Article
Plant Sciences
John M. Nzei, Virginia M. Mwanzia, Boniface K. Ngarega, Paul M. Musili, Qing-Feng Wang, Jin-Ming Chen, Zhi-Zhong Li
Summary: The International Panel on Climate Change predicts a global temperature rise of 4.3 +/- 0.7 degrees C by 2100, leading to an extinction of 8.5% of species. Australia's aquatic ecosystem is also affected, with habitat loss, fragmentation, and loss of biodiversity. Australia, as the center for Nymphaea species distribution, is a suitable candidate for assessing habitat suitability in climate change. The study used the MaxEnt method and a general circulation model to project current, past, and future scenarios based on different concentration pathways. The response of species to temperature and precipitation variables is crucial for habitat and biodiversity conservation.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Natalie Iwanycki Ahlstrand, Hannah M. Elvery, Richard B. Primack
Summary: The grass family is responsible for most pollen allergies. Climate change is expected to increase the severity of pollen-based asthma and allergies. Current pollen monitoring techniques have limitations in identifying grass species, resulting in grouping them all together. To address this issue, researchers used phenological data from herbarium specimens and pollen monitoring data to determine the response of flowering time to climate change for 12 allergenic grass species. They found that pollen season duration is lasting longer and starting earlier, and the maximum pollen loads are occurring earlier in response to climate warming.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
David Bienvenido-Huertas, Carlos Rubio-Bellido, David Marin-Garcia, Jacinto Canivell
Summary: The relationship between the built environment and climate conditions has evolved through traditional knowledge and constructive implementation, with climate-conscious design and strategic approaches being improved for better welfare levels. With the impact of climate change, design strategies may need to be modified in the context of global warming, especially in warm climates where cooling systems may be more dominant than passive design strategies in the future. Future design strategies should be dynamic and permeable to different possible scenarios.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Talia J. Michaud, Lauren C. Cline, Erik A. Hobbie, Jessica L. M. Gutknecht, Peter G. Kennedy
Summary: Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and atmospheric nitrogen deposition have contrasting effects on ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses. In Minnesota over the last century, nitrogen concentrations declined among all groups except saprotrophic fungi, and foliar delta 15N declined less in ectomycorrhizal plants than in arbuscular mycorrhizal plants.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Michele Buttner, Urs Weibel, Michael Jutzi, Ariel Bergamini, Rolf Holderegger
Summary: Old herbarium specimens and historical floristic data provide valuable information about regional floras and changes in plant populations over time. Our study using a 150-year-old regional herbarium and historical publication in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen revealed the extent of flora changes, local extinctions, and the environmental requirements of extinct plants. We found that 154 species are regionally extinct in the study region, with species categorized as endangered showing a significant decline. Stress-tolerant and less competitive plants, as well as specific plant strategies, were more likely to become extinct. Wetland, pioneer, ruderal, mountain, agricultural weed, and light-demanding species had the highest extinction rates. Our evaluation of the herbarium provides valuable insights for nature conservation and understanding the drivers of species decline.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2022)
Article
Fisheries
Lucas dos Santos Rodrigues, Maria Grazia Pennino, David Conesa, Eidi Kikuchi, Paul Gerhard Kinas, Fabiana Goncalves Barbosa, Luis Gustavo Cardoso
Summary: Ecological niche models and species distribution models have been widely used in various studies. In recent years, these models have been applied to marine environmental issues, especially to improve the forecasting and capturing of fishery resources. This study provides a bibliometric analysis of articles related to the use of these models in marine fishery resources, presenting their characteristics and findings.
FISH AND FISHERIES
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Maximilian Axer, Robert Schlicht, Rico Kronenberg, Sven Wagner
Summary: The study found that there are differences in the regeneration distribution of European beech and European oak compared to their overstorey distribution, with oak regeneration expanding in the cold-wet range and beech regeneration decreasing in the dry-warm range. While oak has a higher dispersal potential than beech, many areas cannot be colonized despite climatic suitability due to large dispersal distances.
