Spatial Biodiversity Science and Conservation at a Global Scale Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies
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All life on Earth has a spatial context and associated environmental conditions that contextualize its evolution, ecology and potential exposure to human-induced global change. The genetic and phenotypic make-up of populations, their connectivity, the distribution of species and their attributes, the composition of communities and the relative importance of biotic factors in structuring them -all are critically determined by the specific geographic and abiotic setting. The biosphere's environmental gradients are now rapidly changing and perturbing these interrelationships, with exact consequences depending on e.g. patterns and opportunities for dispersal, adaptation, and community reassembly. The spatial and environmental context of biodiversity thus provides a unifying theme to the disciplines of ecology, evolution and paleontology, and presents pressing new questions.
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Tracking Global Biodiversity Change in Space and Time
Ben Collen explains the ways biodiversity loss has been monitored and discusses novel approaches.
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The Map of Life Project
Walter Jetz showcases the Map of Life project, a collaborative academic effort to help mobilize and bring together different species distribution data types and sources, providing model-based integration and a system for the community to build upon this knowledge.
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Assembling the Pieces for A Global Biodiversity Monitoring Framework
Woody Turner explains the role of remote sensing in biodiversity monitoring and assessment.
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Biodiversity and Global Change
Katrin Boehning-Gaese discusses models and methods used to predict the impact of climate change on species distributions.
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The New Vast Machine: Challenges and Solutions to Mapping Global Biodiversity & Change
Rob Guralnick discusses the technical aspects of storing, sharing and mapping biodiversity information.
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Global Conservation
Jon Hoekstra explains the history of global conservation and the "pivot" that the conservation community must make to adapt to scientific, political, and sociological changes.