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Global warming propels exotic species impacts on marine ecosystems

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Scott Bennett1, Dr Julia Santana-Garcon1, Dr  Núria Marbà1, Dr Gabriel Jordà1,2, Dr Andrea Anton3, Dr Eugenia Apostolaki4, Dr Just Cebrian5,6, Dr Nathan Geraldi3, Dr Dorte Krause-Jensen7,8, Dr Catherine Lovelock9, Dr Paulina Martinetto10, Prof. John M. Pandolfi9, Prof Carlos M. Duarte3 1Global Change Research Group, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats (IMEDEA), CSIC-UIB, Esporles, Spain, 2Instituto Espanol…

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Climate change increases the spatial mismatch between protected areas and butterfly diversity hotspots in Southeast Asia

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Toby PN Tsang1, Dr Shuang  Xing1, Prof Richard T Corlett2, Dr Patrick R Roehrdanz3, Dr Timothy Bonebrake1 1School of Biological Sciences, The University Of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 2Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, , China, 3Conservation International, Arlington, USA Many studies have shown that species have…

The importance of monitoring local ocean acidification and the eco-physiological and behavioural responses of species in an era of global change

ByCourtney Glancy

Carla Edworthy1,2, NC James1, WM Potts2, S Dupont3 1South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, South Africa, 2Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 3The University of Gothenburg, , Sweden Abstract: Marine environments are faced with a host of climate related changes, particularly in coastal areas where high environmental variability may amplify these impacts. Climate change, particularly…

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Almost two decades of coral-reef fishes moving polewards in SE Australia: patterns, mechansims, and implications

ByCourtney Glancy

Prof David Booth1, Giglia A Beretta1, Luke Brown1, William F Figueira2 1School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Australia 2School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia   A 19-year dataset indicates high interannual, interspecific and spatial variation in influx and persistence of coral-reef fishes into SE Australia.  The last 5 years has seen…

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Predicting the current and future potential distributions of Cedrus atlantica Manetti in North Africa using MaxEnt

ByCourtney Glancy

Mr Abdelkader BOUAHMED1, Mr Federico Vessella2, Mrs Fazia Krouchi1, Mr Bartolomeo Schirone2, Mr Arezki Derridj1 1Faculty of Biological and Agronomic Sciences, University Mouloud Mammeri of Tizi-Ouzou, , Algeria, 2DAFNE, Tuscia University, Viterbo, Italy   Species distribution models (SDMs) have been widely used in recent years for many purposes. We used such tools to predict the…

Understanding the Variation in Habitat Requirements is Important in assessing the resilience of species to climate change

ByCourtney Glancy

Prof Daniel Costa1, Dr. Louis Hucksadt1, Sarah Kienle1, Rachael Holser1 1University Of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States Abstract: Our understanding of species habitat utilization patterns is often limited to specific regions where we have limited data on species movement patterns. This is particularly problematic in cases when animal tracks are obtained from a…

Conservation biology in the anthropocene: protecting threatened species in urban environments

ByCourtney Glancy

Mr Henrique Bravo1, Dr Juan Diego Gaitán-Espitia1 1The University Of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong The strong synergy between rapid human population growth and urban environments is leading to major ecosystem changes and increased species extinction risk. Although cities are a perfect example of habitat change, homogenisation, fragmentation and novel niches for invasive species,…

Ecological Theories in the Anthropocene: Exploring Human-Wildlife Conflict in the Makgadikgadi region of Botswana

ByCourtney Glancy

Ms Katherine Orrick1 1Yale Univeristy – Forestry And Environmental Studies, New Haven, United States, 2Round River Conservation Studies, Salk Lake City, United States Abstract: Ecological concepts help link theory to conservation practice. By applying theories of species interactions to fieldwork, one can grasp a much greater understanding and inner-workings of an ecological system. Recent bodies…

How well do process-explicit models predict range dynamics under climate change?

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Natalie Briscoe1, Dr Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita1, Prof Jane Elith1, A/Prof Roberto Salguero-Gómez2 1The University Of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 2Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom Species distribution models are widely used to forecast species responses to climate change and inform conservation decisions. Most commonly, these models are based on correlations between species occurrence data and environmental predictors,…