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Anthropocene Park? No alternative

2011; Elsevier BV; Volume: 26; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.tree.2011.06.006

1872-8383

Chris D. Thomas,

Animal and Plant Science Education

Vilà and Hulme [ 1 Vilà M. Hulme P.E. Jurassic Park? No thanks. Trends Ecol. Evol. 2011; 26: 496-497 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (10) Google Scholar ] and Webber et al. [ 2 Webber B.L. et al. Translocation or bust! A new acclimatization agenda for the 21st century?. Trends Ecol. Evol. 2011; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2011.06.007 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (30) Google Scholar ] raise several issues about translocation as a conservation strategy [ 3 Thomas C.D. Translocation of species, climate change, and the end of trying to recreate past ecological communities. Trends Ecol. Evol. 2011; 26: 216-221 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (237) Google Scholar ], in the context of climate change. Climate change is likely to be on a par with other threats, and possibly the greatest threat, during the 21st century [ 4 Thomas C.D. et al. Extinction risk from climate change. Nature. 2004; 427: 145-148 Crossref PubMed Scopus (5157) Google Scholar , 5 Thomas C.D. et al. Range retractions and extinction in the face of climate warming. Trends Ecol. Evol. 2006; 21: 415-416 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (318) Google Scholar , 6 Carpenter K.E. et al. One-third of reef-building corals face elevated extinction risk from climate change and local impacts. Science. 2008; 321: 560-563 Crossref PubMed Scopus (947) Google Scholar , 7 Sinervo B. et al. Erosion of lizard diversity by climate change and altered thermal niches. Science. 2010; 328: 894-899 Crossref PubMed Scopus (1209) Google Scholar ], even if it was not the greatest cause of extinctions in the 19th and 20th centuries [ 1 Vilà M. Hulme P.E. Jurassic Park? No thanks. Trends Ecol. Evol. 2011; 26: 496-497 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (10) Google Scholar ]. I agree that we need integrated approaches that consider the combined impacts of climate and other pressures [ 1 Vilà M. Hulme P.E. Jurassic Park? No thanks. Trends Ecol. Evol. 2011; 26: 496-497 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (10) Google Scholar ], and that 'relatively' unmodified habitats should remain the key focus for biodiversity conservation [ 8 Hodgson J.A. et al. Climate change, connectivity and conservation decision making: back to basics. J. Appl. Ecol. 2009; 46: 964-969 Crossref Scopus (321) Google Scholar , 9 Hodgson J.A. et al. Habitat area, quality and connectivity: striking the balance for efficient conservation. J. Appl. Ecol. 2010; 48: 148-152 Crossref Scopus (215) Google Scholar ]. These will remain key places for both in situ and trans situ conservation.