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Adoha CJ, Sovi A, Padonou GG, Yovogan B, Akinro B, Accrombessi M, Dangbénon E, Sidick A, Ossè R, Tokponon TF, Odjo EM, Koukpo CZ, Fassinou A, Missihoun AA, Sominanhouin A, Messenger LA, Agboho PA, Akpodji S, Ngufor C, Cook J, Agbangla C, Protopopoff N, Kulkarni MA, Akogbéto MC. Diversity and ecological niche model of malaria vector and non-vector mosquito species in Covè, Ouinhi, and Zangnanado, Southern Benin. Sci Rep 2024; 14:16944. [PMID: 39043761 PMCID: PMC11266568 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-67919-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 07/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024] Open
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The present study aimed to assess mosquito species diversity, distribution, and ecological preferences in the Covè, Ouinhi, and Zangnanado communes, Southern Benin. Such information is critical to understand mosquito bio-ecology and to focus control efforts in high-risk areas for vector-borne diseases. Mosquito collections occurred quarterly in 60 clusters between June 2020 and April 2021, using human landing catches. In addition to the seasonal mosquito abundance, Shannon's diversity, Simpson, and Pielou's equitability indices were also evaluated to assess mosquito diversity. Ecological niche models were developed with MaxEnt using environmental variables to assess species distribution. Overall, mosquito density was higher in the wet season than in the dry season in all communes. A significantly higher Shannon's diversity index was also observed in the wet season than in the dry seasons in all communes (p < 0.05). Habitat suitability of An. gambiae s.s., An. coluzzii, Cx. quinquefasciatus and Ma. africana was highly influenced by slope, isothermality, site aspect, elevation, and precipitation seasonality in both wet and dry seasons. Overall, depending on the season, the ecological preferences of the four main mosquito species were variable across study communes. This emphasizes the impact of environmental conditions on mosquito species distribution. Moreover, mosquito populations were found to be more diverse in the wet season compared to the dry season.
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- Constantin Jésukèdè Adoha
- Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin.
- Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin.
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- Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin
- Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Disease Control Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
- Faculté d'Agronomie, Université de Parakou, Parakou, Benin
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- Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin
- Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin
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- Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin
- Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin
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- Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin
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- Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Disease Control Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin
- Ecole de Gestion et d'Exploitation des Systèmes d'Elevage, Université Nationale d'Agriculture, Kétou, Benin
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- Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin
- Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin
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- Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin
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- Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin
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- Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin
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- Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Disease Control Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
- Parasitology and Vector Biology Laboratory (UNLV PARAVEC Lab), School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, 89154, USA
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- Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin
- Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin
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- Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin
- Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Disease Control Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) International Statistics and Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin
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- Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Disease Control Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Anand A, Garg VK. Modeling the species occurrence probability and response of climate change on Himalayan Somalata plant under different Shared Socioeconomic Pathways. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2024; 196:647. [PMID: 38907768 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-024-12824-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 06/11/2024] [Indexed: 06/24/2024]
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In this study, the current distribution probability of Ephedra gerardiana (Somalata), a medicinally potent species of the Himalayas, was assessed, and its spatial distribution change was forecasted until the year 2100 under three Shared Socioeconomic Pathways. Here, we used the maximum entropy model (MaxEnt) on 274 spatially filtered occurrence data points accessed from GBIF and other publications, and 19 bioclimatic variables were used as predictors against the probability assessment. The area under the curve, Continuous Boyce Index, True Skill Statistics, and kappa values were used to evaluate and validate the model. It was observed that the SSP5-8.5, a fossil fuel-fed scenario, saw a maximum habitat decline for E. gerardiana driving its niche towards higher altitudes. Nepal Himalayas witnessed a maximum decline in suitable habitat for the species, whereas it gained area in Bhutan. In India, regions of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, and Sikkim saw a maximum negative response to climate change by the year 2100. Mean annual temperature, isothermality, diurnal temperature range, and precipitation seasonality are the most influential variables isolated by the model that contribute in defining the species' habitat. The results provide evidence of the effects of climate change on the distribution of endemic species in the study area under different scenarios of emissions and anthropogenic coupling. Certainly, the area of consideration encompasses several protected areas, which will become more vulnerable to increased variability of climate, and regulating their boundaries might become a necessary step to conserve the regions' biodiversity in the future.
