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ReviewEvolutionary applications2017

Understanding and monitoring the consequences of human impacts on intraspecific variation.

Makiko Mimura, Tetsukazu Yahara, Daniel P Faith, Ella Vázquez-Domínguez, Robert I Colautti, Hitoshi Araki, Firouzeh Javadi, Juan Núñez-Farfán, Akira S Mori, Shiliang Zhou and 7 more

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Review in Evolutionary applications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Makiko MimuraDepartment of Bioenvironmental Systems Tamagawa University Tokyo Japan.
Tetsukazu YaharaDepartment of Biology and Institute of Decision Science for a Sustainable Society Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan.
Daniel P FaithThe Australian Museum Research Institute The Australian Museum Sydney NSW Australia.
Ella Vázquez-DomínguezInstituto de Ecología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México México México.
Robert I ColauttiBiology Department Queen's University Kingston ON Canada.
Hitoshi ArakiResearch Faculty of Agriculture Hokkaido University Sapporo Hokkaido Japan.
Firouzeh JavadiDepartment of Biology and Institute of Decision Science for a Sustainable Society Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan.
Juan Núñez-FarfánInstituto de Ecología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México México México.
Akira S MoriGraduate School of Environment and Information Sciences Yokohama National University Yokohama Japan.
Shiliang ZhouState Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
Peter M HollingsworthRoyal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Edinburgh UK.
Linda E NeavesRoyal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Edinburgh UK; Australian Centre for Wildlife Genomics, Australian Museum Research Institute Australian Museum Sydney NSW Australia.
Yuya FukanoDepartment of Biology and Institute of Decision Science for a Sustainable Society Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan.
Gideon F SmithDepartment of Botany Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Port Elizabeth South Africa; Departamento de Ciências da Vida Centre for Functional Ecology Universidade de Coimbra Coimbra Portugal.
Yo-Ichiro SatoNational Institute for Humanities Tokyo Japan.
Hidenori TachidaDepartment of Biology and Institute of Decision Science for a Sustainable Society Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan.
Andrew P HendryRedpath Museum and Department of Biology McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intraspecific variation is a major component of biodiversity, yet it has received relatively little attention from governmental and nongovernmental organizations, especially with regard to conservation plans and the management of wild species. This omission is ill-advised because phenotypic and genetic variations within and among populations can have dramatic effects on ecological and evolutionary processes, including responses to environmental change, the maintenance of species diversity, and ecological stability and resilience. At the same time, environmental changes associated with many human activities, such as land use and climate change, have dramatic and often negative impacts on intraspecific variation. We argue for the need for local, regional, and global programs to monitor intraspecific genetic variation. We suggest that such monitoring should include two main strategies: (i) intensive monitoring of multiple types of genetic variation in selected species and (ii) broad-brush modeling for representative species for predicting changes in variation as a function of changes in population size and range extent. Overall, we call for collaborative efforts to initiate the urgently needed monitoring of intraspecific variation.

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ecosystem function and servicesfunctional variationgenetic variationneutral variationnon‐neutral variation

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PMID28127389
PMCPMC5253428

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