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Journal article
How can physiology best contribute to wildlife conservation in a warming world?
Conservation physiology, Vol.11(1), pp.1-13
03/06/2023
PMID: 37287992
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Abstract
Global warming is now predicted to exceed 1.5 degrees C by 2033 and 2 degrees C by the end of the 21st century. This level of warming and the associated environmental variability are already increasing pressure on natural and human systems. Here we emphasize the role of physiology in the light of the latest assessment of climate warming by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. We describe how physiology can contribute to contemporary conservation programmes. We focus on thermal responses of animals, but we acknowledge that the impacts of climate change are much broader phylogenetically and environmentally. A physiological contribution would encompass environmental monitoring, coupled with measuring individual sensitivities to temperature change and upscaling these to ecosystem level. The latest version of the widely accepted Conservation Standards designed by the Conservation Measures Partnership includes several explicit climate change considerations. We argue that physiology has a unique role to play in addressing these considerations. Moreover, physiology can be incorporated by institutions and organizations that range from international bodies to national governments and to local communities, and in doing so, it brings a mechanistic approach to conservation and the management of biological resources.
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- Title
- How can physiology best contribute to wildlife conservation in a warming world?
- Creators
- Frank Seebacher - University of SydneyEdward Narayan - University of QueenslandJodie L. Rummer - James Cook UniversitySean Tomlinson - University of AdelaideSteven J. Cooke - Carleton University
- Publication Details
- Conservation physiology, Vol.11(1), pp.1-13
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press and the Society for Experimental Biology
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- This work was supported by the Australian Research Council (DP220101342 to F.S.), the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (to J.L.R.), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (D.G. to S.J.C) and Genome Canada via the GenFish project (to S.J.C).
- Identifiers
- 991013269207902368
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2023
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article