The rising threat of climate change for arthropods from Earth's cold regions: Taxonomic rather than native status drives species sensitivity

Renault, David; Leclerc, Camille; Colleu, M A; Boutet, A; Hotte, Hoël; Colinet, Hervé; Chown, Steven Loudon; Convey, Peter

doi:10.1111/gcb.16338

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“…(i) Species origin, identity and functional traits A growing body of work shows that species origin (as native or introduced) can be less important than the characteristics of a species' population dynamics (rare or common, newly colonized or established) or trait combinations [45][46][47]. For example, common plant species respond similarly to nutrient addition and intraspecific competition, regardless of their origin as native or introduced [48][49][50].…”

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A nature-positive future with biological invasions: theory, decision support and research needs

McGeoch,

Clarke,

Mungi

et al. 2024

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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In 2050, most areas of biodiversity significance will be heavily influenced by multiple drivers of environmental change. This includes overlap with the introduced ranges of many alien species that negatively impact biodiversity. With the decline in biodiversity and increase in all forms of global change, the need to envision the desired qualities of natural systems in the Anthropocene is growing, as is the need to actively maintain their natural values. Here, we draw on community ecology and invasion biology to (i) better understand trajectories of change in communities with a mix of native and alien populations, and (ii) to frame approaches to the stewardship of these mixed-species communities. We provide a set of premises and actions upon which a nature-positive future with biological invasions (NPF-BI) could be based, and a decision framework for dealing with uncertain species movements under climate change. A series of alternative management approaches become apparent when framed by scale-sensitive, spatially explicit, context relevant and risk-consequence considerations. Evidence of the properties of mixed-species communities together with predictive frameworks for the relative importance of the ecological processes at play provide actionable pathways to a NPF in which the reality of mixed-species communities are accommodated and managed. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Ecological novelty and planetary stewardship: biodiversity dynamics in a transforming biosphere’.

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A nature-positive future with biological invasions: theory, decision support and research needs

McGeoch,

Clarke,

Mungi

et al. 2024

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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“…Like all ectotherms, arthropods are sensitive to the temperature and humidity changes (Burraco et al 2020; Renault et al) and make up the diets of all our study species (Supriya et al 2020). Therefore, to better understand biotic changes accompanying selective logging, we studied the arthropod community compositions in primary and logged forest.…”

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“…In this study, we asked: Are there abiotic and biotic differences between logged and primary forest environments? We expected logged forest to be hotter and drier than primary forest habitats. As a consequence, we also expected shifts in the biotic communities of arthropods in selectively logged forests, due to their thermally-sensitive and ecothermal nature (Renault et al). Do species with smaller temperature-humidity niches (i.e., microhabitat specialists) undergo steeper body mass and survival declines over time in response to climate change? We expected that across species, the size of the temperature-humidity niche in primary forests would be positively correlated with survival because a species with a larger niche (more generalist) can adapt better to changes in its abiotic environment.…”

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Abiotic niche predictors of long-term trends in body mass and survival of Eastern Himalayan birds

Bharadwaj

Chanda

Srinivasan

2022

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Climate change and habitat degradation are two of the greatest threats to tropical biodiversity today. In addition to their independent effects, habitat degradation compounds the impacts of climate change by creating habitats with novel abiotic characteristics (typically hotter, drier and more variable). Tropical species are often microhabitat and microclimate specialists occupying distinct temperature and humidity niches. How species′ abiotic niches affect their responses to the joint impacts of climate change and habitat degradation remains poorly understood, especially in terms of changes in phenotype and demographic vital rates. Using an 11-year mark-recapture dataset and temperature-humidity measurements from primary and selectively logged forest from 2000m in the Eastern Himalayas, we investigate how the abiotic (temperature-humidity) niche sizes of populations of species in primary forest and abiotic niche overlaps between populations in primary and logged forest predicted body mass and survival trends over time for populations in each habitat. Our results show that logged forest is hotter and drier than primary forest, and the arthropod community shows dramatic shifts in composition upon selective logging. In understorey insectivores, we find that body masses appear to be declining over time in logged, but not in primary forest. Further, across species, we report a positive relationship between the size of the primary forest niche and body mass trends over time in primary forest but not in logged forest. The degree of dissimilarity between species-specific primary and logged forest niches was strongly and negatively correlated with survival trends in logged forest. Here, we show that temperature-humidity niche shifts in response to anthropogenic habitat modification can impact demographic vital rates crucial for population persistence. This work has the potential to inform prompt, targeted conservation efforts toward species that are the most threatened in a warmer and more degraded world.

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“…Due to world globalization, an increase in biological invasions/bioinvasions has proliferated in the last few years, a pattern likely to continue in the future and can be considered a major threat to biodiversity [10]. Based on several pieces of evidence, invasive species have a main role in declining native and endemic species diversity and their displacement worldwide [10][11][12]. This has led to changes in environmental regimes [13] and has increased risks to human well-being [14].…”

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Climate Change May Impact Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) Distribution in the Southeastern Arabian Peninsula through Range Contraction under Various Climate Scenarios

Esmaeili,

Eslami Barzoki

2023

Fishes

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Climate change is expected to affect freshwater water bodies worldwide, especially those located in semiarid and arid regions, including the Arabian Peninsula. Species distribution modeling has been widely used to predict the effects of climate changes on aquatic species. Occurrence records of the cichlid fish Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, were geographically mapped, followed by the implementation of species distribution models to delineate its range within the sensitive inland water system of the southeastern Arabian Peninsula. The analysis encompassed the examination of species presence data in the context of environmental variables, leading to the development of an ensemble model for habitat suitability, combining four distinct species distribution models. The findings indicated that the mean diurnal range and precipitation seasonality emerged as the most influential factors in predicting the suitability of habitats for O. niloticus. The response curve analysis indicated that the presence probability of O. niloticus decreased with increasing mean diurnal range and decreasing precipitation seasonality. The suitable distribution ranges for O. niloticus in the studied area were mainly distributed in the northeast of this region, where native/endemic fish diversity is high. The ensemble model results specified a significant impact of climate change on O. niloticus distribution, so highly suitable areas for this species will be reduced, while areas with low to moderate suitability increase slightly or remain unchanged. While O. niloticus is anticipated to display resilience and prosper under the influence of climate change, it remains paradoxical that its habitats are at risk of being compromised by climate-induced alterations. Consequently, even this resilient species stands susceptible to the repercussions of climate change. Due to the worldwide severe impacts of Nile tilapia, regular monitoring of freshwater ecosystems and fish fauna—especially in the northeast of the Arabian Peninsula, which has currently been invaded by this alien species—and protecting the region from key anthropogenic stressors are recommended to successfully conserve the freshwater fishes, which include about 22 recognized fish species in 16 genera, 10 families, 7 orders, and a class including 20 natives (7 endemic) species, out of which 13 species co-occur in sympatricity with O. niloticus.

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The rising threat of climate change for arthropods from Earth's cold regions: Taxonomic rather than native status drives species sensitivity

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Cited by 15 publications

References 121 publications

A nature-positive future with biological invasions: theory, decision support and research needs

A nature-positive future with biological invasions: theory, decision support and research needs

Abiotic niche predictors of long-term trends in body mass and survival of Eastern Himalayan birds

Climate Change May Impact Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) Distribution in the Southeastern Arabian Peninsula through Range Contraction under Various Climate Scenarios

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