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Adapting to a warming world: Ecological restoration, climate change, and genomics
Author(s) -
Hodgins Kathryn A.,
Moore Joslin L.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.3732/ajb.1600049
Subject(s) - local adaptation , adaptation (eye) , biology , ecology , habitat , climate change , restoration ecology , environmental change , global warming , environmental resource management , natural selection , adaptive management , selection (genetic algorithm) , population , environmental science , demography , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , sociology , computer science
Global climate change and other anthropogenic infl uences are rapidly transforming the habitats of many species. A species’ ability to cope will depend on its capacity to tolerate these changes in situ or migrate to more suitable conditions. In this essay, we will briefl y discuss how adaptive variation within managed species can be assessed and how this information might be used to maximize the possibility of in situ adaptation to climate change. We also make recommendations to improve ecological restoration outcomes and discuss how restoration projects could provide invaluable insight into general ecological and evolutionary processes.