Article
Environmental Studies
Ioannis P. Kokkoris, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Ioannis Charalampopoulos, Ektor Apostolidis, Ilias Apostolidis, Arne Strid, Panayotis Dimopoulos
Summary: Juniperus drupacea is a highly differentiated species with discontinuous distribution in the eastern Mediterranean. It is a priority habitat for conservation, but faces high extinction risk in Greece due to habitat changes. Therefore, research is needed to understand its survival status under climate and land-use changes and to develop effective conservation management plans.
Article
Agronomy
Jiqiang Wu, Lijun Yan, Junming Zhao, Jinghan Peng, Yi Xiong, Yanli Xiong, Xiao Ma
Summary: Using a Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) model, this study projected the current and future distribution of orchardgrass globally. The total area of current suitable habitats for orchardgrass was estimated to be 2133.01 X 10(4) km(2), with uneven distribution. As greenhouse gas emissions increase, suitable habitats are expected to increase in higher latitudes and decrease in lower latitudes. Efforts should be made to protect areas in the southern hemisphere and utilize northern America, China, and Europe for conservation and extensive farming in the future.
Article
Forestry
Chunping Xie, Lin Chen, Meng Li, Chi Yung Jim, Dawei Liu
Summary: This study investigates the potential distribution of the endangered Chinese endemic tree Tapiscia sinensis under climate change. The results show that T. sinensis is mainly distributed in China's middle subtropical climatic zone and is most affected by temperature and precipitation. The habitat suitability model generated under current climate conditions is reliable in identifying suitable habitats for T. sinensis. However, under a hypothetical future climate scenario, T. sinensis faces a significant reduction and fragmentation in suitable areas. This research provides critical insights for developing science-based conservation management plans.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
H. Romo, E. Garcia-Barros, R. J. Wilson, R. G. Mateo, M. L. Munguira
Summary: Mountain-restricted species may be at risk due to global warming, but local topographic variation and conservation actions can help protect them. Species distribution models and protected area networks can be used to prioritize conservation efforts.
INSECT CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
S. del Rio, R. Canas, E. Cano, A. Cano-Ortiz, C. Musarella, C. Pinto-Gomes, A. Penas
Summary: This study analyzes the effects of climate change on habitat suitability and vulnerability in four categories of deciduous forests in Spain, with results showing generalized losses in habitat suitability compared to current conditions for all forest categories. Forecasting models suggest the least affected forests by climate change in the future will be the Orocantabrian forests, while the Pyrenean and Oroiberian communities are the most vulnerable.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Emmanouil Lempidakis, Andrew N. Ross, Luca Borger, Emily L. C. Shepard
Summary: This study provides the first assessment of the impact of flow characteristics on the distribution of seabird colonies using computational fluid dynamics. The results show that the breeding habitat selection of seabirds is influenced not only by airflows, but also by the need for shelter from wind and rain/wave action. Models of airflows and cliff orientation are effective in predicting high-quality habitat.
Article
Plant Sciences
Kyle Christie, Natalie R. Pierson, Liza M. Holeski, David B. Lowry
Summary: Increased aridity and drought due to climate change have exerted unprecedented selection pressures on plant populations. This study used a resurrection ecology approach to investigate rapid adaptive evolution in response to intense drought in Plantago patagonica populations, and found that shifts in tissue allocation may underlie adaptive responses to drought in arid or semi-arid environments.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Wajid Rashid, Jianbin Shi, Inam Ur Rahim, Muhammad Qasim, Muhammad Naveed Baloch, Eve Bohnett, Fangyuan Yang, Imran Khan, Bilal Ahmad
Summary: The snow leopard, a rare big cat inhabiting Asia's remote high-altitude areas, faces increasing human-snow leopard conflicts (HSCs) due to overlapping habitats with human activities. A sound land use plan is needed to minimize these conflicts and mitigate HSCs in the long run.
