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Understanding and monitoring the consequences of human impacts on intraspecific variation.
Mimura, Makiko; Yahara, Tetsukazu; Faith, Daniel P; Vázquez-Domínguez, Ella; Colautti, Robert I; Araki, Hitoshi; Javadi, Firouzeh; Núñez-Farfán, Juan; Mori, Akira S; Zhou, Shiliang; Hollingsworth, Peter M; Neaves, Linda E; Fukano, Yuya; Smith, Gideon F; Sato, Yo-Ichiro; Tachida, Hidenori; Hendry, Andrew P.
Affiliation
  • Mimura M; Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Tamagawa University Tokyo Japan.
  • Yahara T; Department of Biology and Institute of Decision Science for a Sustainable Society Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan.
  • Faith DP; The Australian Museum Research Institute The Australian Museum Sydney NSW Australia.
  • Vázquez-Domínguez E; Instituto de Ecología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México México México.
  • Colautti RI; Biology Department Queen's University Kingston ON Canada.
  • Araki H; Research Faculty of Agriculture Hokkaido University Sapporo Hokkaido Japan.
  • Javadi F; Department of Biology and Institute of Decision Science for a Sustainable Society Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan.
  • Núñez-Farfán J; Instituto de Ecología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México México México.
  • Mori AS; Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences Yokohama National University Yokohama Japan.
  • Zhou S; State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
  • Hollingsworth PM; Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Edinburgh UK.
  • Neaves LE; Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Edinburgh UK; Australian Centre for Wildlife Genomics, Australian Museum Research Institute Australian Museum Sydney NSW Australia.
  • Fukano Y; Department of Biology and Institute of Decision Science for a Sustainable Society Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan.
  • Smith GF; Department of Botany Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Port Elizabeth South Africa; Departamento de Ciências da Vida Centre for Functional Ecology Universidade de Coimbra Coimbra Portugal.
  • Sato YI; National Institute for Humanities Tokyo Japan.
  • Tachida H; Department of Biology and Institute of Decision Science for a Sustainable Society Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan.
  • Hendry AP; Redpath Museum and Department of Biology McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada.
Evol Appl ; 10(2): 121-139, 2017 02.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28127389
ABSTRACT
Intraspecific variation is a major component of biodiversity, yet it has received relatively little attention from governmental and nongovernmental organizations, especially with regard to conservation plans and the management of wild species. This omission is ill-advised because phenotypic and genetic variations within and among populations can have dramatic effects on ecological and evolutionary processes, including responses to environmental change, the maintenance of species diversity, and ecological stability and resilience. At the same time, environmental changes associated with many human activities, such as land use and climate change, have dramatic and often negative impacts on intraspecific variation. We argue for the need for local, regional, and global programs to monitor intraspecific genetic variation. We suggest that such monitoring should include two main strategies (i) intensive monitoring of multiple types of genetic variation in selected species and (ii) broad-brush modeling for representative species for predicting changes in variation as a function of changes in population size and range extent. Overall, we call for collaborative efforts to initiate the urgently needed monitoring of intraspecific variation.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Prognostic_studies Language: En Journal: Evol Appl Year: 2017 Document type: Article

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Prognostic_studies Language: En Journal: Evol Appl Year: 2017 Document type: Article