The IUCN Guidelines for Reintroductions and Other Conservation Translocations 2. Its not like were taking species from Europe and introducing them to Hawaii, which would be crazy. But these are areas that are adjacent to the places where these species are found normally. Is it ethically correct of us to introduce species to places they were never historically present in In a sense, its kind of like creating an invasive species, Kerr says. Social media apps that let teens do it all text, chat, meet people, and share their pics and videos often fly under parents radars. But in Kerrs view, these ethical questions are small when compared to the ethical and practical implications of extinction. But assisted migration is a controversial measure, especially when it means introducing foreign species to new ecosystems. And bumblebee species, in a practical sense, are not really a group you want to try to do without.
An advantage of assisted migration is that maybe we can give them a hand to catch up with climate change, Kerr says. IMPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTED MIGRATION are included as author quotes in a Christian Science Monitor summary article. Mean elevations of observations for southern species have risen 3. EXCERPT Bumblebee species range losses from their historical southern limits have been pronounced in both Europe and North America, with losses growing to 3. Such failures to shift may be because of their origins in a cooler climate, and suggest an elevated susceptibility to rapid climate change. Bumblebees have not shifted northward and are experiencing shrinking distributions in the southern ends of their range. looked at data on bumblebees across North America and Europe over the past 1. Not all species, however, can make such shifts, and these species might experience more rapid declines. There is a general trend for species to shift their ranges poleward or up in elevation. DESCRIPTION Responses to climate change have been observed across many species. Climate change impacts on bumblebees converge across continents, by Jeremy Kerr et al., Science 2. The diagram above is generic specific examples will vary, eg., this troubling report published in a top science journal in July 2. But there will now be an additional category to draw attention to the truly significant papers, analyses, or reports, filed year by year, beginning with .
Hence, the above linked table of contents singles out assisted migration as it pertains to forestry. By far, public and private forestry professionals have moved the fastest and farthest in forecasting when and where native tree species should be given a boost, and implementation is well underway in the forests of Alaska and western Canada hardest hit by climate change on this continent. Assisting native species in moving upslope, poleward, and toward climate refugia is now just one more acceptable tool for moving ahead with climate adaptation. Assisted migration by whatever term used is now a standard entry in revisions to management plans for continuing to conserve lands, waters, and biodiversity in this century of rapid climate change. Using Google Alerts to ongoingly learn of new publications has been a great help in recent years for keeping this page up to date, while preserving its complex history. 4, volunteer editor and founder of Torreya Guardians Connie Barlow could barely keep up on all the papers and news reports dealing with this utterly new and to many disturbing conservation strategy. Nearly simultaneously, the New York Times posted a story by science writer Carl Zimmer A Radical Step to Preserve Species Assisted Migration. The citizen led assisted migration actions of Torreya Guardians was the introductory example in that article, but our effort was presented as just the preview of what would follow as climate change pressed on. Douglas Fox published in Conservation Magazine a cover story When Worlds Collide. HISTORY OF THIS WEBPAGE This annotated scholarly links webpage was initiated in 2. VIDEO The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono, 1. Assisted Migration Assisted Colonization, Managed Relocation, Translocation and Rewilding of Plants and Animals in an Era of Rapid Climate Change classic 3. The origins were there for quite a while before the book. I first read about the Interpersonal Psychotherapy of Depression when the book came out in 1984.