Article
Biology
Andra Waagmeester, Egon L. Willighagen, Andrew Su, Martina Kutmon, Jose Emilio Labra Gayo, Daniel Fernandez-Alvarez, Quentin Groom, Peter J. Schaap, Lisa M. Verhagen, Jasper J. Koehorst
Summary: This paper addresses the problem of integrating data for studying the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic using Shape Expressions to model data schema and integrating resources through Wikidata. This model is also applied to other human coronaviruses for broader applicability demonstration.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Arnald Marcer, Elspeth Haston, Quentin Groom, Arturo H. Arino, Arthur D. Chapman, Torkild Bakken, Paul Braun, Mathias Dillen, Marcus Ernst, Agusti Escobar, David Fichtmueller, Laurence Livermore, Nicky Nicolson, Kaloust Paragamian, Deborah Paul, Lars B. Pettersson, Sarah Phillips, Jack Plummer, Heimo Rainer, Isabel Rey, Tim Robertson, Dominik Roepert, Joaquim Santos, Francesc Uribe, John Waller, John R. Wieczorek
Summary: Natural history collections are a valuable resource for understanding life on Earth, but a large portion of the data is not fully utilized. Precise location information is crucial for ecological and evolutionary research, yet a small percentage of records are georeferenced and provide coordinate uncertainty information.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Quentin Groom, Sofie Meeus, Steven B. Janssens, Leen Leus, Ivan Hoste
Summary: Many species have spread beyond their native ranges, becoming global weeds due to human mediated dispersal. The hybrid between O. dillenii and O. corniculata, occurring in Belgium and Japan, has been formally named as Oxalis x vanaelstii, despite being sterile.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Laura Van der Jeucht, Quentin Groom, Donat Agosti, Kendra Phelps, DeeAnn Marie Reeder, Nancy B. Simmons
BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Quentin Groom, Tim Adriaens, Sandro Bertolino, Kendra Phelps, Jorrit H. Poelen, DeeAnn Marie Reeder, David M. Richardson, Nancy B. Simmons, Nathan Upham
Summary: Domestic and captive animals, as well as cultivated plants, play crucial roles in contemporary ecosystems but their data is often excluded from biodiversity repositories. Lack of integration of data collected from different disciplines and data exclusivity hinder the wide range of applications of discipline-specific data.
BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Quentin Groom, Nadja Pernat, Tim Adriaens, Maarten de Groot, Sven D. Jelaska, Angeliki F. Martinou, Jiri Skuhrovec, Elena Tricarico, Ernst C. Wit, Helen E. Roy, Diana Marciulyniene
Summary: In the future, digital data on species interactions will be easily accessible, covering all species, life stages, and habitats, with citizen science playing a key role in collecting these data. Improvements in gathering species interaction data through citizen science can be achieved by providing feedback, leveraging various data sources, and eliciting emotional connections to enhance scientific knowledge and enrich the experience of citizens in ecological research.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Anton Guentsch, Quentin Groom, Marcus Ernst, Joerg Holetschek, Andreas Plank, Dominik Roepert, David Fichtmueller, David Peter Shorthouse, Roger Hyam, Mathias Dillen, Maarten Trekels, Elspeth Haston, Heimo Rainer
Summary: The digital natural history collection data are now being semantically annotated and linked to external resources, allowing for easier querying and cross-referencing between different collections.
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Abraham Nieva de la Hidalga, Paul L. Rosin, Xianfang Sun, Laurence Livermore, James Durrant, James Turner, Mathias Dillen, Alicia Musson, Sarah Phillips, Quentin Groom, Alex Hardisty
Summary: This paper presents a cross-validation approach to evaluate the applicability, adaptability, and portability of a semantic segmentation network in different types of natural history collections and institutions. The proposed method is tested on entomological microscope slides and herbarium sheets, and contributions include a software and ground truth sets for cross-validation.
