BIOPLAN POSTING 2001-5-11
BIOPLAN POSTING 2001-5-11
David.Duthie@unep.org
Sent by: owner-bioplan@undp.org
05/09/01 02:45 PM
David.Duthie@unep.org
Dear BIOPLANNERS,
Most of the time we are so busy "firefighting" with immediate problems
of
biodiversity planning that it is hard to remember the big picture -
ie. to
remember that each of the species we deal with represents a continuous
line
of descent tracing all the way back to the origin of life itself.
A global extinction severs that historical thread............snip!
In March 16-20, 2000, experts met for a National Academy of Sciences
colloquium on "The Future of
Evolution," held at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine,
CA.
This meeting explored the longer term evolutionary implications of present
day and recent human activities on the biodiversity tapestry we inherited
from the past.
Each of the articles below can now be read online or downloaded
(separately) as pdf files from the following URL:
http://www.pnas.org/current.shtml#COLLOQUIUM
Some sober reading, but one which will reinforce the ethical dimension
of
what we do to respond to immediate conservation problems.
Please note that the Tilman article referred to in my posting about
"agriculture - hero or villain" is, in fact, the paper he and Clarence
Lehman presented at this meeting.
Best wishes
David Duthie.
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COLLOQUIUM:
Papers from the National Academy of Sciences Colloquium on The Future
of
Evolution
Norman Myers and Andrew H. Knoll
The biotic crisis and the future of evolution
PNAS 2001 98: 5389-5392.
David Jablonski
Lessons from the past: Evolutionary impacts
of mass extinctions
PNAS 2001 98: 5393-5398.
Douglas H. Erwin
Lessons from the past: Biotic recoveries from
mass extinctions
PNAS 2001 98: 5399-5403.
Michael L. Rosenzweig
Loss of speciation rate will impoverish future
diversity
PNAS 2001 98: 5404-5410
Jeremy B. C. Jackson
What was natural in the coastal oceans?
PNAS 2001 98: 5411-5418
Nancy Knowlton
The future of coral reefs
PNAS 2001 98: 5419-5425.
Alan R. Templeton, Robert J. Robertson, Jennifer
Brisson, and Jared
Strasburg
Disrupting evolutionary processes: The effect
of habitat fragmentation
on collared lizards in the
Missouri Ozarks
PNAS 2001 98: 5426-5432.
David Tilman and Clarence Lehman
Human-caused environmental change: Impacts
on plant diversity and
evolution
PNAS 2001 98: 5433-5440.
F. A. Bazzaz
Plant biology in the future
PNAS 2001 98: 5441-5445.
H. A. Mooney and E. E. Cleland
The evolutionary impact of invasive species
PNAS 2001 98: 5446-5451.
R. M. Cowling and R. L. Pressey
Rapid plant diversification: Planning for
an evolutionary future
PNAS 2001 98: 5452-5457
David Western
Human-modified ecosystems and future evolution
PNAS 2001 98: 5458-5465.
Michael J. Novacek and Elsa E. Cleland
The current biodiversity extinction event:
Scenarios for mitigation
and recovery
PNAS 2001 98: 5466-5470.
David S. Woodruff
Declines of biomes and biotas and the future
of evolution
PNAS 2001 98: 5471-5476.
Paul R. Ehrlich
Intervening in evolution: Ethics and actions
PNAS 2001 98: 5477-5480.
Dr David Duthie
UNEP/GEF Biodiversity Enabling Activities
PO Box 30552
Gigiri, Nairobi
KENYA
Tel: +254-2-623717
Fax: +254-2-624868
E-mail: david.duthie@unep.org
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