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- Aryan Anand
- Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India
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Fendrich AN, Van Eynde E, Stasinopoulos DM, Rigby RA, Mezquita FY, Panagos P. Modeling arsenic in European topsoils with a coupled semiparametric (GAMLSS-RF) model for censored data. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2024; 185:108544. [PMID: 38452467 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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Arsenic (As) is a versatile heavy metalloid trace element extensively used in industrial applications. As is carcinogen, poses health risks through both inhalation and ingestion, and is associated with an increased risk of liver, kidney, lung, and bladder tumors. In the agricultural context, the repeated application of arsenical products leads to elevated soil concentrations, which are also affected by environmental and management variables. Since exposure to As poses risks, effective assessment tools to support environmental and health policies are needed. However, the most comprehensive soil As data available, the Land Use/Cover Area frame statistical Survey (LUCAS) database, contains severe limitations due to high detection limits. Although within International Organization for Standardization standards, the detection limits preclude the adoption of standard methodologies for data analysis. The present work focused on developing a new method to model As contamination in European soils using LUCAS soil samples. We introduce the GAMLSS-RF model, a novel approach that couples Random Forests with Generalized Additive Models for Location, Scale, and Shape. The semiparametric model can capture non-linear interactions among input variables while accommodating censored and non-censored observations and can be calibrated to include information from other campaign databases. After fitting and validating a spatial model, we produced European-scale As concentration maps at a 250 m spatial resolution and evaluated the patterns against reference values (i.e., two action levels and a background concentration). We found a significant variability of As concentration across the continent, with lower concentrations in Northern countries and higher concentrations in Portugal, Spain, Austria, France and Belgium. By overcoming limitations in existing databases and methodologies, the present approach provides an alternative way to handle highly censored data. The model also consists of a valuable probabilistic tool for assessing As contamination risks in soils, contributing to informed policy-making for environmental and health protection.
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- Arthur Nicolaus Fendrich
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, VA, Italy; Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ-UPSACLAY, 91190 Gif sur Yvette, France; Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR SAD-APT, 91120 Palaiseau, France.
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, VA, Italy
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- School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Greenwich, Greenwich, UK
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, VA, Italy
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Mathur M, Mathur P. Habitat suitability of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) MILL. (CACTACEAE): a comparative temporal evaluation using diverse bio-climatic earth system models and ensemble machine learning approach. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2024; 196:232. [PMID: 38308673 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-024-12406-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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A comprehensive evaluation of the habitat suitability across the India was conducted for the introduced species Opuntia ficus-indica. This assessment utilized a newly developed model called BioClimInd, takes into account five Earth System Models (ESMs). These ESMs consider two different emission scenarios known as Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP), specifically RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5. Additionally, the assessment considered two future time frames: 2040-2079 (60) and 2060-2099 (80). Current study provided the threshold limit of different climatic variables in annual, quarter and monthly time slots like temperature annual range (26-30 °C), mean temperature of the driest quarter (25-28 °C); mean temperature of the coldest month (22-25 °C); minimum temperature of coldest month (13-17 °C); precipitation of the wettest month (250-500 mm); potential evapotranspiration Thronthwaite (1740-1800 mm). Predictive climatic habitat suitability posits that the introduction of this exotic species is deemed unsuitable in the Northern as well as the entirety of the cooler eastern areas of the country. The states of Rajasthan and Gujarat exhibit the highest degree of habitat suitability for this particular species. Niche hypervolumes and climatic variables affecting fundamental and realized niches were also assessed. This study proposes using multi-climatic exploration to evaluate habitats for introduced species to reduce modeling uncertainties.
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- Manish Mathur
- ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, 342 003, Jodhpur, India
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- Jodhpur Institute of Engineering and Technology, Computer Science Department, Jodhpur, India.
