Managing microevolution: restoration in the face of global change

By K. Rice, N. Emery. 2003

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Evidence is mounting that evolutionary change can occur rapidly and may be an important means by which species escape extinction in the face of global change. Consequently, biologists need to incorporate evolutionary thinking into management decisions in conservation and restoration ecology. Here, we review the genetic and demographic properties that influence the ability of populations to adapt to rapidly changing selective pressures. To illustrate how evolutionary thinking can influence conservation and restoration strategies, we compare the potential of two California plant communities (vernal pools and blue oak woodlands) to evolve in response to global change. We then suggest ways in which restoration biologists can manipulate the genetic architecture of target populations to increase their ability to adapt to changing conditions. While there may not be any universal rules regarding the adaptive potential of species, an understanding of the various processes involved in microevolution will increase t...

Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics

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Assessing the benefits and risks of translocations in changing environments: a genetic perspective (2011, background): “In these cases, augmentation and genetic matching may be pivotal to enhancing adaptation to current and future conditions and restoring gene flow across fragmented landscapes (Rice and Emery 2003).”
Quantifying phenological plasticity to temperature in two temperate tree species (2010, background): “Although species migrations have been reported over the last few decades (Parmesan & Yohe 2003; Bertin 2008), in many cases the current rate of global warming might be too rapid for natural migration to successfully deliver species to suitable habitats (Rice & Emery 2003; Aitken et al. 2008).”
Niche Conservatism: Integrating Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation Biology (2005, background): “…difficult to mitigate, some authors have suggested the intriguing possibility that species can be managed to minimize the effects of niche conservatism and maximize the potential for rapid adaptive evolution, including their response to changing climate (Rice & Emery 2003, Stockwell et al. 2003).”
Constraints and reinforcement on adaptation under climate change: Selection of genetically correlated traits (2007, background): “Populations or species also may adaptively evolve in response to climatic change (Holt, 1990; Gates, 1993; Rice and Emery, 2004; Bradshaw and Holzapfel, 2006).”
Alien plant invasion and their impact on indigenous species diversity at global scale: A review (2010, background): “So, introduction of such invasive species leads to change in the structure and composition of native communities (Rice and Emery, 2003).”
“How Local Is Local?”—A Review of Practical and Conceptual Issues in the Genetics of Restoration (2005, methodology): “Concern about the potential for ‘‘genetic pollution’’ to negatively impact restoration success by introducing highly maladapted genotypes into a restoration site has been raised in the literature (Storfer 1999; Hufford & Mazer 2003; Rice & Emery 2003).”
Epigenetics for ecologists. (2007, background): “…as relevant to basic ecological research (e.g. Whitham et al. 2006; Johnson & Stinchcombe 2007) and applied issues such as ecological restoration (Rice & Emery 2003; Bischoff et al. 2006), the invasion of exotic species (Mooney & Cleland 2001; Bossdorf et al. 2005; Strauss et al. 2006) and the…”
Natural selection for resistance to the allelopathic effects of invasive plants (2005, background): “Ecology has been emphasized over evolution in research on the biological effects of exotic plant invasions (Rice & Emery 2003), and almost all evolutionary research on this topic has focused on the invaders themselves (Baker 1992; Ellstrand & Schierenbeck 2000; Siemann & Rogers 2001; Grosholz 2002;…”
Microevolutionary Response to Climatic Change (2004, background): “This process of adaptive evolution is relatively slow (but see Hendry and Kinnison, 1999; Rice and Emery, 2003), and may prevent extinction only if selection is not too strong and the lag between the population mean and the optimal phenotype does not become too large (Lynch and Lande, 1993; Lande…”
The ecology of restoration: historical links, emerging issues and unexplored realms (2005, background): “…interspecific effects (Callaway & Walker 1997; Bruno et al. 2003), the importance of local ecotypes and local genetic diversity (Knapp & Dyer 1997; Rice & Emery 2003; McKay et al. 2005), and the roles of natural disturbance regimes in the health of many ecosystems (White & Jentsch 2004) have…”
Empirical Analyses of Plant‐Climate Relationships for the Western United States (2006, background): “Others, however, argue that rapid rates of change would create a lag in response so large that natural landscapes would be incapable of maintaining the production of goods and services that humans expect (Davis 1989; Huntley 1991; Rice and Emery 2003; Tchebakova et al. 2005).”
Effects of a simulated heat wave on photophysiology and gene expression of high- and low-latitude populations of Zostera marina (2011, background): “…thermal gradient, a better understanding of the intra-specific and inter-specific variability in response to thermal stress has important implications for the ecology and evolution of seagrasses, as well as for future conservation and management of seagrass based ecosystems (Rice & Emery 2003).”
It's about time: the temporal dynamics of phenotypic selection in the wild. (2009, background): “Finally, the importance of considering microevolution in conservation, restoration and management is becoming increasingly recognized (e.g. Rice & Emery 2003; Stockwell et al. 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd/CNRS 2003).”
Latitudinal trends in growth and phenology of the invasive alien plant Impatiens glandulifera (Balsaminaceae) (2004, background): “These topics should be targeted by future research initiatives (cf. Rice & Emery, 2003).”