The CC-Bio Project: Studying the Effects of Climate Change on Quebec Biodiversity

Berteaux, Dominique; Blois, Sylvie de; Angers, Jean François; Bonin, Joël; Casajus, Nicolas; Darveau, Marcel; Fournier, François; Humphries, Murray M.; McGill, Brian J.; Larivée, Jacques; Logan, Travis; Nantel, Patrick; Périé, Catherine; Poisson, Frédéric; Rodrigue, David; Rouleau, Sébastien; Siron, Robert; Thuiller, Wilfried; Vescovi, Luc

doi:10.3390/d2111181

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“…As mentioned by several authors, we need to go toward a common, modern and broader vision of biodiversity conservation. Scientific community, together with decision-makers in agencies, governments and non-governmental organizations, should thus carefully reconsider conservation priorities and, possibly, in order to avoid duplicating efforts (Mace, 2000), establish close partnerships (Berteaux et al, 2010;Maury et al, 2013) to develop successful conservation strategies for biodiversity management (Heller and Zavaleta, 2009). Because of the complexity of the topic and the unpredictability brought by climate change, there is no single definitive praxis to effective conservation, but rather an interdisciplinary approach.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…The combined effect of these anthropogenic pressures may have already started a critical transition toward a tipping point (Barnosky et al, 2012). In particular, climate is modifying rapidly forcing biodiversity to adapt either through the change of habitat and life cycles or the development of new physical traits (Berteaux et al, 2010). For instance, rising temperatures can lead to potential biodiversity increases in northern regions (i.e.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For instance, rising temperatures can lead to potential biodiversity increases in northern regions (i.e. northern biodiversity paradox) where low temperatures usually are a limiting factor for the establishment of many species (Berteaux et al, 2010). Given the importance that biodiversity plays, the understanding of the main threats to biodiversity is today than ever before a central objective in conservation biology.…”

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Biodiversity hotspots: A shortcut for a more complicated concept

Marchese

2015

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a b s t r a c tIn an era of human activities, global environmental changes, habitat loss and species extinction, conservation strategies are a crucial step toward minimizing biodiversity loss. For instance, oceans acidification and land use are intensifying in many places with negative and often irreversible consequences for biodiversity. Biodiversity hotspots, despite some criticism, have become a tool for setting conservation priorities and play an important role in decision-making for cost-effective strategies to preserve biodiversity in terrestrial and, to some extent, marine ecosystems. This area-based approach can be applied to any geographical scale and it is considered to be one of the best approaches for maintaining a large proportion of the world's biological diversity. However, delineating hotspots includes quantitative criteria along with subjective considerations and the risk is to neglect areas, such as coldspots, with other types of conservation value. Nowadays, it is widely acknowledged that biodiversity is much more than just the number of species in a region and a conservation strategy cannot be based merely on the number of taxa present in an ecosystem. Therefore, the idea that strongly emerges is the need to reconsider conservation priorities and to go toward an interdisciplinary approach through the creation of science-policy partnerships.

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Biodiversity hotspots: A shortcut for a more complicated concept

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2015

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“…It is generally suggested that high temperatures (either in a greenhouse interval or during interglacials within icehouse intervals) are associated with high diversity (Cecca, 2002) and that high temperature is crucial for the establishment of new species (Berteaux et al, 2010). At global scales, the late Viséan was a time a high marine biodiversity (e.g.…”

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Royseux: a palaeobiodiversity hotspot in the Late Viséan (Carboniferous) of Belgium

Denayer¹,

Aretz²,

Poty³

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Geol. Belg.