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Mikryukov V, Dulya O, Zizka A, Bahram M, Hagh-Doust N, Anslan S, Prylutskyi O, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Maestre FT, Nilsson H, Pärn J, Öpik M, Moora M, Zobel M, Espenberg M, Mander Ü, Khalid AN, Corrales A, Agan A, Vasco-Palacios AM, Saitta A, Rinaldi A, Verbeken A, Sulistyo B, Tamgnoue B, Furneaux B, Duarte Ritter C, Nyamukondiwa C, Sharp C, Marín C, Gohar D, Klavina D, Sharmah D, Dai DQ, Nouhra E, Biersma EM, Rähn E, Cameron E, De Crop E, Otsing E, Davydov E, Albornoz F, Brearley F, Buegger F, Zahn G, Bonito G, Hiiesalu I, Barrio I, Heilmann-Clausen J, Ankuda J, Doležal J, Kupagme J, Maciá-Vicente J, Djeugap Fovo J, Geml J, Alatalo J, Alvarez-Manjarrez J, Põldmaa K, Runnel K, Adamson K, Bråthen KA, Pritsch K, Tchan Issifou K, Armolaitis K, Hyde K, Newsham KK, Panksep K, Lateef AA, Hansson L, Lamit L, Saba M, Tuomi M, Gryzenhout M, Bauters M, Piepenbring M, Wijayawardene NN, Yorou N, Kurina O, Mortimer P, Meidl P, Kohout P, Puusepp R, Drenkhan R, Garibay-Orijel R, Godoy R, Alkahtani S, Rahimlou S, Dudov S, Põlme S, Ghosh S, Mundra S, Ahmed T, Netherway T, Henkel T, Roslin T, Nteziryayo V, Fedosov V, Onipchenko V, Yasanthika WAE, Lim Y, Van Nuland M, Soudzilovskaia N, Antonelli A, Kõljalg U, Abarenkov K, Tedersoo L. Connecting the multiple dimensions of global soil fungal diversity. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadj8016. [PMID: 38019923 PMCID: PMC10686567 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj8016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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How the multiple facets of soil fungal diversity vary worldwide remains virtually unknown, hindering the management of this essential species-rich group. By sequencing high-resolution DNA markers in over 4000 topsoil samples from natural and human-altered ecosystems across all continents, we illustrate the distributions and drivers of different levels of taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of fungi and their ecological groups. We show the impact of precipitation and temperature interactions on local fungal species richness (alpha diversity) across different climates. Our findings reveal how temperature drives fungal compositional turnover (beta diversity) and phylogenetic diversity, linking them with regional species richness (gamma diversity). We integrate fungi into the principles of global biodiversity distribution and present detailed maps for biodiversity conservation and modeling of global ecological processes.
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- Vladimir Mikryukov
- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
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- Department of Biology, Philipps-University, Marburg 35032, Germany
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala 75007, Sweden
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
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- Department of Mycology and Plant Resistance, School of Biology, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv 61022, Ukraine
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- Laboratorio de Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistemico, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Sevilla 41012, Spain
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- Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio ‘Ramón Margalef’ and Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante 03690, Spain
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- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 40530, Sweden
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Biotecnología-UR (CIMBIUR), Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá 111221, Colombia
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- Institute of Forestry and Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu 51006, Estonia
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- Grupo de BioMicro y Microbiología Ambiental, Escuela de Microbiologia, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Medellin 050010, Colombia
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo 90128, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari 09124, Italy
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- Department Biology, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium
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- Department of Crop Science, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä 40014, Finland
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Palapye 10071, Botswana
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- Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
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- Centro de Investigación e Innovación para el Cambio Climático (CiiCC), Universidad SantoTomás, Valdivia, Chile
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- Center of Mycology and Microbiology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
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- Latvian State Forest Research Institute Silava, Salaspils 2169, Latvia
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- Department of Botany, Jawaharlal Nehru Rajkeeya Mahavidyalaya, Pondicherry University, Port Blair 744101, India
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- College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan 655011, China
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- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Cordoba 5000, Argentina
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- Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen 1123, Denmark
- British Antarctic Survey, NERC, High Cross, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
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- Institute of Forestry and Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu 51006, Estonia
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- Department of Environmental Science, Saint Mary's University, Halifax B3H 3C3, Canada
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- Department Biology, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium
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- Center of Mycology and Microbiology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
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- Land and Water, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Wembley 6014, Australia
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 5GD, UK
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg 85764, Germany
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- Biology Department, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT 84058, USA
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- Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-6254, USA
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
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- Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural University of Iceland, Reykjavík 112, Iceland
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 1350, Denmark
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- Vokė branch, Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (LAMMC), Vilnius LT-02232, Lithuania
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice 37005, Czech Republic
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- Center of Mycology and Microbiology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen 6708, Netherlands
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- ELKH-EKKE Lendület Environmental Microbiome Research Group, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Eger 3300, Hungary
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- Environmental Science Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
- Natural History Museum, University of Tartu, Tartu 51003, Estonia
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
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- Institute of Forestry and Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu 51006, Estonia
