Phenology Seed Germination Improvement of Two Endangered Trees Species in the High Forest Zones of Ghana.

ByCourtney Glancy

Mr James Amponsah1, Dr  Joseph Asomaning1, Dr.  Gloria Djagbletey1, Dr  Bonaventure Maleeku2, Mr Paul Tandoh2 1Forestry Research Institute Of Ghana, Kumasi, Ghana, 2Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana Phenological observation remains one of the most sensitive data in identifying how plant species respond to climatic changes. Phenological behaviour in plants have direct…

Standards for data and models in biodiversity assessments

ByCourtney Glancy

Prof. Miguel Araújo1, Dr. Robert Anderson, Dr. Márcia Barbosa, Dr. Colin Beale, Dr. Carsten Dormann, Dr. Regan Early, Dr. Raquel Garcia, Prof. Antoine Guisan, Dr. Luigi Maiorano, Dr. Babak Naimi, Prof. Bob O’Hara, Prof. Nick Zimmermann, Prof.  Carsten Rahbek 1MNCN-CSIC, Madrid, Spain, 2University of Évora, Évora, Portugal Demand for data and models in biodiversity assessments…

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The ecological consequences of mangrove expansion into salt marshes on the Texas (USA) coast

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Anna R Armitage1, Sean Charles2, Rachael Glazner1, Janelle Goeke1, John Kominoski2, Carolyn Weaver3, Ashley Whitt4, Steven Pennings5 1Texas A&M University At Galveston, Galveston, United States, 2Florida International University, Miami, United States, 3Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, United States, 4Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, 5University of Houston, Houston, United States Climate change is…

Evolution of migratory behavior in birds – synthesis with a biogeographical perspective

ByCourtney Glancy

Ms Bela Arora1, Dr. Kasper Thorup1 1Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Birds are known to modify their distributions seasonally. How these movements have evolved and what consequences they have on species distributions are poorly understood. Earlier discussions on the evolution of migratory movements mainly…

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Evolution of migratory behavior in birds – synthesis with a biogeographical perspective

ByCourtney Glancy

Ms Bela Arora1, Dr. Kasper Thorup1 1Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Birds are known to modify their distributions seasonally. How these movements have evolved and what consequences they have on species distributions are poorly understood. Earlier discussions on the evolution of migratory movements mainly…

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Mesophication from oak to maple: a tree-ring perspective in the forests of eastern United States

ByCourtney Glancy

Mr Tsun Fung Au1, Dr. Justin Maxwell1, Dr. Neil Pederson2, Dr. Grant Harley3, Dr. Matthew Therrell4, Mr. Scott Warner5, Dr. Frank Telewski5, Dr. Scott Robeson1, Dr. Richard Phillips1, Dr. Kimberly Novick1 1Indiana University, Bloomington, United States, 2Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, United States, 3University of Idaho, Moscow, United States, 4University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, United States,…

The possible role of climate change in bringing a new butterfly species, Euripus nyctelius, to Hong Kong

ByCourtney Glancy

Tsun Fung Au1,2, Dr. Timothy Bonebrake1 1School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 2Department of Geography, Indiana University, Bloomington, United States A common response in butterflies to a warming climate is through distribution shifts. Hong Kong has documented records of several new butterfly species in recent decades, comprising tropical species…

Incorporating species redistributions in mechanistic multi-species models: towards a general framework

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Asta Audzijonyte1,2, Dr Rick Stuart-Smith1, Dr Gretta Pecl1,2, Dr Julia Blanchard1,2 1Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University Of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 2Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Species redistributions and warming temperatures are occurring in most coastal marine ecosystems, generating a need to understand and predict ecological, fisheries and socio-economic…

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Evaluating the risks and benefits of assisted migration in a stochastic metacommunity

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Gregory Backus1, Dr Marissa Baskett1 1University Of California, Davis, Davis, United States With projected rates of climate change, species that are dispersal-limited and species with narrow thermal tolerance will be especially at risk of extinction. A proposed approach for conserving these climate-threatened species is assisted migration, where populations are moved beyond their historical ranges…

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Integrating genetic and demographic effects of dispersal on population response to a variable environment

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr. Allison Dedrick1, Prof Marissa Baskett2 1Rutgers University, Rutgers, United States, 2University Of California, Davis, Davis, United States Dispersal can have counteracting effects on population response to variable and changing environments.  On one hand, dispersal mobilizes individuals and diversity to increase local response to environmental change.  On the other hand, dispersal can synchronize populations and…