Abstract
1 UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Community Ecology, Th eodor-LieserStr. 4, 06120 Halle, Germany 2 Vermont Energy Investment Corporation 155, S. Champlain St, Burlington VT 05401, USA 3 Finnish Environment Institute, Climate Change Programme, Box 140, 00251 Helsinki, Finland 4 L.U.P.O. GmbH, Friedhofstr. 28, 67705 Trippstadt, Germany 5 Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology and Centre for Agricultural Biodiversity, Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, 7602 Matieland, South Africa 6 Sustainable Europe Research Institute SERI Germany, Vorsterstr. 97–99, 51103 Cologne, Germany 7 Department of Plant Ecology, University of Bayreuth, University Street 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
Highlights
Climate change impacts on biodiversity: a short introduction with special emphasis on the ALARM approach for the assessment of multiple risks
Once we step outside the small hypothetical box that defines just one organism, or some isolated parts of an ecosystem, and start to ask questions about how it will interact with other “boxes” in the environment, we are quickly inundated with uncertainty about how environmental change will reshape our world
If the frame of reference is expanded to larger areas with many more types of ecosystems, it is clear that even a large group of dedicated scientists could not study even a small percentage of the possible two-way interactions using traditional controlled experiments, much less the three- and four-way interactions that are often just as important
Summary
If the frame of reference is expanded to larger areas with many more types of ecosystems, it is clear that even a large group of dedicated scientists could not study even a small percentage of the possible two-way interactions using traditional controlled experiments, much less the three- and four-way interactions that are often just as important Another challenging aspect to developing an understanding of interactions between components of a complex system is the matter of communication among scientists of different disciplines. The objective of the ALARM project (Settele et al 2005, 2010; http://www.alarmproject.net) was to apply our best understanding of how terrestrial and freshwater organisms and ecosystems function and to use new ways to assess large scale environmental risks. Socio-economics was a cross-cutting theme that contributed to the integration of driver-specific risk assessment methods, developed instruments to communicate risks to biodiversity end users, and indicated policy options to mitigate such risks
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