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ABSTRACT. Biodiversity hotspots are defined as areas of unusually high biological diversity. This definition is less clear for palaeohotspots but the Royseux locality in Southern Belgium is interpreted as such a site because of the large number of coral species that co-occur within a small area and short time interval. Forty-one species (29 genera) of rugose, tabulate and heterocorallia corals are known within a 6 m-thick 4 th order parasequence (100 kyr). These numbers increase to 50 species in 30 genera if the entire succession is considered. Consequently, Royseux is regarded as the richest site for late Viséan coral diversity on a global scale. Comparison with other sites from Spain, Morocco, the British Isles, and eastern Australia confirms this view. The diversity of brachiopods (at least 18 species within 16 genera) and other invertebrates is also assessed. The great palaeobiodiversity is tentatively explained by the interplay of several global and local causes, including high late Viséan biodiversity at the global scale associated with tectonically and sedimentarydriven micro-environment differentiation. Conversely, the Royseux locality has yielded few endemic taxa.

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“…Birds are likely to react directly to climate change events such as repeated periods of rain, frost, and heat, and indirectly to changes in the environment that influence features such as food availability, habitat structure, and relationships among organisms. Because of the milder climate expected throughout most of the province of Québec in coming decades, certain bird species' ranges are predicted to expand northward (Berteaux et al 2010). If temperature is one of the main drivers of bird species richness, we could expect more bird species in the southern portion of the boreal forest.…”

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The Influence of Summer Climate on Avian Community Composition in the Eastern Boreal Forest of Canada

DesGranges¹,

LeBlanc²

2012

ACE

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ABSTRACT. Understanding the relative influence of environmental variables, especially climate, in driving variation in species diversity is becoming increasingly important for the conservation of biodiversity. The objective of this study was to determine to what extent climate can explain the structure and diversity of forest bird communities by sampling bird abundance in homogenous mature spruce stands in the boreal forest of the Québec-Labrador peninsula using variance partitioning techniques. We also quantified the relationship among two climatic gradients, summer temperature and precipitation, and bird species richness, migratory strategy, and spring arrival phenology. For the bird community, climate factors appear to be most important in explaining species distribution and abundance because nearly 15% of the variation in the distribution of the 44 breeding birds selected for the analysis can be explained by climate. The vegetation variables we selected were responsible for a much smaller amount of the explained variation (4%). Breeding season temperature seems to be more important than precipitation in driving variation in bird species diversity at the scale of our analysis. Partial correlation analysis indicated that bird species richness distribution was determined by the temperature gradient, because the number of species increased with increasing breeding season temperature. Similar results were observed between breeding season temperature and the number of residents, shortdistance and long-distance migrants, and early and late spring migrants. Our results suggest that the northern and southern range boundaries of species are not equally sensitive to the temperature gradient across the region.RÉSUMÉ. La compréhension du rôle de l'influence relative des variables environnementales -particulièrement le climat -, sur la variation de la diversité des espèces revêt une importance grandissante pour la conservation de la biodiversité. L'objectif de cette étude était de déterminer à quel point le climat peut expliquer la structure et la diversité des communautés d'oiseaux forestiers, à partir d'un échantillonnage de l'abondance des oiseaux dans des peuplements d'épinettes matures et homogènes de la péninsule Québec-Labrador au moyen de techniques de partitionnement de la variance. Nous avons également mesuré la relation de deux gradients climatiques -la température estivale et les précipitations -en fonction de la richesse en espèces, de la stratégie migratoire et de la phénologie de l'arrivée printanière des oiseaux. Pour ce qui est de la communauté aviaire, les facteurs climatiques semblent le mieux expliquer la répartition et l'abondance des oiseaux, parce que près de 15 % de la variation de la répartition de 44 espèces nicheuses sélectionnées pour l'analyse est expliquée par le climat. En revanche, les variables de végétation que nous avons choisies n'ont expliqué que 4 % de la variation. Les températures durant la saison de reproduction semblent entrainer davantage de variation que les précipitations sur l...

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The CC-Bio Project: Studying the Effects of Climate Change on Quebec Biodiversity

Cited by 41 publications

References 71 publications

Biodiversity hotspots: A shortcut for a more complicated concept

Biodiversity hotspots: A shortcut for a more complicated concept

Royseux: a palaeobiodiversity hotspot in the Late Viséan (Carboniferous) of Belgium

The Influence of Summer Climate on Avian Community Composition in the Eastern Boreal Forest of Canada

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