The CC-Bio Project: Studying the Effects of Climate Change on Quebec Biodiversity

Diversity

Dominique Berteaux²  Sylvie de Blois⁷  Jean-François Angers⁵  Joël Bonin¹  Nicolas Casajus²  Marcel Darveau⁸  François Fournier³  Murray M. Humphries⁶  Brian McGill⁴  Jacques Larivພ¹¹  Travis Logan^2,12  Patrick Nantel^2,9  Catherine Périé^2,10  Frຝéric Poisson^2,13  David Rodrigue^2,15  Sstien Rouleau^2,15  Robert Siron^2,12  Wilfried Thuiller^2,14 

[1]The Nature Conservancy Canada, Montréal, QC, H2T 2S6, Canada

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[3]Canada Research Chair in Conservation of Northern Ecosystems and Centre of Nordic Studies, Quebec University at Rimouski, 300 allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, QC, G5L 3A1, Canada

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[5]Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, Sainte-Foy, QC, G1V 3W5, Canada

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[7]University of Maine, School of Biology and Ecology, Orono, ME 04469, USA

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[9]Mathematics and Statistics Department, Montreal University, Montréal, QC, H3T 1J4, Canada

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[11]Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada

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[13]Department of Plant Science and McGill School of Environment, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada

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[15]Ducks Unlimited Canada and Laval University, 710 rue Bouvier, bur. 260, Québec, QC, G2J 1C2, Canada

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[17]Parks Canada, Gatineau, QC, K1A 0M5, Canada

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[19]Forest Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife, Québec, QC, G1P 3W8, Canada

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[21]Regroupement QuébecOiseaux, Montréal, QC, H1V 3R2, Canada

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[23]Ouranos, Montréal, QC, H3A 1B9, Canada

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[25]Ecological Heritage Branch and Parks, Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, Québec, QC, G1R 5V7, Canada

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[27]Laboratory of Alpine Ecology, UMR CNRS 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, 38041, Grenoble, France

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[29]St. Lawrence Valley Natural History Society, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3Y7, Canada

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关键词: biodiversity;    boundary organization;    Canada;    climate change;    ecological niche models;    isotherms;    phenology;    Quebec;    species abundance;    species distribution;   

DOI  :  10.3390/d2111181

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Anticipating the effects of climate change on biodiversity is now critical for managing wild species and ecosystems. Climate change is a global driver and thus affects biodiversity globally. However, land-use planners and natural resource managers need regional or even local predictions. This provides scientists with formidable challenges given the poor documentation of biodiversity and its complex relationships with climate. We are approaching this problem in Quebec, Canada, through the CC-Bio Project (http://cc‑bio.uqar.ca/), using a boundary organization as a catalyst for team work involving climate modelers, biologists, naturalists, and biodiversity managers. In this paper we present the CC-Bio Project and its general approach, some preliminary results, the emerging hypothesis of the northern biodiversity paradox (a potential increase of biodiversity in northern ecosystems due to climate change), and an early assessment of the conservation implications generated by our team work.

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