Evolutionary conservation—evaluating the adaptive potential of species

By C. Eizaguirre, Miguel Baltazar‐Soares. Evolutionary Applications, 2014

135 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Despite intense efforts, biodiversity around the globe continues to decrease. To cease this phenomenon, we urgently need a better knowledge not only of the true extent of biodiversity, but also of the evolutionary potential of species to respond to environmental change. These aims are the heart of the developing field of Evolutionary conservation. Here, after describing problems associated with implementing evolutionary perspectives into management, we outline how evolutionary principles can contribute to efficient conservation programmes. We then introduce articles from this special issue on Evolutionary conservation, outlining how each study or review provides tools and concepts to contribute to efficient management of species or populations. Ultimately, we highlight what we believe can be future research avenues for evolutionary conservation.

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

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In Ecological Modeling

1. W. Chan
2. M. Oppen
3. A. Hoffmann
4. B. Mable

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. A. Hoffmann
2. M. Oppen
3. B. Mable
4. John S. Terblanche

In Genetics

1. W. Chan
2. A. Hoffmann
3. M. Oppen
4. M. W. Bruford
5. B. Mable
6. H. Siegismund
7. P. Orozco‐terWengel

Citations in the corpus

• Conservation of adaptive potential and functional diversity: integrating old and new approaches (2018, background): “However, in order to be able to use this detailed genetic information as a predictive tool to mitigate the consequences of changing environments, it is important that an eco-evolutionary perspective is maintained, considering both short-term ecological consequences of genetic interventions and long-”
• Linking epigenetics and biological conservation: Towards a conservation epigenetics perspective (2019, unknown): “Here, we define the adaptive potential as the ability of species/populations to respond to selection by means of molecular or phenotypic changes (Eizaguirre & Baltazar-Soares, 2014).”
• More grist for the mill? Species delimitation in the genomic era and its implications for conservation (2019, background): “Adaptation to novel ecological opportunities is one of the main drivers of speciation (Van Belleghem et al. 2017), and predicting the capacity of taxonomic groupings to respond to changing environments is therefore crucial to their conservation (Eizaguirre and Baltazar-Soares 2014).”
• Hybridization as a conservation management tool (2019, background): “…practices and legal policies (Crispo et al., 2011; Hamilton & Miller 2016; Petit, 2004), and include the consideration of evolutionary processes that are essential for maximizing adaptive potential (Eizaguirre & Baltazar-Soares 2014; Hoffmann et al., 2015; Hoffmann & Sgrò 2011; Weeks et al., 2011).”