Effects of climate change on the distribution of indigenous species in oceanic islands (Azores)

Ferreira, María Teresa; Cardoso, Pedro; Borges, Paulo A. V.; Gabriel, Rosalina; Azevedo, Eduardo Brito de; Reis, Francisco Vieira; Araújo, Miguel B.; Elias, Rui B.

doi:10.1007/s10584-016-1754-6

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“…Meanwhile, at the world scale, IP are becoming increasingly more vulnerable to (i) land-use intensification (Power et al 2012); (ii) use of pesticides (Kevan 1999;Suchail et al 2001;Dos Santos et al 2016;Geslin et al 2016); (iii) use of insecticides (Sánchez-Bayo et al 2016;Straub et al 2016); (iv) use of fertilizers (McLaughlin and Mineau 1995;Andersson et al 2014); (v) cultivation of some genetically modified crops (Warwick et al 2009); (vi) occurrence of biological invasions (Campbell et al 2015); (vii) climate change (Gill et al 2016;Ferreira et al 2016); and (viii) the interactions of these ecological stressors (Potts et al 2010;Vanbergen 2013). Nevertheless, it seems that intensive pastures aside, IP populations in Terceira Island are abundant and diverse in several agro-ecosystems (Fig.…”

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Pollination services mapping and economic valuation from insect communities: a case study in the Azores (Terceira Island)

Picanço¹,

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Rigal³

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Insect pollinators provide vital ecosystem services through its maintenance of plant biological diversity and its role in food production. Indeed, adequate pollination services can increase the production and quality of fruit and vegetable crops. This service is currently challenged by land use intensification and expanding human population growth. Hence, this study aims: (1) to assess the pollination services in different land uses with different levels of disturbance through GIS mapping technique using insect pollinators abundance and richness as indicators, and (2) estimate the economic value of pollination by insects in agricultural crops. Our study takes place in a small oceanic island, Terceira (Azores, Portugal). Our results showed, remarkably, that not only the pristine vegetation areas, but also the orchards and agricultural areas have relatively high values of pollination services, even though both land uses have opposite disturbance levels. For the economic valuation, we analyzed 24 crops in the island and found that 18 depend on pollinators with one-third of these crops having 65% or 95% dependence on pollinators. The economic contribution of pollinators totals 36.2% of the total mean annual agricultural income of the dependent crops, highlighting the importance of insect pollinators in agricultural production and consequent economic gain productions. RESEARCH ARTICLE Launched to accelerate biodiversity conservation A peer-reviewed open-access journalAna Picanço et al. / Nature Conservation 18: 1-25 (2017) 2

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Pollination services mapping and economic valuation from insect communities: a case study in the Azores (Terceira Island)

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“…Plots can be placed every 200 m along the elevational gradient, as in the NETBIOME-MOVECLIM project (Gabriel et al 2014;Henriques et al 2016), which may be sufficient to reflect climatic changes affecting species distribution in all selected taxonomic groups (see e.g. Ferreira et al 2016;Patiño et al 2016). …”

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“…Such data will be also crucial for validating model predictions (Honrado et al 2016) and demonstrating the impacts of climate change on species distributions on islands (e.g. Ferreira et al 2016;Patiño et al 2016) and to develop proper programs for controlling and eradicating invasive species. This type of data will also be relevant for many island nations to identify threatened species through IUCN Red List assessments and to monitor the delivery of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Aichi Targets and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…”

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Global Island Monitoring Scheme (GIMS): a proposal for the long-term coordinated survey and monitoring of native island forest biota

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Islands harbour evolutionary and ecologically unique biota, which are currently disproportionately threatened by a multitude of anthropogenic factors, including habitat loss, 2568 Biodivers Conserv (2018) 27:2567-2586 1 3 invasive species and climate change. Native forests on oceanic islands are important refugia for endemic species, many of which are rare and highly threatened. Long-term monitoring schemes for those biota and ecosystems are urgently needed: (i) to provide quantitative baselines for detecting changes within island ecosystems, (ii) to evaluate the effectiveness of conservation and management actions, and (iii) to identify general ecological patterns and processes using multiple island systems as repeated 'natural experiments'. In this contribution, we call for a Global Island Monitoring Scheme (GIMS) for monitoring the remaining native island forests, using bryophytes, vascular plants, selected groups of arthropods and vertebrates as model taxa. As a basis for the GIMS, we also present new, optimized monitoring protocols for bryophytes and arthropods that were developed based on former standardized inventory protocols. Effective inventorying and monitoring of native island forests will require: (i) permanent plots covering diverse ecological gradients (e.g. elevation, age of terrain, anthropogenic disturbance); (ii) a multiple-taxa approach that is based on standardized and replicable protocols; (iii) a common set of indicator taxa and community properties that are indicative of native island forests' welfare, building on, and harmonized with existing sampling and monitoring efforts; (iv) capacity building and training of local researchers, collaboration and continuous dialogue with local stakeholders; and (v) long-term commitment by funding agencies to maintain a global network of native island forest monitoring plots.

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“…Climate change is one of the prevailing threats across the world affecting numerous species and studies on some Azorean taxa show its negative effects, such as on Macaronesian bryophytes (Patiño et al 2016) and Azorean spiders (Ferreira et al 2016). Therefore and although the precise climate change impacts on Azorean moths are yet to be investigated, in a first approximation, we must assume a similar negative impact upon Lepidoptera.…”

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“…Critical information on species threats and conservation were mostly obtained from Triantis et al (2010) and Ferreira et al (2016).…”

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Species conservation profile of moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Azores, Portugal

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Nunes³

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BackgroundThe few remnants of Azorean native forests harbour a unique set of endemic moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera), some of them under severe long term threats due to small sized habitats or climatic changes. In this contribution, we present the IUCN Red List profiles of 34 endemic moths to the Azorean archipelago, including species belonging to two diverse families: Noctuidae (11 species) and Crambidae (eight species). The objective of this paper is to assess all endemic Azorean moth species and advise on possible future research and conservation actions critical for the long-trem survival of the most endangered species.New informationMost species have a large distribution (i.e. 58% occur in at least four islands), very large extent of occurrence (EOO) and a relatively large area of occupancy (AOO). Only nine species are single-island endemics, three of them from Flores, three from São Miguel and one from Pico, São Jorge and Faial. Most of the species also experience continuing decline in habitat quality, number of locations and subpopulations caused by the ongoing threat from pasture intensification, forestry, invasive plant species and future climatic changes. The lack of new records may indicate that one of the species previously named is extinct (Eupithecia ogilviata). Therefore, we suggest as future conservation actions: (1) a long-term species monitoring plan and (2) control of invasive species.

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Effects of climate change on the distribution of indigenous species in oceanic islands (Azores)

Cited by 89 publications

References 51 publications

Pollination services mapping and economic valuation from insect communities: a case study in the Azores (Terceira Island)

Pollination services mapping and economic valuation from insect communities: a case study in the Azores (Terceira Island)

Global Island Monitoring Scheme (GIMS): a proposal for the long-term coordinated survey and monitoring of native island forest biota

Species conservation profile of moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Azores, Portugal

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