Combining Niche Modelling, Land-Use Change, and Genetic Information to Assess the Conservation Status of Pouteria splendens Populations in Central Chile
Joint Authors
Morales, Narkis S.
Fernández, Ignacio C.
Carrasco, Basilio
Orchard, Cristina
Source
International Journal of Ecology
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-11-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
To assess the conservation status of a species with little ecological information is usually a challenging process.
Pouteria splendens is an endemic shrub of the coastal range of Central Chile currently classified as lower risk (LR) by IUCN (version 2.3).
Knowledge about this species is extremely limited.
Currently P.
splendens is only found in two small and isolated populations, which are thought to be remaining populations of an originally large metapopulation.
However, there is no evidence to support this hypothesis, limiting our ability to gauge the real current conservation status of this species.
In this study we combine niche modelling, land-use information, and genetic techniques to test the metapopulation hypothesis and reassess the conservation status of P.
splendens using the IUCN criteria.
We also evaluated the potential effects of climate change in the species distribution.
Our results support the hypothesis of a large metapopulation that was recently fragmented.
Future climate could increase the range of P.
splendens; however the high level of fragmentation would preclude colonization processes.
We recommend reclassifying P.
splendens as Endangered (EN) and developing strategies to protect the remaining populations.
Similar approaches like the presented here could be used to reclassify other species with limited ecological knowledge.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Morales, Narkis S.& Fernández, Ignacio C.& Carrasco, Basilio& Orchard, Cristina. 2015. Combining Niche Modelling, Land-Use Change, and Genetic Information to Assess the Conservation Status of Pouteria splendens Populations in Central Chile. International Journal of Ecology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-12.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Morales, Narkis S.…[et al.]. Combining Niche Modelling, Land-Use Change, and Genetic Information to Assess the Conservation Status of Pouteria splendens Populations in Central Chile. International Journal of Ecology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-12.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Morales, Narkis S.& Fernández, Ignacio C.& Carrasco, Basilio& Orchard, Cristina. Combining Niche Modelling, Land-Use Change, and Genetic Information to Assess the Conservation Status of Pouteria splendens Populations in Central Chile. International Journal of Ecology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1065943
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1065943