Overcoming the worst of both worlds: integrating climate change and habitat loss into spatial conservation planning of genetic diversity in the Brazilian Cerrado

• Published in: Biodiversity and conservation Vol. 29; no. 5; pp. 1555 - 1570
• Main Authors: Diniz-Filho, José Alexandre Felizola, de Oliveira Ferraz Barbosa, Ana Clara, Chaves, Lázaro José, da Silva e Souza, Kelly, Dobrovolski, Ricardo, Rattis, Ludmila, Terribile, Levi Carina, Lima-Ribeiro, Matheus Souza, de Oliveira, Guilherme, Brum, Fernanda Thiesen, Loyola, Rafael, de Campos Telles, Mariana Pires
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.04.2020; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Alleles; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomes; cerrado; climate; Climate change; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Conservation; Conservation Biology/Ecology; conservation programs; Ecology; ecosystems; Eugenia dysenterica; Genetic diversity; Genetic variation; geographical distribution; Global temperature changes; habitat destruction; Habitat loss; humans; Life Sciences; natural capital; occupations; Original Paper; Population genetics; Populations; Priorities; prioritization; Protection and preservation; Solutions; Species; Species diversity; Stability; trees; Wildlife conservation; Cerrado; Genetic diversity; Irreplaceability; Brazilian Cerrado; Ecological niche modeling

Conservation strategies aiming to safeguard species genetic diversity in the Cerrado are urgent. The biome is an agriculture frontier and lost at least 50% of its natural capital since the early 1950s, with the highest rate of vegetation clearing among all Brazilian biomes. Here we match information...