scholarly journals A Global Agenda for Advancing Freshwater Biodiversity Research

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Maasri ◽  
Sonja C. Jähnig ◽  
Mihai C. Adamescu ◽  
Rita Adrian ◽  
Claudio Baigun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Freshwater Biodiversity ◽  
Biodiversity Crisis ◽  
Critical Step ◽  
Biodiversity Research ◽  
Coordinated Action ◽  
Global Agenda ◽  
Management And Conservation

Freshwater biodiversity is declining dramatically, and the current biodiversity crisis requires defining bold goals and mobilizing substantial resources to meet the challenges. While the reasons are varied, both research and conservation of freshwater biodiversity lag far behind efforts in the terrestrial and marine realms. We identify fifteen pressing global needs to support informed global freshwater biodiversity stewardship. The proposed agenda aims to advance freshwater biodiversity research globally as a critical step in improving coordinated action towards its sustainable management and conservation.

scholarly journals A Global Agenda for Advancing Freshwater Biodiversity Research

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Maasri ◽  
Sonja Jähnig ◽  
Mihai Adamescu ◽  
Rita Adrian ◽  
Claudio Baigun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Freshwater Biodiversity ◽  
Biodiversity Crisis ◽  
Critical Step ◽  
Biodiversity Research ◽  
Coordinated Action ◽  
Global Agenda ◽  
Management And Conservation

Freshwater biodiversity is declining dramatically, and the current biodiversity crisis requires defining bold goals and mobilizing substantial resources to meet the challenges. While the reasons are varied, both research and conservation of freshwater biodiversity lag far behind efforts in the terrestrial and marine realms. We identify fifteen pressing global needs to support informed global freshwater biodiversity stewardship. The proposed agenda aims to advance freshwater biodiversity research globally as a critical step in improving coordinated action towards its sustainable management and conservation.

scholarly journals A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Maasri ◽  
Sonja C. Jähnig ◽  
Mihai C. Adamescu ◽  
Rita Adrian ◽  
Claudio Baigun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Freshwater Biodiversity ◽  
Biodiversity Research ◽  
Global Agenda

scholarly journals Are beavers a solution to the freshwater biodiversity crisis?

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 1763-1772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Law ◽  
Oded Levanoni ◽  
Garth Foster ◽  
Frauke Ecke ◽  
Nigel J. Willby
Keyword(s):  
Freshwater Biodiversity ◽  
Biodiversity Crisis

scholarly journals Scientists’ warning to humanity on the freshwater biodiversity crisis

AMBIO ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
James S. Albert ◽  
Georgia Destouni ◽  
Scott M. Duke-Sylvester ◽  
Anne E. Magurran ◽  
Thierry Oberdorff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Freshwater Biodiversity ◽  
Biodiversity Crisis

scholarly journals A promising future for integrative biodiversity research: an increased role of scale-dependency and functional biology

2016 ◽  
Vol 371 (1691) ◽  
pp. 20150228 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Price ◽  
L. Schmitz
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Scaling Effects ◽  
Deep Time ◽  
Biodiversity Crisis ◽  
Biodiversity Research ◽  
Ecological Mechanisms ◽  
Functional Biology ◽  
Biotic Environment

Studies into the complex interaction between an organism and changes to its biotic and abiotic environment are fundamental to understanding what regulates biodiversity. These investigations occur at many phylogenetic, temporal and spatial scales and within a variety of biological and geological disciplines but often in relative isolation. This issue focuses on what can be achieved when ecological mechanisms are integrated into analyses of deep-time biodiversity patterns through the union of fossil and extant data and methods. We expand upon this perspective to argue that, given its direct relevance to the current biodiversity crisis, greater integration is needed across biodiversity research. We focus on the need to understand scaling effects, how lower-level ecological and evolutionary processes scale up and vice versa, and the importance of incorporating functional biology. Placing function at the core of biodiversity research is fundamental, as it establishes how an organism interacts with its abiotic and biotic environment and it is functional diversity that ultimately determines important ecosystem processes. To achieve full integration, concerted and ongoing efforts are needed to build a united and interactive community of biodiversity researchers, with education and interdisciplinary training at its heart.

scholarly journals Demography of Attalea nucifera: Sustainable management and conservation of a threatened species of Colombia

Caldasia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-325
Author(s):  
Jorge Prada-Ríos ◽  
Néstor García
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Population Structure ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Matrix Population Model ◽  
Environmental Disturbances ◽  
Finite Growth ◽  
Demographic Processes ◽  
Extinction Threshold ◽  
Magdalena River ◽  
Management And Conservation

