Using phylogenies in conservation: new perspectives

Rolland, Jonathan; Cadotte, Marc W.; Davies, Jonathan; Devictor, Vincent; Lavergne, Sébastien; Mouquet, Nicolas; Pavoine, Sandrine; Rodrigues, Ana S. L.; Thuiller, Wilfried; Turcati, Laure; Winter, Marten; Zupan, Laure; Jabot, Franck; Morlon, Hélène

doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.1024

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“…The use of biodiversity indices that take into account the degree of phylogenetic relationship has emerged as a robust tool to balance the importance acquired by the local endemic taxa in many biogeographical analyses (Posadas et al 2001). Phylogenetic diversity has been proposed by some authors (Pio et al 2011) as a complementary measure to species richness, which favours a more accurate definition of biodiversity conservation priorities (Faith 1992;Polasky et al 2001;Rolland et al 2012). When prioritising areas of interest for conservation, the richness of rare, endangered or endemic species is usually used (Domínguez-Lozano et al 2000;Pérez-García et al 2012;Cañadas et al 2014).…”

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Eco-geographical factors affecting richness and phylogenetic diversity patterns of high-mountain flora in the Iberian Peninsula

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Many studies have highlighted the importance of mountain ecosystems as hotspots of biodiversity and endemism. In this study, we used biogeographic partitioning to explore the diversity patterns of high-mountain flora in south-western Europe by analysing the richness of the main floristic elements in relation to geographical and ecological factors (climate, isolation, elevation, etc.). Taxa that inhabit above 1600 m a.s.l. in the Iberian Peninsula were selected using bibliographic sources. Hierarchical agglomerative clustering and non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) were used to explore the patterns of taxonomic diversity across the main biogeographic elements. Six environmental variables were calculated to account for inter-range variation in species richness and biogeographic elements. The results showed that at a broad scale, the main floristic elements correlated with specific eco-geographical factors. The Arctic-Boreal element was strongly, negatively correlated with summer drought and showed a higher taxonomic distinctness than expected. The Iberian endemic element was related to isolation and maximum elevation and although it was the richest element, it demonstrated a relatively low taxonomic diversity, in particular in the Baetic Range. Biogeographic origin is an important driver of the diversity patterns of high-mountain flora. In the Iberian Peninsula, these patterns show a North-South gradient, which reflects historical processes of migration and speciation that were constrained by climatic fluctuations during the Ice Ages. Although species richness is the usual biodiversity measure considered in conservation strategies, the use of taxonomically related indices helps to understand better the general diversity patterns and to better document strategies of biodiversity conservation.

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Eco-geographical factors affecting richness and phylogenetic diversity patterns of high-mountain flora in the Iberian Peninsula

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“…Detailed analyses of phylogenetic patterns of species threat have become an important ingredient in efforts to quantify the drivers and consequences of the current-day biodiversity crisis [19,20], though the utility of phylogenetic comparative analyses for conservation planning has been debated [21]. For instance, phylogenies have been used in comparative analyses to determine the biological attributes that predispose species to greater extinction risk [22] or to determine the amount of phylogenetic diversity that is being threatened by global change [23,24].…”

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Are species' responses to global change predicted by past niche evolution?

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Predicting how and when adaptive evolution might rescue species from global change, and integrating this process into tools of biodiversity forecasting, has now become an urgent task. Here, we explored whether recent population trends of species can be explained by their past rate of niche evolution, which can be inferred from increasingly available phylogenetic and niche data. We examined the assemblage of 409 European bird species for which estimates of demographic trends between 1970 and 2000 are available, along with a species-level phylogeny and data on climatic, habitat and trophic niches. We found that species' proneness to demographic decline is associated with slow evolution of the habitat niche in the past, in addition to certain current-day life-history and ecological traits. A similar result was found at a higher taxonomic level, where families prone to decline have had a history of slower evolution of climatic and habitat niches. Our results support the view that niche conservatism can prevent some species from coping with environmental change. Thus, linking patterns of past niche evolution and contemporary species dynamics for large species samples may provide insights into how niche evolution may rescue certain lineages in the face of global change.

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“…. Any useful metric must include the evolutionary value of the species (Rolland et al 2012 ), where the most important and therefore the selected area is the one that harbors the highest biodiversity, but this does not mean the highest number of species but the highest number of unique species or evolutionary fronts. There are many approaches in the context of phylogenetic diversity and conservation, from community ecology to taxon or area conservation.…”

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Biodiversity Conservation and Phylogenetic Systematics

2016

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Using phylogenies in conservation: new perspectives

Cited by 75 publications

References 31 publications

Eco-geographical factors affecting richness and phylogenetic diversity patterns of high-mountain flora in the Iberian Peninsula

Eco-geographical factors affecting richness and phylogenetic diversity patterns of high-mountain flora in the Iberian Peninsula

Are species' responses to global change predicted by past niche evolution?

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