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Unlocking Population-Level Insights: A Novel Toolkit for Predicting Climate Change Impacts on Wildlife

October 11, 2024No Comments3 Mins Read
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Researchers have developed a groundbreaking tool, ‘Life on the Edge’, that leverages genomic, geographic, and environmental data to predict how global environmental change will impact wildlife populations. This flexible, standardized toolbox represents a significant advancement in understanding population vulnerability within species, enabling crucial conservation efforts to combat the biodiversity crisis. The tool has been applied to East African frogs and European bats, showcasing its versatility and potential to guide targeted conservation actions. Climate change and biodiversity are pressing global issues that require innovative solutions.

A new toolbox to predict global change impact on wildlife
The ‘Life on the edge’ workflow. Credit: Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2024). DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.14429

Bridging the Gap: Genomics-Driven Population Vulnerability Assessments

The new ‘Life on the Edge’ toolbox developed by an international team of researchers represents a significant advancement in understanding how climate change will impact wildlife populations. Traditional climate change vulnerability assessments have typically focused on the species level, overlooking the critical importance of intraspecific populations, which are often the first to show signs of decline.

This groundbreaking tool leverages population-level genomic data and spatially explicit models to provide a more comprehensive and holistic assessment of population vulnerability. By quantifying factors such as ‘exposure’ (based on species distribution models and environmental changes), ‘neutral sensitivity’ (measured through neutral genetic diversity), and ‘adaptive sensitivity’ (identifying genomic regions involved in climate adaptation), the toolbox offers a multifaceted approach to predicting the impact of global environmental change on wildlife populations. Additionally, it assesses potential ‘spatial barriers’ that could hinder a population’s ability to shift its distribution to track suitable climate conditions.

Real-World Applications and Conservation Prioritization

To demonstrate the utility of the ‘Life on the Edge’ toolbox, the researchers applied it to three East African frog species and two European bat species. By integrating the four key metrics (exposure, neutral sensitivity, adaptive sensitivity, and spatial barriers), the tool provides an overall measure of ‘population vulnerability’ that can be used to guide conservation efforts and prioritize populations in need of immediate attention.

The standardized and modular nature of the toolbox, along with its high level of species-specific parameterization, make it a versatile and accessible tool for researchers and conservation practitioners alike. This flexibility allows the tool to be applied to a wide range of species and geographic regions, empowering stakeholders to take action and address population-level declines, a crucial step in fighting the ongoing biodiversity crisis.

Advancing Conservation Efforts through Innovative Genomic Approaches

The development of the ‘Life on the Edge’ toolbox represents a significant leap forward in the field of climate change vulnerability assessments and conservation biology. By incorporating genomic data, the tool provides a more comprehensive understanding of how global environmental changes will impact wildlife populations, enabling researchers and conservation practitioners to make more informed decisions and prioritize their efforts.

As Orly Razgour from the University of Exeter, the senior author of the study, states, ‘Life on the Edge provides an accessible, holistic tool for understanding how climate change will affect wildlife population and guiding targeted conservation efforts. Incorporating genomic information can improve our predictions of wildlife vulnerability to climate change.’ This innovative approach is essential for translating emerging genomic research into real-world applications and driving effective conservation strategies to mitigate the biodiversity crisis.

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