Climate change, sea-level rise, and conservation: keeping island biodiversity afloat.
Island conservation programs have been spectacularly successful over the past five decades, yet they generally do not account for impacts of climate change. Here, we argue that the full spectrum of climate change, especially sea-level rise and loss of suitable climatic conditions, should be rapidly integrated into island biodiversity research and management.
Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, UMR CNRS 8079, University of Paris Sud, Orsay Cedex 91405, France. Electronic address: franck.courchamp@u-psud.fr.
Franck
F
Courchamp
CSIRO, Ecosystem Sciences, PMB 44, Winnellie, NT 0822, Australia.
Benjamin D
BD
Hoffmann
University of Auckland, School of Biological Sciences and Department of Statistics, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
James C
JC
Russell
Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, UMR CNRS 8079, University of Paris Sud, Orsay Cedex 91405, France.
Camille
C
Leclerc
Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, UMR CNRS 8079, University of Paris Sud, Orsay Cedex 91405, France.
Céline
C
Bellard
D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D057231:Climate Change; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D062312:Islands
climate change; climatic niche shift; island conservation; prioritization; sea-level rise