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø 9019, Norway
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg 85764, Germany
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- Research Unit Tropical Mycology and Plants-Soil Fungi Interactions, University of Parakou, Parakou 00229, Benin
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- Department of Silviculture and Ecology, Institute of Forestry, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (LAMMC), Girionys 53101, Lithuania
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- Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
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- British Antarctic Survey, NERC, High Cross, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
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- Chair of Hydrobiology and Fishery, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu 51006, Estonia
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- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Life Science, University of Ilorin, Ilorin 240102, Nigeria
- Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development, Gothenburg 41133, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse 13244, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø 9019, Norway
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium
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- Mycology Working Group, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
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- College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, China
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- Research Unit Tropical Mycology and Plants-Soil Fungi Interactions, University of Parakou, Parakou 00229, Benin
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- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu 51006, Estonia
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- Center For Mountain Futures, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center of Mycology and Microbiology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
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- Institute of Forestry and Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu 51006, Estonia
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- Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
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- Instituto Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Center of Mycology and Microbiology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
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- Department of Ecology and Plant Geography, Moscow Lomonosov State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Center of Mycology and Microbiology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
- Natural History Museum, University of Tartu, Tartu 51003, Estonia
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al Ain, UAE
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- Environmental Science Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala 75007, Sweden
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Arcata, CA 95521, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala 75007, Sweden
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Burundi, Bujumbura Burundi
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- Department of Ecology and Plant Geography, Moscow Lomonosov State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Department of Ecology and Plant Geography, Moscow Lomonosov State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN), Dover, DE 19901, USA
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
- Natural History Museum, University of Tartu, Tartu 51003, Estonia
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- Natural History Museum, University of Tartu, Tartu 51003, Estonia
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- Center of Mycology and Microbiology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50409, Estonia
- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Schoeman DS, Gupta AS, Harrison CS, Everett JD, Brito-Morales I, Hannah L, Bopp L, Roehrdanz PR, Richardson AJ. Demystifying global climate models for use in the life sciences. Trends Ecol Evol 2023; 38:843-858. [PMID: 37179171 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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For each assessment cycle of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), researchers in the life sciences are called upon to provide evidence to policymakers planning for a changing future. This research increasingly relies on highly technical and complex outputs from climate models. The strengths and weaknesses of these data may not be fully appreciated beyond the climate modelling community; therefore, uninformed use of raw or preprocessed climate data could lead to overconfident or spurious conclusions. We provide an accessible introduction to climate model outputs that is intended to empower the life science community to robustly address questions about human and natural systems in a changing world.
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- David S Schoeman
- Ocean Futures Research Cluster, School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia; Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa.
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- Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Australian Research Council, Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Ocean and Coastal Science, Center for Computation and Technology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Environment, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia; School of Environment, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science, Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA; Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science, Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA
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- LMD/IPSL, Ecole Normale Supérieure/Université PSL, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science, Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Environment, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia; School of Environment, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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Zhang F, Wang C, Zhang C, Wan J. Comparing the Performance of CMCC-BioClimInd and WorldClim Datasets in Predicting Global Invasive Plant Distributions. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:biology12050652. [PMID: 37237466 DOI: 10.3390/biology12050652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Species distribution modeling (SDM) has been widely used to predict the distribution of invasive plant species based on bioclimatic variables. However, the specific selection of these variables may affect the performance of SDM. This investigation elucidates a new bioclimate variable dataset (i.e., CMCC-BioClimInd) for its use in SDM. The predictive performance of SDM that includes WorldClim and CMCC-BioClimInd was evaluated by AUC and omission rate and the explanatory power of both datasets was assessed by the jackknife method. Furthermore, the ODMAP protocol was used to record CMCC-BioClimInd to ensure reproducibility. The results indicated that CMCC-BioClimInd effectively simulates invasive plant species' distribution. Based on the contribution rate of CMCC-BioClimInd to the distribution of invasive plant species, it was inferred that the modified and simplified continentality and Kira warmth index from CMCC-BioClimInd had a strong explanatory power. Under the 35 bioclimatic variables of CMCC-BioClimInd, alien invasive plant species are mainly distributed in equatorial, tropical, and subtropical regions. We tested a new bioclimate variable dataset to simulate the distribution of invasive plant species worldwide. This method has great potential to improve the efficiency of species distribution modeling, thereby providing a new perspective for risk assessment and management of global invasive plant species.
