Following the failure to fully achieve any of the 20 Aichi biodiversity targets, the future of bi... more Following the failure to fully achieve any of the 20 Aichi biodiversity targets, the future of biodiversity rests in the balance. The Convention on Biological Diversity's Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) presents the opportunity to preserve nature's contributions to people (NCPs) for current and future generations by conserving biodiversity and averting extinctions. There is a need to safeguard the tree of life—the unique and shared evolutionary history of life on Earth—to maintain the benefits it bestows into the future. Two indicators have been adopted within the GBF to monitor progress toward safeguarding the tree of life: the phylogenetic diversity (PD) indicator and the evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered (EDGE) index. We applied both to the world's mammals, birds, and cycads to show their utility at the global and national scale. The PD indicator can be used to monitor the overall conservation status of large parts of the evolutionar...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
This study attempts to identify the direction of urban regeneration projects in declining areas b... more This study attempts to identify the direction of urban regeneration projects in declining areas by using the concept of urban resilience to cope with climate change and disaster. To this end, urban resilience was classified into a Green Resilient Infrastructure (GRI) and an Interactive Safety System (ISS), through a review of previous studies, and categorized into vulnerability, adaptability, and transformability. A total of 12 detailed indicators were derived and indexed using Euclidean distance. Using the indicators, three Korean urban regeneration targets, in Daegu, Mokpo, and Seosan, were selected to evaluate resilience before and after the urban regeneration plan. Consequently, the postplanning resilience index improved in all three target sites, compared to before the regeneration plan. Additionally, previously the regeneration plan showed lower index values in comparison to places not designated as urban regeneration areas. These results suggest that urban resilience needs to...
Question: How can one demonstrate that coloration is an honest signal of sexual development? Hypo... more Question: How can one demonstrate that coloration is an honest signal of sexual development? Hypothesis: Coloration in a cyprinid fish is positively related to the development of testes. Species and location: Sheepshead minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus) from South Carolina and Connecticut moved to Santa Cruz, California. Methods: Common garden experiment involving individually grown fish, colour pattern assessment, and the development of male gonads. Results: Males developed bright iridescent blue coloration on their upper parts in front of the dorsal fin through four stages that were positively related to the growth of testes. Such parallel development between sexual coloration and gonad mass was consistent between populations. Conclusions: Coloration in male sheepshead minnows provides an accurate signal of the maturity status of males, which can thus inform both mate choice and intrasexual competition.
환경변화는 생물의 성장과 번식 등의 생활사에 영향을 주며, 생물은 살아가는 서식환경에서 생태적 적합도를 가장 극대화 시킬 수 있도록 적응되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 동적상태의존... more 환경변화는 생물의 성장과 번식 등의 생활사에 영향을 주며, 생물은 살아가는 서식환경에서 생태적 적합도를 가장 극대화 시킬 수 있도록 적응되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 동적상태의존모델을 이용하여 수온과 용존산소량의 변화가 어류의 초기 성장과 체내 스트레스 누적 과정에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 본 연구에서 제시한 어류의 생활사 모델은 취식 행동이 성장과 체내 스트레스 누적에 영향을 받는다고 가정하였다. 또한 수온과 용존산소량의 임계점은 가장 빠른 성장속도를 유도하는 수온과 용존산소량으로 가정하였다. 이에 모델은 수온과 용존산소량의 임계점에서 성장속도가 가장 빨랐으며 임계점보다 크거나 낮은 경우 성장속도는 느렸다. 용존산소량의 저산소 상태는 체내에 누적된 스트레스양의 증가로 성장속도는 느렸고, 고산소 상태는 성장속도를 향상 시켰으나 누적된 스트레스로 신체 크기를 감소시켰다. 본 연구를 통해 환경변화가 생물에 미치는 영향을 예측하는데 있어 단일 또는 독립적인 환경요인 보다 복합적 요인들의 영향이 높음을 보였다. 따라서 환경영향평가에서 환경변화에 대한 영향 예측을 향상시키기 위하여 생리생태학적 측면에서의 복합적 환경 요인을 평가에 도입이 필요하고 또한 관련된 기법 개발에 대한 연구가 후속 되어야 한다.