MACHINE VISION AND APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Editorial Material
Biochemical Research Methods
Paul Brack, Peter Crowther, Stian Soiland-Reyes, Stuart Owen, Douglas Lowe, Alan R. Williams, Quentin Groom, Mathias Dillen, Frederik Coppens, Bjorn Gruening, Ignacio Eguinoa, Philip Ewels, Carole Goble
PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biology
Miriam Brandt, Quentin Groom, Alexandra Magro, Dusan Misevic, Claire L. Narraway, Till Bruckermann, Anna Beniermann, Tom Borsen, Josefa Gonzalez, Sofie Meeus, Helen E. Roy, Xana Sa-Pinto, Jorge Roberto Torres, Tania Jenkins
Summary: Evolutionary understanding is essential for biology and making informed decisions on societal issues. Citizen science could provide opportunities for learning about evolution, but it is currently underutilized. This paper advocates for incorporating evolution education into citizen science projects and suggests ways to design and evaluate such projects to promote scientific literacy in evolution.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Anna F. Probert, Daniel Wegmann, Lara Volery, Tim Adriaens, Rigers Bakiu, Sandro Bertolino, Franz Essl, Eugenio Gervasini, Quentin Groom, Guillaume Latombe, Dragana Marisavljevic, John Mumford, Jan Pergl, Cristina Preda, Helen E. Roy, Riccardo Scalera, Heliana Teixeira, Elena Tricarico, Sonia Vanderhoeven, Sven Bacher
Summary: Community science (or citizen science) provides an opportunity to address research questions beyond traditional methods while engaging communities. This study focuses on community science projects related to alien species, identifying key research questions and uncertainties that arise during study design, data collection, statistical analysis, and communication stages. The study suggests methods to reduce uncertainties and offers guidance for project implementation.
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Quentin Groom, Christian Brauchler, Robert Cubey, Mathias Dillen, Pieter Huybrechts, Nicole Kearney, Niels Klazenga, Siobhan Leachman, Deborah L. Paul, Heather Rogers, Joaquim Santos, David Shorthouse, Alison Vaughan, Sabine von Mering, Elspeth Haston
Summary: Scientific collections have been built by people, and understanding the identities of these people is crucial for attributing work correctly and understanding their scientific contribution. However, the challenge lies in disambiguating the identities of these individuals. By sharing biographical data and building a collectively maintained dataset, it is possible to deduce the identities of individuals, reduce duplication of effort, and share information globally. This paper aims to improve the linking and validation of person-related information and promote coordination among stakeholders in the biological sciences.
BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Kevin R. Thiele, Wendy L. Applequist, Susanne S. Renner, Tom W. May, Ali A. Donmez, Quentin Groom, Samuli Lehtonen, Christine A. Maggs, Valery Malecot, Hwan Su Yoon
Summary: The Special-purpose Committee was established at the XIX International Botanical Congress in 2017 to investigate the possibility of using DNA sequences as types in the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. This paper provides background information, explores key issues related to typification, discusses the pros and cons of allowing DNA sequences as types, and suggests options for future discussion and recommendations.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Melodie A. Mcgeoch, Yehezkel Buba, Eduardo Arle, Jonathan Belmaker, David A. Clarke, Walter Jetz, Richard Li, Hanno Seebens, Franz Essl, Quentin Groom, Emili Garcia-Berthou, Bernd Lenzner, Carsten Meyer, Joana R. Vicente, John R. U. Wilson, Marten Winter
Summary: This article discusses the challenge of accurately estimating rates of establishment for invasive alien species and provides recommendations and steps to support reporting progress on the GBF invasions target at global and national levels.
CONSERVATION LETTERS
(2023)
Correction
Biology
Andra Waagmeester, Egon L. Willighagen, Andrew I. Su, Martina Kutmon, Jose Emilio Labra Gayo, Daniel Fernandez-Alvarez, Quentin Groom, Peter J. Schaap, Lisa M. Verhagen, Jasper J. Koehorst