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- Feixue Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China
- College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China
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- College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China
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Wang L, Ma W, Zhou D, Chen Q, Liu L, Li L. Bioclimatic drivers of forage growth and cover in alpine rangelands. Front Ecol Evol 2023. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.1076005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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ContextClimate change and human activities have significant impacts on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau; the alpine ecosystem in this region has been degraded. A decline in forage yield reduces the livestock carrying capacity, but an unmitigated increase may lead to overfeeding and damage to vegetation. These changes have eventually led to grassland degradation and a series of ecological problems. Therefore, it is essential to examine bioclimatic factors that affect forage growth in grasslands.ObjectiveTo identify bioclimatic factors associated with forage growth and coverage in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau.MethodsWe examined how forage growth and coverage are affected by 35 bioclimatic indicators published in a global database (CMCC-BioClimInd).Results and conclusionsWe comprehensively considered the relationship between 35 indicators and forage yield and coverage and found that the combination of temperature and precipitation indicators had a very high correlation with yield and coverage. When we evaluated the relationship between each index and forage yield, forage yield was found to be significantly correlated with 16 bioclimatic indices. Forage yield was positively correlated with yearly positive precipitation (R2 = 0.49, p < 0.05), annual precipitation (R2 = 0.48, p < 0.05), and precipitation of driest quarter (R2 = 0.47, p < 0.05), and negatively correlated with temperature seasonality (R2 = 0.52, p < 0.05), precipitation seasonality (R2 = 0.39, p < 0.05), and simplified continentality index (R2 = 0.48). Forage coverage was significantly correlated with 15 bioclimatic indicators. It showed positive correlations with precipitation of driest quarter (R2 = 0.36, p < 0.05), precipitation of driest month (R2 = 0.33, p < 0.05), and annual precipitation (R2 = 0.31, p < 0.05), and negative correlations with temperature seasonality (R2 = 0.415, p < 0.05), annual temperature range, precipitation seasonality, and simplified continentality index (R2 = 0.37, p < 0.05).SignificanceWe identified bioclimatic indicators that affect forage growth in the northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, and explored the physiological and ecological mechanisms underlying forage growth. Our results provide a scientific basis for future forage management, early determination of livestock carrying capacity, rational management of animal husbandry practices, and ecological protection and restoration efforts.
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Hamed MM, Nashwan MS, Shahid S, Ismail TB, Dewan A, Asaduzzaman M. Thermal bioclimatic indicators over Southeast Asia: present status and future projection using CMIP6. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:91212-91231. [PMID: 35881284 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-22036-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Mapping potential changes in bioclimatic characteristics are critical for planning mitigation goals and climate change adaptation. Assessment of such changes is particularly important for Southeast Asia (SEA) - home to global largest ecological diversity. Twenty-three global climate models (GCMs) of Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) were used in this study to evaluate changes in 11 thermal bioclimatic indicators over SEA for two shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs), 2-4.5 and 5-8.5. Spatial changes in the ensemble mean, 5th, and 95th percentile of each indicator for near (2020-2059) and far (2060-2099) periods were examined in order to understand temporal changes and associated uncertainty. The results indicated large spatial heterogeneity and temporal variability in projected changes of bioclimatic indicators. A higher change was projected for mainland SEA in the far future and less in maritime region during the near future. At the same time, uncertainty in the projected bioclimatic indices was higher for mainland than maritime SEA. Analysis of mean multi-model ensemble revealed a change in mean temperature ranged from - 0.71 to 3.23 °C in near and from 0.00 to 4.07 °C in far futures. The diurnal temperature range was projected to reduce over most of SEA (ranging from - 1.1 to - 2.0 °C), while isothermality is likely to decrease from - 1.1 to - 4.6%. A decrease in isothermality along with narrowing of seasonality indicated a possible shift in climate, particularly in the north of mainland SEA. Maximum temperature in the warmest month/quarter was projected to increase a little more than the coldest month/quarter and the mean temperature in the driest month to increase more than the wettest month. This would cause an increase in the annual temperature range in the future.
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- Mohammed Magdy Hamed
- Construction and Building Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Technology, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), B 2401 Smart Village, Giza, 12577, Egypt.
- Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Skudia, Johor, Malaysia.
