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Environmental Management Laboratory, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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Limited protection and ongoing loss of tropical cloud forest biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide. Nat Ecol Evol 2021; 5:854-862. [PMID: 33927369 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01450-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Tropical cloud forests (TCFs) are one of the world's most species- and endemism-rich terrestrial ecosystems. TCFs are threatened by direct human pressures and climate change, yet the fate of these extraordinary ecosystems remains insufficiently quantified. With discussions of the post-2020 biodiversity framework underway, TCFs are a defining test case of the success and promise of recent policy targets and their associated mechanisms to avert the global biodiversity crisis. Here we present a global assessment of the recent status and trends of TCFs and their biodiversity and evaluate the efficacy of current protection measures. We find that cloud forests occupied 0.4% of the global land surface in 2001 and harboured ~3,700 species of birds, mammal, amphibians and tree ferns (~15% of the global diversity of those groups), with half of those species entirely restricted to cloud forests. Worldwide, ~2.4% of cloud forests (in some regions, more than 8%) were lost between 2001 and 2018, especially in readily accessible places. While protected areas have slowed this decline, a large proportion of loss in TCF cover is still occurring despite formal protection. Increased conservation efforts are needed to avert the impending regional or global demise of TCFs and their unique biodiversity.
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Streito JC, Chartois M, Pierre É, Dusoulier F, Armand JM, Gaudin J, Rossi JP. Citizen science and niche modeling to track and forecast the expansion of the brown marmorated stinkbug Halyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855). Sci Rep 2021; 11:11421. [PMID: 34075084 PMCID: PMC8169697 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90378-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Halyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855), the Brown Marmorated StinkBug (BMSB) is a highly successful invasive species native to eastern Asia that managed to spread into North America and Europe in recent decades. We set up a citizen science survey to monitor BMSB expansion in France in 2012 and analyzed the data it yielded between 2012 and 2019 to examine the local expansion of the insect. These data were gathered with occurrences form various sources (GBIF, literature) to calibrate a species niche model and assess potential current BMSB range. We evaluated the potential changes to the BMSB range due to climate change by projecting the model according to 6 global circulation models (GCM) and the shared socio-economic pathways SSP245 in two time periods 2021-2040 and 2041-2060. Citizen science allowed to track BMSB expansion in France and provided information about its phenology and its habitat preferences. The model highlighted the potential for further range expansion in Europe and illustrated the impact of climate change. These results could help managing the current BMSB invasion and the framework of this survey could contribute to a better preparedness of phytosanitary authorities either for the BMSB or other invasive pests.
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- UMR CBGP, INRAE, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- UMR SAVE INRAE Bordeaux Science Agro, ISVV, Bordeaux, France
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- UMR CBGP, INRAE, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France.
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Ceccarelli V, Fremout T, Zavaleta D, Lastra S, Imán Correa S, Arévalo‐Gardini E, Rodriguez CA, Cruz Hilacondo W, Thomas E. Climate change impact on cultivated and wild cacao in Peru and the search of climate change‐tolerant genotypes. DIVERS DISTRIB 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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- Bioversity International Lima Peru
- Division of Forest, Nature and Landscape KU Leuven Leuven Belgium
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- Instituto de Cultivos Tropicales (ICT) Tarapoto Peru
- Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Alto Amazonas Yurimaguas Peru
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