Linking plant phenology to conservation biology

Autor: Carlos A. Peres, Bruno D. Borges, Daniel W. Carstensen, Irene Mendoza, Natalia Costa Soares, Diego Fernando Escobar Escobar, Nathália Miranda Walter Bretas Rocha, Swanni T. Alvarado, Maria Gabriela Gutierrez Camargo, Bruna Alberton, Elise Buisson, Betânia da Cunha Vargas, Annia Susin Streher, Vanessa Graziele Staggemeier, Thiago Sanna Freire Silva, Patrícia T.P. Leite, Leonardo Farage Cancian, Leonor Patrícia Cerdeira Morellato
Přispěvatelé: Laboratorio de Fenologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho = São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Avignon Université (AU)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UMR237-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Instituto de Biociencias, Departamento de Botânica, Plant Phenology and Seed Dispersal Research Group, Mécanismes Adaptatifs et Evolution (MECADEV), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Biological Conservation
Biological Conservation, Elsevier, 2016, 195, pp.60--72. ⟨10.1016/j.biocon.2015.12.033⟩
Biological Conservation, 2016, 195, pp.60--72. ⟨10.1016/j.biocon.2015.12.033⟩
ISSN: 0006-3207
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.12.033⟩
Popis: International audience; Phenology has achieved a prominent position in current scenarios of global change research given its role in monitoring and predicting the timing of recurrent life cycle events. However, the implications of phenology to environmental conservation and management remain poorly explored. Here, we present the first explicit appraisal of how phenology a multidisciplinary science encompassing biometeorology, ecology, and evolutionary biology can make a key contribution to contemporary conservation biology. We focus on shifts in plant phenology induced by global change, their impacts on species diversity and plant-animal interactions in the tropics, and how conservation efforts could be enhanced in relation to plant resource organization. We identify the effects of phenological changes and mismatches in the maintenance and conservation of mutualistic interactions, and examine how phenological research can contribute to evaluate, manage and mitigate the consequences of land-use change and other natural and anthropogenic disturbances, such as fire, exotic and invasive species. We also identify cutting-edge tools that can improve the spatial and temporal coverage of phonological monitoring, from satellites to drones and digital cameras. We highlight the role of historical information in recovering long-term phenological time series, and track climate-related shifts in tropical systems. Finally, we propose a set of measures to boost the contribution of phonology to conservation science. We advocate the inclusion of phenology into predictive models integrating evolutionary history to identify species groups that are either resilient or sensitive to future climate-change scenarios, and understand how phenological mismatches can affect community dynamics, ecosystem services, and conservation over time. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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