Gill shares conservation thoughts with Christian Science Monitor

Jacqueline Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, was interviewed for a Christian Science Monitor article titled “In climate change era, new idea for conservation takes shape.”

“The question we’d really like to answer,” says Gill, “is whether geodiversity has corresponded to biodiversity through time – and how landform durability influences biodiversity.”

The article outlines a recent alternative approach to conservation that has been gaining momentum. It focuses on conserving biodiverse regions, rather than preserving specific species or communities of species. This allows researchers to focus on conserving landforms in regions that incorporate diverse geophysical traits.

Gill says the approach may not be appropriate for keystone species, which require species-specific intervention.