Managing biodiversity under climate change: challenges, frameworks, and tools for adaptation

Abrahms, Briana; DiPietro, Deanne; Graffis, Andrea; Hollander, Allan D.

doi:10.1007/s10531-017-1362-4

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“…Doing so has some limitations and uncertainty (Abrahms, 2017) in predicting species distribution. Indeed, ecological niche models predict the environmental space that corresponds to the fundamental niche of the species (Soberón and Peterson, 2005).…”

Section: Considerations On the Strategies Of The Conservation And Susmentioning

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“…Under climate change threat, species might respond in different ways. For example, species might survive in the margins of their actual range, track or colonize new areas where ecological conditions are more suitable or might even go extinct (IPCC, 1997(IPCC, , 2014Hannah et al, 2007;Blach-Overgaard et al, 2010;Sanchez et al 2011;Abrahms, 2017). In order to address the threat of climate change to biodiversity, it is important to advance our knowledge on species geographic distributions and the factors that govern their spatial patterns.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Ecological niche modeling and strategies for the conservation of Dialium guineense Willd. (Black velvet) in West Africa

Ganglo¹,

Djotan²,

Gbetoho³

et al. 2017

Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.

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Dialium guineense is a multipurpose species useful in many respects. It is used in agroforestry and the trade of most of its organs is source of income for rural populations. Despite the high interests of this species to populations, we do not know much about how its spatial distribution could be impacted by climate change and which strategies to implement for its sustainable use and conservation. In order to overcome these challenges, MaxEnt was used to model the ecological niche of D. guineense and different decision thresholds w ere used to interpret and classify the outputs. Climate will impact the distribution of D. guineense. Indeed under Africlim rcp 4.5 horizon 2055, the predicted stable areas of species distribution will be about 73% of West Africa when the threshold of the minimum training presence is considered and will decrease to 12% when the threshold of the maximum training sensitivity plus specificity is considered. Under Africlim 8.5 horizon 2055, the corresponding values for the stable areas of the species are, respectively 70 and 8% of the study area. In comparison with the global results of West Africa, in Benin, D. guineense will be less threatened by climate change. As strategies for sustainable use and conservation of the species, growing and introducing it in its favorable areas to account for its absence or low densities, is recommended. Also, building capacities to the users of the species so that they can grow it on their farms is recommended.

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Section: Considerations On the Strategies Of The Conservation And Susmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ecological niche modeling and strategies for the conservation of Dialium guineense Willd. (Black velvet) in West Africa

Ganglo¹,

Djotan²,

Gbetoho³

et al. 2017

Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.

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“…ENMs, which are based on occurrence records and climatic variables, are widely used to predict spatial distribution patterns of species diversity (Merow et al 2013, Adams-Hosking et al 2015. Such models are used to generate proposals for biological conservation actions and to examine their probable feasibility (Adams-Hosking et al 2015, Abrahms et al 2017, Reside et al 2017. For example, ENMs may enable conservation practitioners to predict previously unknown locations of species (Pearson et al 2007).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, ENMs may enable conservation practitioners to predict previously unknown locations of species (Pearson et al 2007). Conservation planning software is commonly used to generate a spatial conservation framework that can be used to prioritise large-scale conservation projects that involve numerous species or to identify the most effective conservation areas that will capture target species, as predicted by the results of ENMs (Moilanen 2007, Di Minin and Moilanen 2012, Lehtomäki and Moilanen 2013, Wan et al 2014, Abrahms et al 2017. The ability of existing or proposed nature reserves to protect threatened plants can be evaluated using ENMs and conservation planning software and new conservation areas could be designated in order to respond to climate change effects (Wan et al 2014, Wang et al 2016.…”

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“…The ability of existing or proposed nature reserves to protect threatened plants can be evaluated using ENMs and conservation planning software and new conservation areas could be designated in order to respond to climate change effects (Wan et al 2014, Wang et al 2016. In this way, the plant conservation effectiveness of a network of nature reserves can be maximised under climate change conditions , Wang et al 2016, Abrahms et al 2017). For example, Wang et al (2015) used ENM coupled with conservation planning software to identify PCAs for threatened plants in China under climate change.…”

