Towards an Integrated Framework for Assessing the Vulnerability of Species to Climate Change

By S. Williams, L. Shoo, J. Isaac, A. Hoffmann, G. Langham. PLoS Biology, 2008

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Climate change is a major threat to global biodiversity. A novel integrated framework to assess vulnerability and prioritize research and management action aims to improve our ability to respond to this emerging crisis.

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

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Testing the climate variability hypothesis in thermal tolerance limits of tropical and temperate tadpoles (2016, background): “A key factor to determine species vulnerability to climate change is their capacity to adapt their thermal tolerance limits through plastic and/or evolutionary responses (Williams et al., 2008; Hoffmann et al., 2012).”
Climatic Risk and Distribution Atlas of European Bumblebees (2015, background): “Today, approximately 250 species assigned to 15 subgenera are recognized worldwide (Williams, 1998; Williams et al., 2008).”
Persist in place or shift in space? Evaluating the adaptive capacity of species to climate change (2020, background): “Similarly, Williams et al. (2008) defined vulnerability as a function of sensitivity (mediated by AC and resiliency) and exposure to climate change.”
From climate change predictions to actions – conserving vulnerable animal groups in hotspots at a regional scale (2010, background): “…the vulnerability of a species to a given impact will depend also on the species resistance, i.e., the ability of a species to withstand an environmental perturbation and resilience, i.e., the ability of a species to adapt and recover from a perturbation (Isaac et al., 2008; Williams et al., 2008).”
Australia's Biodiversity and Climate Change (2010, background): “Increases in temperature, longer and more intense dry periods, more extreme fire weather, more storms and lightning strikes, and introduced fire-cycle plants will affect fire regimes in all but the Top End – northern Australia (which is now at maximum fire frequency) (Williams et al. 2008).”
Mass-rearing of insects for pest management: Challenges, synergies and advances from evolutionary physiology (2012, background): “Studies of responses and adaptation to environmental conditions, from an evolutionary and ecological perspectivemay not only be of great importance to increase our understanding of which, when and how fast populations respond and adapt to environmental challenges (Berteaux et al., 2004; Williams et ”
Global warming, elevational ranges and the vulnerability of tropical biota (2010, background): “Another key priority is identifying the upper thermal limits and acclimation capacity of a representative suite of tropical species, and the physiological, genetic, and behavioral traits that influence thermal tolerance (Deutsch et al., 2008; Williams et al., 2008).”
Identifying priority areas for reducing species vulnerability to climate change (2012, background): “…ª 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd A J ou rn al o f Co ns er va ti on B D iv er si ty a nd D is tr ib ut io ns Components of vulnerability include exposure to a stressor or hazard, sensitivity to the stressor and the ability to adapt (Adger, 2006; Schneider et al., 2007; Williams et al., 2008).”
Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being (2017, positive): “Such lags can arise from a range of factors, including species-specific physiological, behavioral, ecological, andevolutionary responses (12).”
Biotic interactions influence the projected distribution of a specialist mammal under climate change (2012, background): “…of the future impacts of climate change on species, however, requires a consideration of many factors that influence their relative vulnerability including physiological sensitivity, exposure, climatic buffering, resilience, adaptive potential and biotic interactions (Williams et al., 2008).”
Engineering a future for amphibians under climate change (2011, background): “Installation of microclimate and microhabitat refuges Reducing exposure to stressful conditions is critical to minimize vulnerability and impacts of climate change (Williams et al. 2008).”
Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of behaviour, physiology and adaptation (2012, background): “Our review reinforces the recent view [5,6,8,68, 185,186,206] that tropical forest ectotherms are at risk from warming and that they may have limited gen-etic variation and thus not be able to adapt rapidly [52,207,208].”
Geographic Variation in Temperature Tolerance as an Indicator of Potential Population Responses to Climate Change (2011, background): “Sensitivity to climate change is determined by intrinsic factors such as physiological limits, ecological traits, and genetic diversity (Williams et al., 2008).”
Thermal variability alters climatic stress resistance and plastic responses in a globally invasive pest, the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) (2010, background): “Although it is generally accepted that climate is changing (IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change], 2007), mitigating and coping with these effects are pressing unresolved issues (Parmesan, 2006; Thuiller, 2007; Williams et al., 2008).”
Within‐generation variation of critical thermal limits in adult Mediterranean and Natal fruit flies Ceratitis capitata and Ceratitis rosa: thermal history affects short‐term responses to temperature (2010, background): “…the likely effects of climate change on these insects (Helmuth et al., 2005; Deutsch et al., 2008), may aid in the prediction of abundance and geographic distribution of insects under future climate change scenarios (Williams et al., 2008) and could be valuable when undertaking pest risk analyses.”