Expert opinion on extinction risk and climate change adaptation for biodiversity

D Javeline, JJ Hellmann, JS McLachlan, DF Sax… - …, 2015 - online.ucpress.edu
Despite projections of biodiversity loss and proposed adaptations to climate change, few
data exist on the feasibility and effectiveness of adaptation strategies in minimizing …

Ecological risk assessment of managed relocation as a climate change adaptation strategy

A Karasov-Olson, MW Schwartz, JD Olden, S Skikne… - 2021 - digitalcommons.unl.edu
Changing climate and introduced species are placing an increasing number of species at
risk of extinction. Increasing extinction risk is increasing calls to protect species by …

Translocation or bust! A new acclimatization agenda for the 21st century?

BL Webber, JK Scott, RK Didham - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2011 - cell.com
There is little doubt that the species most at risk of extinction from rapid climate change are
short-range endemics facing insurmountable dispersal barriers to potentially suitable …

[PDF][PDF] The risks of assisted colonization

PJ Seddon, DP Armstrong, P Soorae, F Launay… - Conservation …, 2009 - academia.edu
There is a growing debate over whether species should be translocated outside their historic
ranges to deal with extinction risks as habitats shift due to climate change. This idea of …

Recent ecological responses to climate change support predictions of high extinction risk

IMD Maclean, RJ Wilson - Proceedings of the National …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Predicted effects of climate change include high extinction risk for many species, but
confidence in these predictions is undermined by a perceived lack of empirical support …

Predicting biodiversity change: outside the climate envelope, beyond the species–area curve

I Ibáñez, JS Clark, MC Dietze, K Feeley, M Hersh… - Ecology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Efforts to anticipate threats to biodiversity take the form of species richness predictions
(SRPs) based on simple correlations with current climate and habitat area. We review the …

Endemism increases species' climate change risk in areas of global biodiversity importance

S Manes, MJ Costello, H Beckett, A Debnath… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change affects life at global scales and across systems but is of special concern in
areas that are disproportionately rich in biological diversity and uniqueness. Using a meta …

Extinction risk from climate change

G Midgley, L Hannah - Biodiversity and climate change: transforming …, 2019 - degruyter.com
Extinction risk from climate change first made a major impact on international climate
change policy dialogue in 2004, following publication of the first global estimates of possible …

[PDF][PDF] Managed relocation: a nuanced evaluation is needed

DF Sax, KF Smith, AR Thompson - Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2009 - brown.edu
Managed relocation (aka 'assisted colonization'and 'assisted migration'[1, 2]) aims to save
species from the effects of climate change by purposefully transporting them to areas where …

Making decisions to conserve species under climate change

LP Shoo, AA Hoffmann, S Garnett, RL Pressey… - Climatic Change, 2013 - Springer
Severe impacts on biodiversity are predicted to arise from climate change. These impacts
may not be adequately addressed by conventional approaches to conservation. As a result …