Bridging the gap between climate science and regional-scale biodiversity conservation in south-eastern Australia

Drielsma, Michael; Love, Jamie; Williams, Kristen J.; Manion, Glenn; Saremi, Hanieh; Harwood, Tom; Robb, Janeen

doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.06.022

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“…Owing to their fast-moving speed and a significant reduction in area in the past, Zone 4 was evaluated as Highly Vulnerable, which is located on the border of grassland in eastern Mongolia and northeastern China and Russia's mountain range including Yablonovy, Greater Khingan and Sikhote Alin range in the 1980s. Zones 5,8,9,12 and 13 as Vulnerable, and the remaining zones as Stable. Of the Vulnerable zones, Zones 5 and 8 were evaluated as such because of their rapid moving speed despite an increase in area, while Zones 9, 12 and 13 were mainly affected by a decrease in area.…”

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“…Climate change is one of the most important factors affecting biodiversity, which is the most important foundation of ecosystem resilience and ecosystem services [1][2][3][4]. As climates change, some species are expected to maintain their original distribution, adapting quickly to environmental change by utilizing suitable habitats near or within their historical distributions, or through increasing genetic diversity within their gene pools [5][6][7][8][9][10]. However, many habitats, particularly those dependent on cool and humid climates, are expected to shrink and in some cases completely disappear, which could lead to a decrease in biodiversity [11][12][13].…”

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Novel Index for bioclimatic zone-based biodiversity conservation strategies under climate change in Northeast Asia

Choi

Lim

Chung

et al. 2019

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Biodiversity is rapidly declining globally and targeted efforts are needed to mitigate the loss of species. Conventional conservation efforts have focused on establishing protected areas and restoring degraded lands in order to maintain current conditions or restore ecosystems to a pre-damaged state. However, as the climate changes, the current bioclimatic zones will be re-distributed globally. Historical distribution patterns may no longer serve as an effective guide for supporting biodiversity under climate change. In response to these challenges, this study proposes a spatially explicit strategy for biodiversity conservation that takes climate change into account using bioclimatic classification. The bioclimatic classification maps of Northeast Asia (NEA) were constructed for three historical time periods (the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s) and two future time periods (the 2050s and 2070s) using five general circulation models (GCMs) in representative concentration pathway (RCP 8.5) scenarios. It was predicted that, in general, zones are shifting north, and some zones are expanding or shrinking rapidly. Based on an analysis of latitudinal and areal change for each zone, the bioclimate vulnerability index (BVI) and naturality index (NI) were developed to quantify the impact of environmental change. As a result of the BVI analysis, the distribution of vulnerable zones is expected to shift northward and expand. As is evident with the increased vulnerability of the subarctic region caused by the expansion of the temperate climate, the extent of vulnerable zones will increase. Also, the southern regions of NEA are becoming vulnerable due to the transformation of the temperate zone to a more subtropical zone. Quadrant graphs based on the BVI and NI were created to present appropriate strategies for each zone. Our proposed framework shows that conservation strategies should be modified based on the changes in the relative position of each zone over time.

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confidence: 99%

Novel Index for bioclimatic zone-based biodiversity conservation strategies under climate change in Northeast Asia

Choi

Lim

Chung

et al. 2019

Environ. Res. Lett.

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“…Climate plays a crucial role in regulating the distribution of populations and in structuring the biological communities (Austin and van Niel 2011;Drielsma et al 2017). Therefore, it is expected that changes in the temperature and precipitation regimes would affect species' traits, vegetation structure, and composition, ecological and physiological processes across different vegetation types, land uses and regions (Niu 2001;Lindner et al 2010;Gao et al 2016).…”

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Role of Major Forest Biomes in Climate Change Mitigation: An Eco-Biological Perspective