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- Construction and Building Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Technology, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Elhorria, Cairo, 2033, Egypt
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- Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Skudia, Johor, Malaysia
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- Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Skudia, Johor, Malaysia
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- Spatial Sciences Discipline, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Perth, 6102, Australia
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- Department of Engineering, School of Digital, Technologies and Arts, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
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Gómez-Espejo AL, Sansaloni CP, Burgueño J, Toledo FH, Benavides-Mendoza A, Reyes-Valdés MH. Worldwide Selection Footprints for Drought and Heat in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11172289. [PMID: 36079671 PMCID: PMC9460392 DOI: 10.3390/plants11172289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Revised: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Genome–environment Associations (GEA) or Environmental Genome-Wide Association scans (EnvGWAS) have been poorly applied for studying the genomics of adaptive traits in bread wheat landraces (Triticum aestivum L.). We analyzed 990 landraces and seven climatic variables (mean temperature, maximum temperature, precipitation, precipitation seasonality, heat index of mean temperature, heat index of maximum temperature, and drought index) in GEA using the FarmCPU approach with GAPIT. Historical temperature and precipitation values were obtained as monthly averages from 1970 to 2000. Based on 26,064 high-quality SNP loci, landraces were classified into ten subpopulations exhibiting high genetic differentiation. The GEA identified 59 SNPs and nearly 89 protein-encoding genes involved in the response processes to abiotic stress. Genes related to biosynthesis and signaling are mainly mediated by auxins, abscisic acid (ABA), ethylene (ET), salicylic acid (SA), and jasmonates (JA), which are known to operate together in modulation responses to heat stress and drought in plants. In addition, we identified some proteins associated with the response and tolerance to stress by high temperatures, water deficit, and cell wall functions. The results provide candidate regions for selection aimed to improve drought and heat tolerance in bread wheat and provide insights into the genetic mechanisms involved in adaptation to extreme environments.
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- Ana L. Gómez-Espejo
- Programa de Doctorado en Recursos Fitogenéticos para Zonas Áridas, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro (UAAAN), Saltillo 25315, Mexico or
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Texcoco 56237, Mexico
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Texcoco 56237, Mexico
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- Programa de Doctorado en Recursos Fitogenéticos para Zonas Áridas, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro (UAAAN), Saltillo 25315, Mexico or
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- Programa de Doctorado en Recursos Fitogenéticos para Zonas Áridas, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro (UAAAN), Saltillo 25315, Mexico or
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Abdulwahab UA, Hammill E, Hawkins CP. Choice of climate data affects the performance and interpretation of species distribution models. Ecol Modell 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Booth TH. Checking bioclimatic variables that combine temperature and precipitation data before their use in species distribution models. AUSTRAL ECOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.13234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Trevor H. Booth
- CSIRO Land and Water GPO Box 1700 Canberra Australian Capital Territory 2601 Australia
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FutureStreams, a global dataset of future streamflow and water temperature. Sci Data 2022; 9:307. [PMID: 35705555 PMCID: PMC9200746 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01410-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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There is growing evidence that climate change impacts ecosystems and socio-economic activities in freshwater environments. Consistent global data of projected streamflow and water temperature are key to global impact assessments, but such a dataset is currently lacking. Here we present FutureStreams, the first global dataset of projected future streamflow and water temperature for multiple climate scenarios (up to 2099) gridded at a 5 arcminute spatial resolution (~10 km at the equator), including recent past data (1976–2005) for comparison. We generated the data using global hydrological and water temperature models (PCR-GLOBWB, DynWat) forced with climate data from five general circulation models. We included four representative concentration pathways to cover multiple future greenhouse gas emission trajectories and associated changes in climate. Our dataset includes weekly streamflow and water temperature for each year as well as a set of derived indicators that are particularly relevant from an ecological perspective. FutureStreams provides a crucial starting point for large-scale assessments of the implications of changes in streamflow and water temperature for society and freshwater ecosystems. Measurement(s) | Water temperature • Streamflow | Technology Type(s) | water temperature model • hydrological model | Factor Type(s) | climate | Sample Characteristic - Environment | stream | Sample Characteristic - Location | Global |
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Campos-Soldini MP. Modeling Current and Future Distribution of Epicauta Dejean (Meloinae, Epicautini) under Changing Climate Conditions in America. NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2022; 51:356-367. [PMID: 35237943 DOI: 10.1007/s13744-022-00950-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Epicauta Dejean is one of the largest genera within Meloidae, with approximately 400 species identified to date. In this work, I applied the maximum entropy algorithm (Maxent) to predict the current and future distribution of this genus in America. A total of 12,130 points and 19 bioclimatic variables were used to model its potential distribution area under current and future climate scenarios. Maxent showed high prediction performance, and 7 out of the 19 variables used were found to be the most influential on the current and future distribution of Epicauta. It also allowed to predict the distribution of Epicauta in geographical areas where different bioclimatic criteria are combined. These areas belong to several provinces of the Nearctic, Neotropical regions and the Mexican and South American transition zones. Maxent also revealed that in North America, the current and future potential distribution of Epicauta is located within 38°N 97°W, while in South America, it is further south, within 25°S 60°W. According to this, it can be concluded that its greatest diversity is circumscribed to temperate and semi-arid regions, and that the tropical habitats of middle America have apparently served as effective barriers to faunal exchange since the intercontinental connection that occurred four million years ago until now. The findings from the present study provide a theoretical basis to better understand the distribution patterns of Epicauta spp. under changing climate conditions.