Fluctuations in early developmental conditions can cause changes in growth trajectories that subs... more Fluctuations in early developmental conditions can cause changes in growth trajectories that subsequently affect the adult phenotype. Here, we investigated whether compensatory growth has long-term consequences for patterns of senescence. Using three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus), we show that a brief period of dietary manipulation in early life affected skeletal growth rate not only during the manipulation itself, but also during a subsequent compensatory phase when fish caught up in size with controls. However, this growth acceleration influenced swimming endurance and its decline over the course of the breeding season, with a faster decline in fish that had undergone faster growth compensation. Similarly, accelerated growth led to a more pronounced reduction in the breeding period (as indicated by the duration of sexual ornamentation) over the following two breeding seasons, suggesting faster reproductive senescence. Parallel experiments showed a heightened effect of accelerated growth on these age-related declines in performance if the fish were under greater time stress to complete their compensation prior to the breeding season. Compensatory growth led to a reduction in median life span of 12% compared to steadily growing controls. While life span was independent of the eventual adult size attained, it was negatively correlated with the age-related decline in swimming endurance and sexual ornamentation. These results, complementary to those found when growth trajectories were altered by temperature rather than dietary manipulations, show that the costs of accelerated growth can last well beyond the time over which growth rates differ and are affected by the time available until an approaching life-history event such as reproduction
Following the failure to fully achieve any of the 20 Aichi biodiversity targets, the future of bi... more Following the failure to fully achieve any of the 20 Aichi biodiversity targets, the future of biodiversity rests in the balance. The Convention on Biological Diversity's Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) presents the opportunity to preserve nature's contributions to people (NCPs) for current and future generations by conserving biodiversity and averting extinctions. There is a need to safeguard the tree of life—the unique and shared evolutionary history of life on Earth—to maintain the benefits it bestows into the future. Two indicators have been adopted within the GBF to monitor progress toward safeguarding the tree of life: the phylogenetic diversity (PD) indicator and the evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered (EDGE) index. We applied both to the world's mammals, birds, and cycads to show their utility at the global and national scale. The PD indicator can be used to monitor the overall conservation status of large parts of the evolutionar...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
This study attempts to identify the direction of urban regeneration projects in declining areas b... more This study attempts to identify the direction of urban regeneration projects in declining areas by using the concept of urban resilience to cope with climate change and disaster. To this end, urban resilience was classified into a Green Resilient Infrastructure (GRI) and an Interactive Safety System (ISS), through a review of previous studies, and categorized into vulnerability, adaptability, and transformability. A total of 12 detailed indicators were derived and indexed using Euclidean distance. Using the indicators, three Korean urban regeneration targets, in Daegu, Mokpo, and Seosan, were selected to evaluate resilience before and after the urban regeneration plan. Consequently, the postplanning resilience index improved in all three target sites, compared to before the regeneration plan. Additionally, previously the regeneration plan showed lower index values in comparison to places not designated as urban regeneration areas. These results suggest that urban resilience needs to...
Question: How can one demonstrate that coloration is an honest signal of sexual development? Hypo... more Question: How can one demonstrate that coloration is an honest signal of sexual development? Hypothesis: Coloration in a cyprinid fish is positively related to the development of testes. Species and location: Sheepshead minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus) from South Carolina and Connecticut moved to Santa Cruz, California. Methods: Common garden experiment involving individually grown fish, colour pattern assessment, and the development of male gonads. Results: Males developed bright iridescent blue coloration on their upper parts in front of the dorsal fin through four stages that were positively related to the growth of testes. Such parallel development between sexual coloration and gonad mass was consistent between populations. Conclusions: Coloration in male sheepshead minnows provides an accurate signal of the maturity status of males, which can thus inform both mate choice and intrasexual competition.
환경변화는 생물의 성장과 번식 등의 생활사에 영향을 주며, 생물은 살아가는 서식환경에서 생태적 적합도를 가장 극대화 시킬 수 있도록 적응되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 동적상태의존... more 환경변화는 생물의 성장과 번식 등의 생활사에 영향을 주며, 생물은 살아가는 서식환경에서 생태적 적합도를 가장 극대화 시킬 수 있도록 적응되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 동적상태의존모델을 이용하여 수온과 용존산소량의 변화가 어류의 초기 성장과 체내 스트레스 누적 과정에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 본 연구에서 제시한 어류의 생활사 모델은 취식 행동이 성장과 체내 스트레스 누적에 영향을 받는다고 가정하였다. 또한 수온과 용존산소량의 임계점은 가장 빠른 성장속도를 유도하는 수온과 용존산소량으로 가정하였다. 이에 모델은 수온과 용존산소량의 임계점에서 성장속도가 가장 빨랐으며 임계점보다 크거나 낮은 경우 성장속도는 느렸다. 용존산소량의 저산소 상태는 체내에 누적된 스트레스양의 증가로 성장속도는 느렸고, 고산소 상태는 성장속도를 향상 시켰으나 누적된 스트레스로 신체 크기를 감소시켰다. 본 연구를 통해 환경변화가 생물에 미치는 영향을 예측하는데 있어 단일 또는 독립적인 환경요인 보다 복합적 요인들의 영향이 높음을 보였다. 따라서 환경영향평가에서 환경변화에 대한 영향 예측을 향상시키기 위하여 생리생태학적 측면에서의 복합적 환경 요인을 평가에 도입이 필요하고 또한 관련된 기법 개발에 대한 연구가 후속 되어야 한다.
Fluctuations in early developmental conditions can cause changes in growth trajectories that subs... more Fluctuations in early developmental conditions can cause changes in growth trajectories that subsequently affect the adult phenotype. Here, we investigated whether compensatory growth has long-term consequences for patterns of senescence. Using three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus), we show that a brief period of dietary manipulation in early life affected skeletal growth rate not only during the manipulation itself, but also during a subsequent compensatory phase when fish caught up in size with controls. However, this growth acceleration influenced swimming endurance and its decline over the course of the breeding season, with a faster decline in fish that had undergone faster growth compensation. Similarly, accelerated growth led to a more pronounced reduction in the breeding period (as indicated by the duration of sexual ornamentation) over the following two breeding seasons, suggesting faster reproductive senescence. Parallel experiments showed a heightened effect of accelerated growth on these age-related declines in performance if the fish were under greater time stress to complete their compensation prior to the breeding season. Compensatory growth led to a reduction in median life span of 12% compared to steadily growing controls. While life span was independent of the eventual adult size attained, it was negatively correlated with the age-related decline in swimming endurance and sexual ornamentation. These results, complementary to those found when growth trajectories were altered by temperature rather than dietary manipulations, show that the costs of accelerated growth can last well beyond the time over which growth rates differ and are affected by the time available until an approaching life-history event such as reproduction
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