Climate change and priorities for the biodiversity conservation
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spatial prioritization, climate change, phylogenetic diversity, functional diversity, Atlantic ForestAbstract
Global processes such as habitat loss, overexploitation, biological invasion, and climate change are driving many species to extinction. Facing this threatening scenario, a key question is: what should be the criterion for establishing biodiversity conservation priorities? Where and how can one pro- tect biodiversity? The answer is not so simple. Climate change could result in species moving to more favorable climatic spaces, even outside their protected areas. However, while establishing priorities for biodiversity conservation one must go beyond protecting sites with high species richness and include the evolutionary history and maintenance of community processes as well. Here, we show both an overview of the effects of climate change and their inclusion in conservation prioritization. We show a case study for the conservation of amphibians, the most endangered taxonomic group among vertebrates in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Finally, we discuss conservation strategies that consider phylogenetic and functional approaches.
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