Within species genetic diversity in conservation - implications for monitoring, spatial planning and restoration
Session 25
The biodiversity crisis has fundamental consequences for our soceity, affecting species survival, and ecosystem services, eg, pollination of crops in agricultural landscapes, production of fish in coastal regions, and carbon sequestration of forests. While conservation efforts have historically focused on species richness and short term effects, recent advances underscore the critical role of evolutionary processes in shaping biodiversity resilience and function. In agricultural systems, rapid evolutionary changes, such as, the evolution of pesticide resistance, are well-documented. In marine systems, rapid adaptation to environmental changes are documented in mollusc and fish species. These evolutionary dimensions remain largely overlooked in both conservation.
This session bridges mechanisms of species evolvability and the intricate interactions between ecological and evolutionary processes, highlighting tools that can be used to assess the evolutionary potential of populations. We aim to bring management and science closer together by ways of presentations from various systems, and panel debate involving stakeholders.
Further information about the session
Open for Abstract submission: Yes, oral
Keywords: Genetic biodiversity, Evolutionary processes, Ecosystem function, Aquatic, Terrestrial
Language: English
Time and venue: 15:30-17:00, Wallenbergsalen
Organisers:
- Linda Laikre, Stockholm University
- Kerstin Johannesson, University of Gothenburg
- Pierre De Wit, University of Gothenburg
- Mikael Pontarp Lund University
- Henrik Smith, Lund University