Un réseau écologique pour gérer les liens fonc2onnels entre la biodiversité et les services écologiques Andrew Gonzalez ACFAS, May 2013 ‐ Environ la moi<é de la faune vertébrée du Québec, et 40% des espèces en situa<on précaire (deJe d’ex<nc<on). ‐ Seulement 1% du milieu terrestre est protégé. 0 Fragment Size (ha) More 225 To 250 200 To 225 175 To 200 150 To 175 125 To 150 100 To 125 90 To 100 80 To 90 70 To 80 60 To 70 50 To 60 40 To 50 200 30 To 40 20 To 30 10 To 20 5 To 10 2 To 5 1 To 2 Up To 1 Number of Fragments 450 400 350 300 250 La plupart des fragments sont <20 ha. 150 100 50 MAPLE BIODIVERSITY SYRUP Carbon sequestration WOOD Regulation of water quality CROPS Pest regulation Water Quality Soil Organic Matter Cottage Value Pork Production service structure Deer Hunting composition Nature Appreciation configuration Soil Phosporus Retention Maple Syrup Production Carbon Sequestration Tourism 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 variance Liss, BenneJ and Gonzalez 0.8 1.0 Gonzalez et al. (1998) Science Loreau, Mouquet & Gonzalez (2003) PNAS Pillai, Gonzalez & Loreau (2010) PNAS La biodiversité et fonc<onnement d’un écosystème en réseau 1) Assure les déplacements de différentes espèces (ex. migra<ons) 2) Main<en de la biodiversité, et les liens entre la société, la biodiversité et les services écologiques Méthodologie Climate change: Future climate niche Network structure under various scenarios of LUC and CC to 2050 Land Use Change Distribu(on of habitat Present N Forest Agriculture 50 km Urban Business as Usual to 2050 N Forest Agriculture 50 km Urban e.g., Nuthatch Si5a canadensis Light grey dots give the current clima(c condi(ons over the whole Eastern North‐America. Dark grey dots give the distribu(on of the species within this clima(c space. Black dots give the current condi(ons in our study area. The red dots give the future condi(ons for the different scenarios. Dr. Bronwyn Rayfield Code des parcelles 1 Mouvement poten<el = lien 962 1925 Parecelle d’habitat = nœud 25 km A. Common eastern bumble C. White-tailed deer bee Node centrality measured as ‘betweeness’. C. White-tailed deer Node importance was determined by dele<ng each node and calcula<ng the resul<ng loss in ECA. Warmer colours indicate nodes whose removal had a large effect on ECA. Soeware: Circuitscape 3.5 (McRae 2006) A. Common eastern bumble bee C. White-tailed deer B. American marten '5HGEDFNHGVDODPDQGHU (2YHQELUG Current density maps: warmer colours less resistance, high flux Ranking of habitat Top 2% Top 2 to 5% Top 5 to 10% Top 10 to 25% 25 to 50% 50 to 80% 80 to 100% 4 input layers with equal weigh<ng (NB, ECA, HQ, CD) for 5 species Chapter 7: Multispecies network selection using Zonation Considerable erosion of the network, but priori<za<on similar )LJXUH/DQGVFDSHSULRULWL]DWLRQEDVHGRQODQGFRYHUFRQGLWLRQVLQXQGHUµ%XVLQHVV$V8VXDO¶ODQGXVH Merci à vous et à nos partenaires… L’équipe Montérégie Connexion: www.connexionmonteregie.com Centre de la Nature, Nature‐Ac<on Québec …et beaucoup d’autres. hJp://rmnat.org/node/157 Terrestrial vertebrates Soeware: Circuitscape 3.5 (McRae 2006) (2YHQELUG A. Common eastern bumble bee C. White-tailed deer B. American marten '5HGEDFNHGVDODPDQGHU (2YHQELUG Current density maps: warmer colours less resistance, high flux Ovenbird Type Age Density American Marten representa<ve species of mature and old deciduous dominated forests associated with forests old and mature coniferous dominated forests Red‐Breasted Nuthatch representa<ve species of mature and old coniferous dominated forests Snowshoe Hare Pileated Woodpecker old and mature deciduous and mixed forests Dr. Cecile Albert Local conversion processes for land alloca2on: Suitability + Diffusion + Protec2on Protected Habitat Urbaniza?on Agriculture (green) ‐ + 5 km N Scenarios: Random, Business As Usual, Protec2ng Connec2vity Small fragments, big contribu<on… 1000 Fragments <20ha dominate the landscape count Number of fragments 750 500 250 0 1 2 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 0 to1 1to22to5 5to10 10to 2020 to 3030 to 4040 to 5050 to 6060 to 7070 to 8080 90 to 90 100 to 100 125 to 125 150 to 150 175 to 175 200 to 200 225 to 225 togreater 250 Bin Size (ha) Montreal‘s annual emissions C stored (aboveground) in forest fragments <20 h All transporta<on All industry All buildings … on the Island of Montréal 200 Cumulative TN (mg / subchamber) Continuous Corridors 150 Broken 150 days Islands 100 50 0 -50 -100 19 33 47 62 77 90 105 118 133 147 161 176 191 204 218 232 247 261 275 292 Time (days) Staddon et al. 2010 Ecology LeJers Effect of Fragmentation (RM-ANOVA: F3, 16 = 7.843, P = 0.002 0 A. American marten B. White-tailed deer ● ● Species í ● ODVI 6($8 PCLI MAAM í ● ● &5HGEDFNHGVDODPDQGHU í D. Ovenbird ● ● í í 3HUFHQW&KDQJHLQ(TXLYDOHQW&RQQHFWHG$UHD ● BAU scenario 2000 2025 2050 Year Figure 6-3. Node importance based on the Equivalent connected area (ECA) of the species’ habitat networks. ECA = area of a single patch with the same connec<vity Node importance: systema<c node dele<on and recalcula<on of ECA. Economic analysis of network value (ES) and costs Extension to 20 species, integra<on of ES and sensi<vity analysis Integra<on of ‘blue’ network Development of generalized plaporm of network and large ci<es Notre region: une biodiversité précaire Faits saillants pour la Montérégie Est (source CRRNT): La région compte environ 1600 plantes vasculaires dont plus de 130 en situa<on précaire. Environ la moi<é de la faune vertébrée du Québec, et 40% des espèces en situa<on précaire. 2,3% du territoire est légalement reconnu comme aire protégée, dont 60% en milieu aqua<que. Seulement 1% du milieu terrestre est ainsi protégé.