Endemic species are exposed at an increased extinction risk by global warming; in fact, they are likely more dispersal-limited and less genetically variable, thus less able to rapidly adapt to climate change than species with broader distribution.The present study is aimed at using Berardia subacaulis as a model to investigate how future global warming might affect the survival of a palaeoendemic species restricted to the SW Alps. A multidisciplinary approach was carried out, examining the phylogeography, species distribution modelling, the reproductive biology and the ecology of the species. The present study supports the importance of investigating demography, life history, ecology and genetics in conservation biology. Using this multidisciplinary approach, it is possible to better understand the possible effects of climate global change on the biodiversity.
Multidisciplinary approach to study the climate change effect: a case study on Berardia subacaulis endemic to SW Alps.
GUERRINA, MARIA;CASAZZA, GABRIELE;MINUTO, LUIGI
2015-01-01
Abstract
Endemic species are exposed at an increased extinction risk by global warming; in fact, they are likely more dispersal-limited and less genetically variable, thus less able to rapidly adapt to climate change than species with broader distribution.The present study is aimed at using Berardia subacaulis as a model to investigate how future global warming might affect the survival of a palaeoendemic species restricted to the SW Alps. A multidisciplinary approach was carried out, examining the phylogeography, species distribution modelling, the reproductive biology and the ecology of the species. The present study supports the importance of investigating demography, life history, ecology and genetics in conservation biology. Using this multidisciplinary approach, it is possible to better understand the possible effects of climate global change on the biodiversity.
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