Monitoring of species' genetic diversity in Europe varies greatly and overlooks potential climate change impacts.

Journal

Nature ecology & evolution

ISSN: 2397-334X

Titre abrégé: Nat Ecol Evol

Pays: England

ID NLM: 101698577

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
15 Jan 2024

Historique:

received: 16 03 2023

accepted: 25 10 2023

medline: 16 1 2024

pubmed: 16 1 2024

entrez: 15 1 2024

Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Genetic monitoring of populations currently attracts interest in the context of the Convention on Biological Diversity but needs long-term planning and investments. However, genetic diversity has been largely neglected in biodiversity monitoring, and when addressed, it is treated separately, detached from other conservation issues, such as habitat alteration due to climate change. We report an accounting of efforts to monitor population genetic diversity in Europe (genetic monitoring effort, GME), the evaluation of which can help guide future capacity building and collaboration towards areas most in need of expanded monitoring. Overlaying GME with areas where the ranges of selected species of conservation interest approach current and future climate niche limits helps identify whether GME coincides with anticipated climate change effects on biodiversity. Our analysis suggests that country area, financial resources and conservation policy influence GME, high values of which only partially match species' joint patterns of limits to suitable climatic conditions. Populations at trailing climatic niche margins probably hold genetic diversity that is important for adaptation to changing climate. Our results illuminate the need in Europe for expanded investment in genetic monitoring across climate gradients occupied by focal species, a need arguably greatest in southeastern European countries. This need could be met in part by expanding the European Union's Birds and Habitats Directives to fully address the conservation and monitoring of genetic diversity.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02260-0 PMID: 38225425

pubmed: 38225425

doi: 10.1038/s41559-023-02260-0

pii: 10.1038/s41559-023-02260-0

doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Subventions

Organisme : Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Gobierno de España (Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad)

ID : PID2020-118028GB-I00

Organisme : Norges Forskningsråd (Research Council of Norway)

ID : 160022/F40 NINA

Organisme : Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas (Swedish Research Council Formas)

ID : 2020-01290

Organisme : Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council)

ID : 2019-05503

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