Attalea nucifera is an acaulescent palm native of Colombia that is in risk of extinction. Between 2016-2017 we evaluated the structure and density of populations in six localities of the Magdalena river valley, and studied the population dynamic in the locality of Guaduas, Cundinamarca (VC). Although the population structure differs among locations (X2 = 1819, gl = 25, P < 0.05), populations tend to group according to the degree of habitat perturbation. In four localities an inverted J population structure was observed. A matrix population model showed a finite growth rate (λ) of 0.979 (CI95 % = 0.962–0.997). The demographic processes of the permanence of seedlings, sub-adults and young adults show more elasticity. A transient dynamic simulation projected to 30 years shows that under the scenarios of paddock and cattle lopping the population size decrease drastically. The extinction threshold calculated for the population in the locality VC is of 145 years, but paddock and cattle lopping activities can reduce it to less than 40 years. Although Attalea nucifera persists in very disturbing locations in the Middle Magdalena Basin, the results of population dynamics in the locality VC suggest that it could be less tolerant of environmental disturbances. Thus, it is necessary to increase our knowledge of its population dynamics, as well as seed germination and seedling establishment in different disturbance conditions.

scholarly journals Biodiversity seen through the perspective of insects: 10 simple rules on methodological choices, common challenges, and experimental design for genomic studies

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pável Matos-Maraví ◽  
Camila Duarte Ritter ◽  
Christopher J Barnes ◽  
Martin Nielsen ◽  
Urban Olsson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Trees ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Biodiversity Crisis ◽  
Methodological Choices ◽  
Biodiversity Research ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Simple Rules ◽  
Genomic Studies

The study of biodiversity within the spatiotemporal continuum of evolution, e.g., studying local communities, population dynamics, or phylogenetic diversity, has been important to properly identify and describe the current biodiversity crisis. However, it has become clear that a multi-scale approach – from the leaves of phylogenetic trees to its deepest branches – is necessary to fully comprehend, and predict, biodiversity dynamics. Massive parallel DNA sequencing opens up opportunities for bridging multiple dimensions in biodiversity research, thanks to its efficiency to recover millions of nucleotide polymorphisms, both under neutral or selective pressure. Here we aim to identify the current status, discuss the main challenges, and look into future perspectives on biodiversity genomics research focusing on insects, which arguably constitute the most diverse and ecologically important group of metazoans. We suggest 10 simple rules that every biologist could follow to 1) provide a succinct step-by-step guide and best-practices to anyone interested in biodiversity research through insect genomics, 2) review and show relevant literature to biodiversity and evolutionary research in the field of entomology, and 3) make available a perspective on biodiversity studies using insect genomics. Our compilation is targeted at researchers and students who may not yet be specialists in entomology or genomics, but plan to carry out own research in insect genomics. We foresee that the genomic revolution and its application to the study of non-model insect lineages will represent a major leap to our understanding of insect diversity, and by consequence the largest portion of Earth’s biodiversity, and its evolution in time and space.

Safeguarding Freshwater Life Beyond 2020: Recommendations for the New Global Biodiversity Framework from the European Experience

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles B. van Rees ◽  
Kerry A. Waylen ◽  
Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber ◽  
Stephen J. Thackeray ◽  
Gregor Kalinkat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Convention On Biological Diversity ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Freshwater Biodiversity ◽  
Biodiversity Crisis ◽  
Implementation Planning ◽  
European Experience ◽  
Global Biodiversity ◽  
Freshwater Monitoring

The drafting of a new Global Biodiversity Framework for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Biodiversity Strategy for the European Union (EU) render 2020 a critical crossroad for biodiversity conservation. Freshwater biodiversity is disproportionately threatened and poorly studied relative to marine and terrestrial biota, despite providing numerous essential ecosystem services. The urgency of the mounting freshwater biodiversity crisis necessitates approaches catered to the unique ecology and threats of freshwater life, which are not adequately addressed by current strategies. We present a set of 15 special recommendations for freshwater biodiversity to guide the CBD&rsquo;s post-2020 framework and the 2020 EU strategy based on European case studies, both challenges and successes. Our recommendations cover key outcomes and guiding concepts, enabling conditions and methods of implementation, planning and accountability modalities, and cross-cutting issues. They address topics including invasive species, integrated water resources management, strategic conservation planning, data management, and emerging technologies for freshwater monitoring, among others. These recommendations will enhance the ability of global and European post-2020 biodiversity agreements to halt and reverse the rapid global decline of freshwater biodiversity.

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