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Climate-change Effects on the Geographic Distribution of Infectious Diseases in the Arctic

ByCourtney Glancy

Tomas Thierfelder Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU, Tomas.Thierfelder@slu.se   Introduction: Climate change is considered to have a significant impact on the epidemiology of Arctic infectious diseases, that threatens Arctic societies by terms of socio-economy, culture, health, welfare, security, animal husbandry, and food supply (etc.). With arctic societies being generally dependent on husbandry animals, the…

The Galapagos-Cocos Swimway: protecting marine migratory species between hotspots

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Alex Hearn1,2, Dr. James Ketchum2,8, Dr. Cesar Peñaherrera2,7, Mr. Randall Arauz2,4, MS Todd Steiner2,3, MS Eduardo Espinoza2,5, Dr. George Shillinger2,6, Prof. A. Peter Klimley2,9 1Universidad San Francisco De Quito, Quito, Ecuador, 2MigraMar, San Jose, Costa Rica, 3Turtle Island Restoration Network, Olema, USA, 4CREMA/Fins Attached, San José, Costa Rica, 5Galapagos National Park Directorate, Puerto Ayora,…

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Conservation planning with Indigenous Communities: Bridging Two Ways of Knowing for a Shared Future

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Kimberly Heinemeyer1, Dr. Maggie Triska1, Ms Julia O’Keefe1, Mr. Dennis Sizemore1 1Round River Conservation Studies, Bozeman, United States Indigenous-led land planning provide unprecedented opportunities to include indigenous knowledge (IK) to understand ecological and cultural values across landscapes. The deep, long temporal breadth of knowledge as well as the enduring stewardship commitment of indigenous people…

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Message framing and public policy support for invasive species management in a changing world

ByCourtney Glancy

Ms Elizabeth Hiroyasu1, Dr. Sarah Anderson1 1Bren School Of Environmental Science & Management, Santa Barbara, United States Invasive species are a major driver of biodiversity loss and can threaten ecosystem integrity (Early et al. 2016; Chapin et al. 2000). As many species shift their ranges under climate change, invasive species are likely to become even…

Inferring past migration: a novel model-based approach to integrating data from genes, fossils, specimens, and environments

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Sean Hoban1, Dr Andria Dawson2, Dr Adam Smith3, Dr John Robinson4, Dr Allan Strand5, Ellie Weise4, Dr Jeanne Romero-Severson6 1The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, United States, 2Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada, 3Missouri Botanic Garden, St Louis, USA, 4Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA, 5College of Charleston, Charleston, USA, 6University of Notre Dame, South Bend, USA…

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Climate change adaptation efforts for species may be antagonistic to natural evolutionary responses

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Alistair Hobday1, Dr Juan-Diego Gaitan-Espitia1,2 1CSIRO, Hobart, Australia, 2The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, China Impacts of climate change are apparent in natural systems around the world and many species are and will continue to struggle to persist in their current location as their…

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Towards a better understanding of species responses to climate change by integrating data and approaches across disciplines and scales

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Christian Hof1, Eva Katharina Engelhardt1, Matthias  Biber1, Dr. Imran Khaliq2 1Biodiversity and Global Change Lab, Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Technical University Of Munich, Freising, Germany, 2Department of Zoology, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan Climate change is one of the major drivers of recent biodiversity change. Responses of species to changes in climatic conditions,…

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Implications of environmental change on the distribution of imperilled species

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Christine Howard1, Dr Curtis Flather2, Dr Philip Stephens1 1Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom, 2USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, United States In this era of rapid environmental change, identifying where biodiversity is at greatest risk and the processes influencing that risk, are key challenges for conservation biology. Concentrations of threatened species may occur where threatening…

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Glideways: Restoring Habitat Connections for Australia’s Iconic Gliding Mammals

ByCourtney Glancy

Mr Gary Howling1, Ms Tandi Spencer-Smith2 1Great Eastern Ranges Initiative, Albion Park, Australia, 2Quoll Communications, Sydney, Australia Nine species of gliding possums have been described in Australia. They range in size from the world’s smallest gliding mammal – the Feather-tailed Glider, to one of its largest – the Greater Glider. Almost all have suffered population…