Macroevolutionary and macroecological patterns of global biodiversity of vertebrates and plants

ByCourtney Glancy

Prof Carsten Rahbek1 1Center for Macroecology, Evoolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Patterns of biodiversity result from a combination of historical (e.g., geology), evolutionary (e.g., speciation and extinction) and contemporary (e.g., climate, species interactions) processes – and not least movement of species and changes in their distributions in space and through time. Despite…

Ethno-Geographical Relation to Wildlife Crime in Nepal: Analysis of Case Reported in National Print Media

ByCourtney Glancy

Mr Ganesh  Puri1, Mr. Ganga Ram  Regmi2 1Agriculture And Forestry University, Faculty Of Forestry Nepal, Hetauda, Nepal, 2Global Primate Network Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal The wildlife crime has escalated rapidly, which is one of the most serious threats for survival of globally threatened species. There are very few studies about illegal wildlife trade in Nepal, where…

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Biased selection of predictor variables used in climate forecast species distribution models.

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Jeremy Ringma1, Dr Ascelin Gordon1, Ms Stephanie Hogg1, Dr Yan Wang1 1RMIT, St Kilda, Australia Predicting the likely shift in the distribution of species as a result of climate change has become fundamental research question in the field of conservation biology. A climate forecasted species distribution model (SDM) typically functions by creating a model…

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Dog days are over? A mechanistic model for predicting the persistence of the African wild dog under climate change

ByCourtney Glancy

Ms Daniella Rabaiotti1,2, Professor Rosie Woodroffe1, Professor Tim Coulson3, Professor  Richard  Pearson2 1Zoological Society of London, London, United Kingdom, 2University College London, London, United Kingdom, 3University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Predicting areas that will be climatically suitable for species in the future is key when predicting the impact of climate change on wildlife. Currently, most…

Species redistribution along an ecoregional and coastal-marine interface: conservation and management implications.

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Mark Reynolds1, Dick  Cameron1 1The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, United States Ecoregional boundaries contain range limits of many species and are often biodiversity hotspots and conservation priorities. The Nature Conservancy has recently protected 25,000 acres of land at Point Conception, a prominent cape along the coast of southern California at the ecoregional boundary between…

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Projected changes in the global distributions of coral reef species under ocean warming and acidification

ByCourtney Glancy

Miss Farrah Powell1,2,4, Dr. Erik Franklin3,1, Dr. Camilo Mora1 1Department of Geography and Environment, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, United States, 2Department of Geography, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States, 3Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Kaneohe, United States,…

A fast-moving target: the challenge of achieving marine conservation goals with MPAs under global change

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Gil Rilov1 1Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR), Haifa, Israel Current and global climate change impacts, even under the most optimistic IPCC scenarios, pose a tremendous challenge to marine conservation. Species pools are shifting rapidly in many regions due to shifts in ocean isotherms, heat waves cause mass mortalities, and thermophilic aliens find it…

A climate-smart blueprint for securing Australia’s biodiversity

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr April Reside1, Mr James Tresize2, Professor James Watson1 1Green Fire Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2Australian Conservation Foundation, Canberra, Australia Australia is one of the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate change, with highly uncertain and variable rainfall across most of the continent, and…

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Understanding the global impacts of climate and land-use change on animal-borne diseases

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr David Redding1, Prof. Kate Jones1 1University College London, , United Kingdom Human pathogens caught from animals, termed zoonoses, are a major cause of disease burden throughout the world. A disproportionate burden, however, is experienced in poor human communities located in the tropics due, in part, to high pathogen richness and limited healthcare and veterinary…

Loss or gain? The complex role of thermophilic aliens in fast-warming seas where heat-sensitive natives collapse

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Gil Rilov1, Dr Tamar Guy-Haim1, Ohad Peleg1, Eerz Yeruham1 1Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR), Haifa, Israel Bioinvasions and climate change can be closely linked as drivers of biodiversity change, especially in fast-warming ocean regions. In such regions, populations of natives sensitive to warming may collapse, and with them, some ecological functions may be…