Novel assemblages: challenges for ecology and the conservation/restoration orthodoxy

Richard J Hobbs (1) 1 School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia Much has been written about changes in species distributions in response to climate change and other environmental changes and, in addition, the human role in engineering change through transport of species outside their normal ranges. This deliberate transport…

Unraveling how changing environmental conditions influence connectivity patterns in fish with ontogenetic migrations

Patrick Reis‐Santos (1,2), Susanne E. Tanner (1), Rita P. Vasconcelos (1), Bronwyn M. Gillanders (2), Henrique N. Cabral (1) 1 MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749‐016 Lisboa, Portugal 2 Southern Seas Ecology Laboratories, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia Connectivity is a…

Non-consensual body size response to climate and primary production in common songbirds: habitat and thermal preference matter

Nicolas Dubos (1,2), Isabelle Le Viol (1), Alexandre Robert (1), Céline Teplitsky (1), Olivier Dehorter (1), Manon Ghislain (1,2), Romain Julliard (1) & Pierre Yves Henry (1,2) 1 Centre d’Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO UMR 7204) Centre de Recherches sur la Biologie des Populations d’Oiseaux, Sorbonne Universités, MNHN, CNRS, UPMC, CP51, 55 rue…

Different Down-Under: How Australian avian breeding phenology differs relative to the Northern Hemisphere

Daisy  Englert    Duursma (1),    Rachael    Gallagher (2),    Simon    Griffith (3) 1    Macquarie    University,    Department    of    Biological    Sciences, North  Ryde,    NSW    2109,    daisy.duursma@mq.edu.au 2    Macquarie    University,    Department    of    Biological    Sciences, North  Ryde,    NSW    2109,    rachael.gallagher@mq.edu.au 3    Macquarie    University,    Department    of    Biological    Sciences, North  Ryde,    NSW    2109,    simon.griffith@mq.edu.au   Bird      breeding       phenology       is     …

Colonisation pathways, genetic diversity and evolutionary potential of a non-native lizard

Studying biological invasions may further our understanding of how ecological and evolutionary processes  shape  patterns  of  diversity within  species  and  communities.  The ability of non-native species to persist and adapt to new environments is expected to rely on their genetic diversity. To understand what shapes their genetic structure we first need to have a detailed…

Scale of inference: the sensitivity of habitat models for wide-ranging marine predators to the spatial and temporal resolution of environmental data

Kylie    L.    Scales (1),    Elliott    L.    Hazen (2),    Michael    G.    Jacox (3),    Christopher    A.    Edwards (4),    Andre    M.    Boustany (5),    Matthew    J.    Oliver (6)    &    Steven    J.    Bograd (7)   1    Cooperative    Institute    for    Marine    Ecosystems    and    Climate,    Institute    of    Marine    Sciences,    University    of    California,    Santa    Cruz,    USA    /    NOAA    SWFSC    Environmental    Research    Division,  …

How dispersal promotes biodiversity in the face of global change

Romain Lorrillière (1), Luc Doyen (2) and Frédéric Jiguet (1)   1 CESCO, UMR 7204 MNHN-CNRS-UPMC, 55 Rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, 2 CNRS-GREThA, University of Bordeaux, avenue Léon Duguit, Pessac, 1 CESCO, UMR 7204 MNHN-CNRS-UPMC, 55 Rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, Global change induce biodiversity modifications, including polewards range shifts and declines in abundance, particularly for…

Range shifts and adaption – using genetics to better understand patterns and processes

Jan  M.    Strugnell     La    Trobe    University,    Kingsbury    Drive,    Bundoora,    Vic    3086,    J.Strugnell@latrobe.edu.au,    @JanStrugnell Scientists  and    the    general    public    are    documenting    shifts    in    species    distributions.      These    shifting    distributions    are    occurring    in    accordance    with    climatic    change.    Locally,    the    East    Australian    Current    has    strengthened    over    the    last    50    years    bringing    warmer,    saltier    water    hundreds    of    kilometres  …

Effect of physiological tolerances and evolutionary adaptation on the distribution of species and communities under climate change

Alex Bush (1), Renee Catullo (2), Karel Mokany (3), Simon Ferrier (4) 1 CSIRO, Black Mountain, Canberra ACT 2601 alex.bush@csiro.au 2 CSIRO, Black Mountain, Canberra ACT 2601 renee.catullo@csiro.au 3 CSIRO, Black Mountain, Canberra ACT 2601 karel.mokany@csiro.au 4 CSIRO, Black Mountain, Canberra ACT 2601 simon.ferrier@csiro.au Correlative spatial models of species or communities assume that occurrences reflect…

Using community-­‐level modeling to understand and map current and future climate adaptation

Matthew  C.    Fitzpatrick (1),    Stephen    R.    Keller (2),    Vikram    Chhatre (3) 1    University    of    Maryland    Centre    for    Environmental    Science,    Appalachian    Lab,    301    Braddock    Road,    Frostburg,    Maryland,    21532,    USA. mfitzpatrick@al.umces.edu,    @MCFitzpatrick 2    Department    of    Plant    Biology,    111    Jeffords    Hall,    63    Carrigan    Drive,    University    of    Vermont,    Burlington    ,    VT    05405,    USA. srkeller@uvm.edu 3    Department    of    Plant    Biology,  …