A landscape-scale framework to identify refugia from multiple stressors

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dc.contributor.authorRojas, Isabel M.
dc.contributor.authorJennings, Megan K.
dc.contributor.authorConlisk, Erin
dc.contributor.authorSyphard, Alexandra D.
dc.contributor.authorMikesell, Jack
dc.contributor.authorKinoshita, Alicia M.
dc.contributor.authorWest, Krista
dc.contributor.authorStow, Doug
dc.contributor.authorStorey, Emanuel
dc.contributor.authorDe Guzman, Mark E.
dc.contributor.authorFoote, Diane
dc.contributor.authorWarneke, Alexandria
dc.contributor.authorPairis, Amber
dc.contributor.authorRyan, Sherry
dc.contributor.authorFlint, Lorraine E.
dc.contributor.authorFlint, Alan L.
dc.contributor.authorLewison, Rebecca L.
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-10T12:37:06Z
dc.date.available2024-01-10T12:37:06Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractFrom a conservation perspective, quantifying potential refugial capacity has been predominantly focused on climate refugia, which is critical for maintaining the persistence of species and ecosystems. However, protection from other stressors, such as human-induced changes in fire and hydrology, that cause habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation is also necessary to ensure that conservation efforts focused on climate are not undermined by other threats. Thus, conceptual and methodological advances for quantifying potential refugia from multiple anthropogenic stressors are important to support conservation efforts. We devised a new conceptual approach, the domains of refugia, for assessing refugial capacity that identifies areas where exposure to multiple stressors is low. In our framework, patterns of environmental variability (e.g., increased frequency of warm summers), thresholds of resilience, and extent and intensity of stressors are used to identify areas of potential refugia from a suite of ongoing anthropogenic stressors (e.g., changes in fire regime). To demonstrate its utility, we applied the framework to a Southern California landscape. Sites with high refugial capacity (super-refugia sites) had on average 30% fewer extremely warm summers, 20% fewer fire events, 10% less exposure to altered river channels and riparian areas, and 50% fewer recreational trails than the surrounding landscape. Our results suggest that super-refugia sites (similar to 8200 km(2)) for some natural communities are underrepresented in the existing protected area network, a finding that can inform efforts to expand protected areas. Our case study highlights how considering exposure to multiple stressors can inform planning and practice to conserve biodiversity in a changing world.
dc.description.funderCalifornia Strategic Growth Council's Climate Change Research Program through the California Climate Investments Program
dc.description.funderAgencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo de Chile
dc.format.extent11 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cobi.13834
dc.identifier.eissn1523-1739
dc.identifier.issn0888-8892
dc.identifier.pubmedidMEDLINE:34476838
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13834
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/76749
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000711036700001
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Agronomía e Ingenieria Forestal; Rojas, Isabel M.; 0000-0002-4255-3768; 131987
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido completo
dc.publisherWILEY
dc.revistaCONSERVATION BIOLOGY
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.subjectBiodiversity
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.subjectGlobal change
dc.subjectLandscapes
dc.subjectSouthern California
dc.subjectStrategic planning and management
dc.subjectThreats
dc.subjectRisk
dc.subjectSpace
dc.subjectWater
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.titleA landscape-scale framework to identify refugia from multiple stressors
dc.typeartículo
sipa.codpersvinculados131987
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadCarga SIPA;09-01-2024
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