Refugia: identifying and understanding safe havens for biodiversity under climate change

By Gunnar Keppel, K. V. Van Niel, G. Wardell-Johnson, C. Yates, M. Byrne, L. Mucina, A. Schut, S. Hopper, S. Franklin. 2012

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Climate‐induced resource bottlenecks exacerbate species vulnerability: a review (2015, background): “Long-term climate refugia, where climatic conditions are expected to remain relatively stable, are increasingly recognized as essential to building reserve networks resilient to climate change (Hannah et al., 2002; Heller & Zavaleta, 2009; Keppel et al., 2012).”
Connectivity for species on the move: supporting climate‐driven range shifts (2019, background): “That definition has expanded to include areas to which species may retreat and within which they may persist even while the suitability of prevailing climatic conditions declines (Keppel et al. 2012).”
Climate‐change refugia in boreal North America: what, where, and for how long? (2020, background): “Refugia may also encompass sites or regions to which species may more readily retreat as climate conditions change (“ex situ refugia”; Ashcroft 2010; Keppel et al. 2012), as well as temporary “stepping stones” (Hannah et al.”
Characteristics of climate change refugia for Australian biodiversity (2014, background): “We follow the terminology that distinguishes between the Latin form ‘refugium’ and the English form ‘refuge’; where ‘refugia’ are areas large enough to support populations of species under changing climatic conditions, while ‘refuges’ shelter individuals from short-term disturbances (Ashcroft 2010; ”
Disturbance refugia within mosaics of forest fire, drought, and insect outbreaks (2020, background): “They are considered “habitats that components of biodiversity retreat to, persist in, and can potentially expand from under changing environmental conditions” (Keppel et al. 2012), and climate- change refugia are “areas relatively buffered from contemporary climate change over time that enable persi”
Phylogeographic studies of plants in China: Advances in the past and directions in the future (2012, background): “Therefore, the term ‘refugium’ is now widely applied to the region to where any species contracted its range during historical dynamics (Keppel et al., 2012).”
Climate refugia of snow leopards in High Asia (2016, background): “Yet some species survived the late Quaternary because of the availability of climate refugia,where they could retreat to, persist in, and expand from under rapid and severe climate changes (Ashcroft, 2010; Keppel et al., 2012).”
Global patterns in the divergence between phylogenetic diversity and species richness in terrestrial birds (2017, background): “Additionally, environmental factors that could affect PD (see Appendix S1a in Supporting Information) include areas of long-term climate stability and areas with a steep altitudinal gradient, both of which could lead to areas acting as climate refugia (Keppel et al., 2012).”
Predicting species responses to climate change: demography and climate microrefugia in California valley oak (Quercus lobata) (2012, background): “Keywords: bioclimate modeling, climate change, microrefugia, oak recruitment, valley oak (Quercus lobata) Received 2 August 2011 and accepted 14 September 2011”
Upwelling areas as climate change refugia for the distribution and genetic diversity of a marine macroalga (2016, background): “As a result, the importance of refugia is increasingly recognized (Ashcroft, 2010; Keppel et al., 2012; Gavin et al., 2014).”
On the brink of extinction? How climate change may affect global chelonian species richness and distribution (2012, background): “This has been well documented in the past, e.g., for the last glacial maximum (e.g., Habel et al., 2010; Keppel et al., 2011).”
Climate change, species range shifts and dispersal corridors: an evaluation of spatial conservation models (2016, background): “Some seek the identification of conservation areas predicted to remain climat- ically stable through time (i.e. climatic refugia, Keppel et al. 2012).”
Considerations for restoring temperate forests of tomorrow: forest restoration, assisted migration, and bioengineering (2015, background): “…not all current refugia remaining from the Last Glacial Maximum may serve as refugia under contemporary climate change, their persistence on the landscape due to unique circumstances and characteristics of past warming and cooling events makes their identification valuable (Keppel et al. 2012).”