Université de Sherbrooke
Ph.D. candidate
Supervisor: Guillaume Blanchet
Andrew Gonzalez
Start: 2024-08-26
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Project

Development of an Integrated Multivariable Framework for Biodiversity Assessment: A Paradigm Unifying Biodiversity Multi-Level Indicators
Currently, many biodiversity indicators are being developed to quantify changes in specific aspects of biodiversity (e.g., genetic diversity, species interactions, ecosystem structure). However, by focusing on individual aspects (e.g., species number, ecosystem complexity), these indicators limit the holistic understanding for the accurate detection and attribution of biodiversity changes. A framework that systematically integrates biodiversity levels, from genes to ecosystems, would provide decision-makers with a more informed basis for action. Scientifically, it would offer deeper insights into the interrelationships between biodiversity levels and the dynamics driving biodiversity change. The main goal of this research is to develop a unified multivariable framework that links and quantifies relationships across biodiversity levels. This framework will be applicable across all biodiversity components, offering valuable insights into the processes shaping biodiversity patterns and informing better conservation decisions. By integrating these indicators, the framework introduces an innovative method to enhance biodiversity monitoring tools. It represents the next generation of biodiversity indicators, linking various aspects of biodiversity to achieve true integration and unification. In this project, I will develop the theoretical and statistical methodology for this framework and implement it in open-source software for broad accessibility. Additionally, I will incorporate the framework into BON in a Box, a GEO BON platform that provides user-friendly access to advanced biodiversity modeling tools, helping nations worldwide make better decisions for biodiversity management.

Keywords

Biodiversity indicators, Unified multivariable framework, Holistic biodiversity assessment, Biodiversity levels interlinked, Decision-making tools, Biodiversity framework, Integrated biodiversity assessment, Biodiversity monitoring tools

Publications

1- Functional Responses of Bird Assemblages to Land-Use Change in the Colombian Llanos Region
Rincon-Parra, Victor Julio, María Angela Echeverry-Galvis, Silvia J. Alvarez
2022 Frontiers in Environmental Science

2- Monitoring status and trends in genetic diversity for the Convention on Biological Diversity: An ongoing assessment of genetic indicators in nine countries
Hoban, Sean, Jessica M. da Silva, Alicia Mastretta‐Yanes, Catherine E. Grueber, Myriam Heuertz, Margaret E. Hunter, Joachim Mergeay, Ivan Paz‐Vinas, Keiichi Fukaya, Fumiko Ishihama, Rebecca Jordan, Viktoria Köppä, María Camilla Latorre‐Cárdenas, Anna J. MacDonald, Victor Rincon‐Parra, Per Sjögren‐Gulve, Naoki Tani, Henrik Thurfjell, Linda Laikre
2023 Conservation Letters

3- Multinational evaluation of genetic diversity indicators for the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Mastretta‐Yanes, Alicia, Jessica M. da Silva, Catherine E. Grueber, Luis Castillo‐Reina, Viktoria Köppä, Brenna R. Forester, W. Chris Funk, Myriam Heuertz, Fumiko Ishihama, Rebecca Jordan, Joachim Mergeay, Ivan Paz‐Vinas, Victor Julio Rincon‐Parra, Maria Alejandra Rodriguez‐Morales, Libertad Arredondo‐Amezcua, Gaëlle Brahy, Matt DeSaix, Lily Durkee, Ashley Hamilton, Margaret E. Hunter, Austin Koontz, Iris Lang, María Camila Latorre‐Cárdenas, Tanya Latty, Alexander Llanes‐Quevedo, Anna J. MacDonald, Meg Mahoney, Caitlin Miller, Juan Francisco Ornelas, Santiago Ramírez‐Barahona, Erica Robertson, Isa‐Rita M. Russo, Metztli Arcila Santiago, Robyn E. Shaw, Glenn M. Shea, Per Sjögren‐Gulve, Emma Suzuki Spence, Taylor Stack, Sofía Suárez, Akio Takenaka, Henrik Thurfjell, Sheela Turbek, Marlien van der Merwe, Fleur Visser, Ana Wegier, Georgina Wood, Eugenia Zarza, Linda Laikre, Sean Hoban
2024 Ecology Letters