Dar

Kothandaraman

Bhat

et al. 2020

Environmental Science and Engineering

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The rapid alteration in the global climate due to anthropogenic activities has profound eco-biological impacts, which invariably affect the ability of natural communities to effectively perform ecosystem services. The eco-biological impacts could be viewed across various dimensions including loss of biodiversity as well as ecosystem goods and services, changes in phenology, prevalence of droughts and forest fires, disease outbreaks, reduced crop yields and increase in intensity and frequency of extreme weather events. Although, the natural ecosystems are innately endowed with the ability to maintain homeostasis by means of resistance and resilience, this ability to cope up is severely impacted by various other factors like deforestation, habitat fragmentation, land-use change and biological invasion, which exacerbate the effects of climate change. The eco-biological impacts of climate change are tied with socio-economic aspects by means of market values of the produce, poverty, undernourishment, livelihood security, etc. At this crucial juncture, forest biomes offer an immense ecosystem service towards climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration. Nevertheless, the three major forest biomes, viz. tropical, temperate and boreal, with their unique characteristics, vary in their response to climate change as well as mitigation potential and response. This review chapter aims to understand the varied climate change impacts and the crucial roles of major forest biomes in climate change mitigation and their various ecological services to formulate better forest management strategies.

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“…The loss of even one species can impact multiple ecosystem functions and lead to ecosystem destabilization [3]. Due to habitat loss caused by human activities and climate change, the rate of species extinction has been rapidly increasing [4]. The unprecedented rates of biodiversity loss have been directly linked to human alteration of the environment, including changes in land cover and the destructive exploitation of natural resources [5].…”

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“…Gap analysis of threatened plant species in nature reserves could provide valuable information to improve management efficiency. It has been widely used in many European countries [4,[18][19][20][21]. Sanjiang Plain in Northeast China is the largest freshwater marsh area in the country and has been identified as a key area for wetland biodiversity due to its high species richness and number of endemic species [17].…”

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Threatened Plants in China’s Sanjiang Plain: Hotspot Distributions and Gap Analysis

Zheng²,

Liu

et al. 2018

Sustainability

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Abstract:Global biodiversity is markedly decreasing in response to climate change and human disturbance. Sanjiang Plain is recognized as a biodiversity hotspot in China due to its high forest and wetland coverage, but species are being lost at an unprecedented rate, induced by anthropogenic activities. Identifying hotspot distributions and conservation gaps of threatened species is of particular significance for enhancing the conservation of biodiversity. Specifically, we integrated the principles and methods of spatial hotspot inspection, geographic information system (GIS) technology and spatial autocorrelation analysis along with fieldwork to determine the spatial distribution patterns and unprotected hotspots of vulnerable and endangered plants in Sanjiang Plain. A gap analysis of the conservation status of vulnerable and endangered plants was conducted. Our results indicate that six nationally-protected plants were not observed in nature reserves or were without any protection, while the protection rates were <10% for 10 other nationally-protected plants. Protected areas (PAs) cover <5% of the distribution areas for 31 threatened plant species, while only five species are covered by national nature reserves (NNRs) within >50% of the distribution areas. We found 30 hotspots with vulnerable and endangered plants in the study area, but the area covered by NNRs is very limited. Most of the hotspots were located in areas with a high-high aggregation of plant species. Therefore, it is necessary to expand the area of existing nature reserves, establish miniature protection plots and create new PAs and ecological corridors to link the existing PAs. Our findings can contribute to the design of a PA network for botanical conservation.

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Bridging the gap between climate science and regional-scale biodiversity conservation in south-eastern Australia

Cited by 14 publications

References 100 publications

Novel Index for bioclimatic zone-based biodiversity conservation strategies under climate change in Northeast Asia

Novel Index for bioclimatic zone-based biodiversity conservation strategies under climate change in Northeast Asia

Role of Major Forest Biomes in Climate Change Mitigation: An Eco-Biological Perspective

Threatened Plants in China’s Sanjiang Plain: Hotspot Distributions and Gap Analysis

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