Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being

Gretta T. Pecl; Miguel B. Araujo; Johann D. Bell; Julia Blanchard; Timothy C. Bonebrake; I-Ching Chen; Timothy D. Clark; Robert K. Colwell; Finn Danielsen; Birgitta Evengard; Lorena Falconi; Simon Ferrier; Stewart Frusher; Raquel A. Garcia; Roger B. Griffis; Alistair J. Hobday; Charlene Janion-Scheepers; Marta A. Jarzyna; Sarah Jennings; Jonathan Lenoir; Hlif I. Linnetved; Victoria Y. Martin; Phillipa C. McCormack; Jan McDonald; Nicola J. Mitchell; Tero Mustonen; John M. Pandolfi; Nathalie Pettorelli; Ekaterina Popova; Sharon A. Robinson; Brett R. Scheffers; Justine D. Shaw; Cascade J. B. Sorte; Jan M. Strugnell; Jennifer M. Sunday; Mao-Ning Tuanmu; Adriana Verges; Cecilia Villanueva; Thomas Wernberg; Erik Wapstra; Stephen E. Williams

doi:10.1126/science.aai9214

Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being

Gretta T. Pecl
, Miguel B. Araujo
, Johann D. Bell
, Julia Blanchard
, Timothy C. Bonebrake
, I-Ching Chen
, Timothy D. Clark
, Robert K. Colwell
, Finn Danielsen
, Birgitta Evengard
, Lorena Falconi
, Simon Ferrier
, Stewart Frusher
, Raquel A. Garcia
, Roger B. Griffis
, Alistair J. Hobday
, Charlene Janion-Scheepers
, Marta A. Jarzyna
, Sarah Jennings
, Jonathan Lenoir

Hlif I. Linnetved, Victoria Y. Martin, Phillipa C. McCormack, Jan McDonald, Nicola J. Mitchell, Tero Mustonen, John M. Pandolfi, Nathalie Pettorelli, Ekaterina Popova, Sharon A. Robinson, Brett R. Scheffers, Justine D. Shaw, Cascade J. B. Sorte, Jan M. Strugnell, Jennifer M. Sunday, Mao-Ning Tuanmu, Adriana Verges, Cecilia Villanueva, Thomas Wernberg, Erik Wapstra, Stephen E. Williams

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Abstract

Distributions of Earth's species are changing at accelerating rates, increasingly driven by human-mediated climate change. Such changes are already altering the composition of ecological communities, but beyond conservation of natural systems, how and why does this matter? We review evidence that climate-driven species redistribution at regional to global scales affects ecosystem functioning, human well-being, and the dynamics of climate change itself. Production of natural resources required for food security, patterns of disease transmission, and processes of carbon sequestration are all altered by changes in species distribution. Consideration of these effects of biodiversity redistribution is critical yet lacking in most mitigation and adaptation strategies, including the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals.

Original language	English
Article number	9214
Number of pages	10
Journal	Science
Volume	355
Issue number	6332
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aai9214
Publication status	Published - 31 Mar 2017

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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Pecl, G. T., Araujo, M. B., Bell, J. D., Blanchard, J., Bonebrake, T. C., Chen, I.-C., Clark, T. D., Colwell, R. K., Danielsen, F., Evengard, B., Falconi, L., Ferrier, S., Frusher, S., Garcia, R. A., Griffis, R. B., Hobday, A. J., Janion-Scheepers, C., Jarzyna, M. A., Jennings, S., ... Williams, S. E. (2017). Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being. Science, 355(6332), Article 9214. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aai9214

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Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being

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