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Marine perspectives on protected area planning for climate change

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Lee Hannah The marine realm poses unique challenges in protected area adaptation to climate change.  Marine species move more and faster in response to climate change and the biogeography of marine species is still far behind that of terrestrial species.  But the marine realm provides unique opportunities as well, such as mobile Marine Protected…

The under-appreciated role of C4 grasses in Mediterranean shrubland – grassland transitions

ByCourtney Glancy

1982 VERNON VISSER1,2, Prof Res Altwegg1, Prof Adam West3, Ms Michelle Louw1,3, Ms Tshepiso Mafole1,3 1SEEC, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 2African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 3Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa It is fairly well established now that…

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Future recovery of baleen whales is imperiled by climate change

ByCourtney Glancy

Chris Brown3, Richard  Matear5, Éva E.  Plagányi2, Anthony J.  Richardson2,4, Viv Tulloch1,2,3 1ARC Centre of Excellence in Environmental Decisions, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia, 2CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Queensland BioSciences Precinct (QBP), St Lucia, Australia, 3Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia, 4Centre for Applications in Natural Resource Mathematics, School of Mathematics and Physics,…

Geodiversity and its effects on shifts in species distributions and biodiversity

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Phoebe Zarnetske1, Dr Annie Cooper Smith1, Dr Kyla Dahlin1, Dr Sydne Record2 1Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States, 2Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, United States Climate and land use change are affecting the geographic distributions of species, compositions of ecological communities, and patterns of biodiversity. In addition to species’ physiological tolerances, biotic interactions,…

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Rabbitfishes have come south-under: range-expansion and habitat associations of tropical herbivorous fish in temperate ecosystems of Western Australia

ByCourtney Glancy

Mr Salvador Zarco Perello1, T Wernberh1, T Langlois1, M Vanderklift2, Tom Holmes3 1School of Biological Sciences and UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia, 2Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Crawley, Australia, 3Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA), Kensington, Australia As ocean temperatures rise and the transport of warm waters…

Impacts of climate change on the community compositions and diversity of the world’s terrestrial birds

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Alke Voskamp1 1Senckenberg Biodiversity And Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany Climate change is a major threat to biodiversity and impacts on species distributions are already evident across a wide array of taxa. Species have been found to typically shift their ranges towards higher latitudes and altitudes, but species’ abiotic tolerances and dispersal abilities can…

The role of past climate change in shaping Madagascar’s endemic avifauna

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Jane Younger1, Robert Lauer1, Dr Arpad Nyari2, Dr  Steven Goodman3, Dr Sushma Reddy4 1Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, United States, 2University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States, 3Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, United States, 4University of Minnesota, St Paul, United States Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot that is under threat from both deforestation and climate…

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Migration in the cobia, and potential for adaptation to climate change

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Kevin Weng1, Mr Daniel Crear1, Mr Brian Watkins1, Dr Richard Brill1, Dr Alistair  Hobday2, DR Peter Bushnell3 1Virginia Institute Of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062-1346, United States, 2CSIRO, Hobart, Australia, 3Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, United States In order to adapt to climate change a species can redistribute to maintain its preferred…

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Treading the Wallacean shortfall for an endemic, iconic and threatened butterfly

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Shuang Xing1, Mr Tsun Fung  Au1,2, Ms Pauline Dufour1, Dr Wenda Cheng1, Mr Felix  Landry Yuan1, Prof Fenghai Jia3, Prof Lien Van Vu4, Prof Min Wang5, Dr Timothy  Bonebrake1 1School of Biological Sciences, The University Of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 2Department of Geography, Indiana University, Bloomington, United States , 3Jiangxi University of Traditional…

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Is the future-proofing of biodiversity conservation an unattainable oxymoron?

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Bruce Webber1,7,8, Dr Sean Tomlinson3,5, Dr Erin Espeland2, Dr Lewis Halsey4, Dr Emma Dalziell3,5, Dr Carole Elliot3,7, Dr Wolfgang Lewandrowski3,7, Dr Belinda Davis3, Dr Adam Munn6, Dr Paul Nevill5, Dr Elizabeth Sinclair3,7 1CSIRO, Floreat, Australia, 2USDA, Sidney, USA, 3DBCA, Kings Park, Australia, 4University of Roehampton, London, UK, 5Curtin University, Perth, Australia, 6The University of…