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DOI	10.1002/ecs2.3860
	Climate change impacts on ecosystems and adaptation options in nine countries in southern Africa: What do we know?
	Kapuka, Alpo; Hlasny, Tomas
通讯作者	Hlasny, T (corresponding author), Czech Univ Life Sci Prague, Fac Forestry & Wood Sci, Kamycka 129, Prague 16500 6, Czech Republic.
来源期刊	ECOSPHERE
ISSN	2150-8925
出版年	2021
卷号	12 期号:12
英文摘要	Southern Africa harbors exceptional biodiversity that is increasingly threatened by climate change, land use, and other pressures. However, risks to the regional ecosystems and quality and consistency of adaptation strategies remain understudied, making conservation and restoration efforts challenging. Here, we reviewed scientific articles published during the period 2000-2020, which (1) addressed observed and projected impacts of climate change on different species, populations, and ecosystems in nine southern African countries, and (2) formulated management and policy responses aiming to mitigate these impacts. We identified and evaluated 28 papers meeting these search criteria. We found that the three components of our investigation, that is, ecosystem type, type of impact, and management and policy responses, were covered by research rather fragmentarily. However, the reviewed publications addressed a large variety of species and ecosystems and a variety of processes, from local extinction, range contraction, and increased mortality to modified inter-specific interactions. The identified human responses included active vegetation and animal management, improved conservation policies, and monitoring. Most of the publications highlighted severe data limitations, lacking coordination of conservation policies, and insufficient consideration of transient environmental conditions in management and policy planning. We conclude that the current level of understanding of climatic threats to species and ecosystems is limited in southern Africa, and new coordinated research and monitoring actions are needed. This review characterized the high diversity of climate change risks to ecosystems and related social responses, potentially helping to attract further research attention and inform regional adaptation strategies.
英文关键词	biodiversity climate change adaptation ecosystem management extinction monitoring nature conservation
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000735437600025
WOS关键词	LAND-USE ; WATER AVAILABILITY ; GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY ; POTENTIAL IMPACTS ; MIOMBO WOODLANDS ; PLANT INVASION ; NAMIB DESERT ; SAVANNA ; MANAGEMENT ; SCENARIOS
WOS类目	Ecology
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/373920
作者单位	[Kapuka, Alpo; Hlasny, Tomas] Czech Univ Life Sci Prague, Fac Forestry & Wood Sci, Kamycka 129, Prague 16500 6, Czech Republic
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kapuka, Alpo,Hlasny, Tomas. Climate change impacts on ecosystems and adaptation options in nine countries in southern Africa: What do we know?[J],2021,12(12).
APA	Kapuka, Alpo,&Hlasny, Tomas.(2021).Climate change impacts on ecosystems and adaptation options in nine countries in southern Africa: What do we know?.ECOSPHERE,12(12).
MLA	Kapuka, Alpo,et al."Climate change impacts on ecosystems and adaptation options in nine countries in southern Africa: What do we know?".ECOSPHERE 12.12(2021).