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Planning priority conservation areas under climate change for six plant species with extremely small populations in China

QingBiao¹,

Wang²,

Zhang³

2018

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The concept of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations (PSESP) has been employed to guide conservation of threatened plant species in China. Climate change has a high potential to threaten PSESP. As a result, it is necessary to integrate climate change effects on PSESP into conservation planning in China. Here, ecological niche modelling is used to project current and future habitat distributions of six PSESP in China under climate change scenarios and conservation planning software is applied to identify priority conservation areas (PCAs) for these PSESP based on habitat distributions. These results were used to provide proposals for in-situ and ex-situ conservation measures directed at PSESP. It was found that annual precipitation was important for habitat distributions for all six PSESP (with the percentage contribution to habitat distributions ranging from 18.1 % to 74.9 %) and non-climatic variables including soil and altitude have a large effect on habitat suitability of PSESP. Large quantities of PCAs occurred within some provincial regions for these six PSESP (e.g. Sichuan and Jilin for the PSESP Cathaya argyrophylla, Taxus cuspidata, Annamocarya sinensis and Madhuca pasquieri), indicating that these are likely to be appropriate areas for in-situ and ex-situ conservation measures directed at these PSESP. Those nature reserves with large quantities of PCAs were identified as promising sites for in-situ conservation measures of PSESP; such reserves include Yangzie and Dongdongtinghu for C. argyrophylla, Songhuajiangsanhu and Changbaishan for T. cuspidata and Shiwandashanshuiyuanlian for Tsoongiodendron odorum. These results suggest RESEARCH ARTICLE Launched to accelerate biodiversity conservation A peer-reviewed open-access journalHong Qu et al. / Nature Conservation 25: 89-106 (2018) 1 that existing seed banks and botanical gardens occurring within identified PCAs should allocate more resources and space to ex-situ conservation of PSESP. In addition, there should be additional botanical gardens established for ex-situ conservation of PSESP in PCAs outside existing nature reserves. To address the risk of negative effects of climate change on PSESP, it is necessary to integrate in-situ and ex-situ conservation as well as climate change monitoring in PSESP conservation planning.

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A menu of climate change adaptation actions for terrestrial wildlife management

Handler¹,

LeDee

Hoving

et al. 2022

Wildlife Society Bulletin

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The real-world application of climate change adaptation practices in terrestrial wildlife conservation has been slowed by a lack of practical guidance for wildlife managers. Although there is a rapidly growing body of literature on the topic of climate change adaptation and wildlife management, the literature is weighted towards a narrow range of adaptation actions and administrative or policy recommendations that are typically beyond the decision space and influence of wildlife professionals. We developed a menu of tiered adaptation actions for terrestrial wildlife management to translate broad concepts into actionable approaches to help managers respond to climate change risks and meet desired management goals.The menu includes actions related to managing wildlife populations as well as managing wildlife habitat. We designed this resource to be used with the Adaptation Workbook, a structured decision-support tool for climate adaptation. We describe real-world examples in which managers have used the Wildlife Adaptation Menu to integrate climate adaptation considerations into wildlife management and conservation projects. Our examples illustrate how a comprehensive and structured menu of adaptation approaches can help managers brainstorm specific actions and more easily and clearly communicate the intent of their climate adaptation efforts.

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Managing biodiversity under climate change: challenges, frameworks, and tools for adaptation

Cited by 43 publications

References 50 publications

Ecological niche modeling and strategies for the conservation of Dialium guineense Willd. (Black velvet) in West Africa

Ecological niche modeling and strategies for the conservation of Dialium guineense Willd. (Black velvet) in West Africa

Planning priority conservation areas under climate change for six plant species with extremely small populations in China

A menu of climate change adaptation actions for terrestrial wildlife management

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