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- María P Campos-Soldini
- Laboratorio de Entomología, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción (CICYTTP-CONICET-Gob.ER-UADER), Diamante, Argentina.
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Habitat Characteristics of Magnolia Based on Spatial Analysis: Landscape Protection to Conserve Endemic and Endangered Magnolia sulawesiana Brambach, Noot., and Culmsee. FORESTS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/f13050802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Based on habitat preferences, in this study, we investigated the spatial distribution of the Magnolia genus in the northern part of Sulawesi. Habitat characteristics, especially temperature, precipitation, and topography, were determined using spatial analysis. The temperature and precipitation datasets were obtained from WorldClim BIO Variables V1, and topographical data were obtained from the Google Earth Engine. Data collection began in 2008–2009 and was completed in 2019–2020. In total, we analyzed 786 waypoints. The genus distribution was then predicted based on the most suitable habitat characteristics and mapped spatially. This study confirmed that Magnolia spp. distribution is affected by the annual temperature range, precipitation seasonality, and elevation. We discovered endemic and endangered species, Magnolia sulawesiana Brambach, Noot., and Culmsee, that were previously distributed exclusively in the central part of Sulawesi. Five waypoints of the endemic species were found in the conservation area of the Gunung Ambang Nature Reserve and on the border of Bogani Nani Wartabone Nation Park. In general, M. sulawesiana is distributed at higher elevations than other Magnolia species. This study provides a scientific basis for forest officers to develop in-situ and ex-situ conservation strategies and landscape protection measures to maintain the sustainable use of the genus, especially the sustainability of endemic species.
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Ebert K, Houts R, Noce S. Lower COVID-19 Incidence in Low-Continentality West-Coast Areas of Europe. GEOHEALTH 2022; 6:e2021GH000568. [PMID: 35516911 PMCID: PMC9066745 DOI: 10.1029/2021gh000568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2021] [Revised: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In March 2020, the first known cases of COVID-19 occurred in Europe. Subsequently, the pandemic developed a seasonal pattern. The incidence of COVID-19 comprises spatial heterogeneity and seasonal variations, with lower and/or shorter peaks resulting in lower total incidence and higher and/or longer peaks resulting higher total incidence. The reason behind this phenomena is still unclear. Unraveling factors that explain why certain places have higher versus lower total COVID-19 incidence can help health decision makers understand and plan for future waves of the pandemic. We test whether differences in the total incidence of COVID-19 within five European countries (Norway, Sweden, Germany, Italy, and Spain), correlate with two environmental factors: the Köppen-Geiger climate zones and the Continentality Index, while statistically controlling for crowding. Our results show that during the first 16 months of the pandemic (March 2020 to July 2021), climate zones with larger annual differences in temperature and annually distributed precipitation show a higher total incidence than climate zones with smaller differences in temperature and dry seasons. This coincides with lower continentality values. Total incidence increases with continentality, up to a Continentality Index value of 19, where a peak is reached in the semicontinental zone. Low continentality (high oceanic influence) appears to be a strong suppressing factor for COVID-19 spread. The incidence in our study area is lowest at open low continentality west coast areas.
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- Karin Ebert
- Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental StudiesSödertörn UniversityStockholmSweden
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- Department of Psychology and NeuroscienceDuke UniversityDurhamNCUSA
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- Fondazione Centro Euro‐Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC)Division on Impacts on Agriculture, Forests and Ecosystem Services (IAFES)ViterboItaly
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Gorel AP, Hardy OJ, Dauby G, Dexter KG, Segovia RA, Steppe K, Fayolle A. Climatic niche lability but growth form conservatism in the African woody flora. Ecol Lett 2022; 25:1164-1176. [PMID: 35229970 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Climatic niche evolution during the diversification of tropical plants has received little attention in Africa. To address this, we characterised the climatic niche of >4000 tropical African woody species, distinguishing two broad bioclimatic groups (forest vs. savanna) and six subgroups. We quantified niche conservatism versus lability at the genus level and for higher clades, using a molecular phylogeny of >800 genera. Although niche stasis at speciation is prevalent, numerous clades individually cover vast climatic spaces suggesting a general ease in transcending ecological limits, especially across bioclimatic subgroups. The forest biome was the main source of diversity, providing many lineages to savanna, but reverse shifts also occurred. We identified clades that diversified in savanna after shifts from forest. The forest-savanna transition was not consistently associated with a growth form change, though we found evolutionarily labile clades whose presence in forest or savanna is associated respectively with climbing or shrubby species diversification.
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- Anaïs-Pasiphaé Gorel
- Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Faculté Des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- AMAP, Univ. Montpellier, IRD, CNRS, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France
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- Tropical School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Tropical Diversity Section, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Instituto de Ecologia y Biodiversidad (IEB), Santiago, Chile.,Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Kat, Valdivia, Chile
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- Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium
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Salehie O, Ismail TB, Shahid S, Sammen SS, Malik A, Wang X. Selection of the gridded temperature dataset for assessment of thermal bioclimatic environmental changes in Amu Darya River basin. STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND RISK ASSESSMENT : RESEARCH JOURNAL 2022; 36:2919-2939. [PMID: 35075345 PMCID: PMC8769093 DOI: 10.1007/s00477-022-02172-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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UNLABELLED Assessment of the thermal bioclimatic environmental changes is important to understand ongoing climate change implications on agriculture, ecology, and human health. This is particularly important for the climatologically diverse transboundary Amy Darya River basin, a major source of water and livelihood for millions in Central Asia. However, the absence of longer period observed temperature data is a major obstacle for such analysis. This study employed a novel approach by integrating compromise programming and multicriteria group decision-making methods to evaluate the efficiency of four global gridded temperature datasets based on observation data at 44 stations. The performance of the proposed method was evaluated by comparing the results obtained using symmetrical uncertainty, a machine learning similarity assessment method. The most reliable gridded data was used to assess the spatial distribution of global warming-induced unidirectional trends in thermal bioclimatic indicators (TBI) using a modified Mann-Kendall test. Ranking of the products revealed Climate Prediction Center (CPC) temperature as most efficient in reconstruction observed temperature, followed by TerraClimate and Climate Research Unit. The ranking of the product was consistent with that obtained using SU. Assessment of TBI trends using CPC data revealed an increase in the Tmin in the coldest month over the whole basin at a rate of 0.03-0.08 °C per decade, except in the east. Besides, an increase in diurnal temperature range and isothermally increased in the east up to 0.2 °C and 0.6% per decade, respectively. The results revealed negative implications of thermal bioclimatic change on water, ecology, and public health in the eastern mountainous region and positive impacts on vegetation in the west and northwest. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00477-022-02172-8.
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- Obaidullah Salehie
- School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor Malaysia
- Faculty of Environment, Kabul University, Kabul, Afghanistan
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- School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor Malaysia
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- School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor Malaysia
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- Faculty of Environment, Kabul University, Kabul, Afghanistan
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- Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Diyala, Baqubah, Diyala Governorate Iraq
- Punjab Agricultural University, Regional Research Station, Bathinda, Punjab 151001 India
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- State Key Laboratory of Hydrology–Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, Nanjing, 210029 China
- Research Center for Climate Change, Ministry of Water Resources, Nanjing, 210029 China
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Passamonti MM, Somenzi E, Barbato M, Chillemi G, Colli L, Joost S, Milanesi M, Negrini R, Santini M, Vajana E, Williams JL, Ajmone-Marsan P. The Quest for Genes Involved in Adaptation to Climate Change in Ruminant Livestock. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:2833. [PMID: 34679854 PMCID: PMC8532622 DOI: 10.3390/ani11102833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Revised: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Livestock radiated out from domestication centres to most regions of the world, gradually adapting to diverse environments, from very hot to sub-zero temperatures and from wet and humid conditions to deserts. The climate is changing; generally global temperature is increasing, although there are also more extreme cold periods, storms, and higher solar radiation. These changes impact livestock welfare and productivity. This review describes advances in the methodology for studying livestock genomes and the impact of the environment on animal production, giving examples of discoveries made. Sequencing livestock genomes has facilitated genome-wide association studies to localize genes controlling many traits, and population genetics has identified genomic regions under selection or introgressed from one breed into another to improve production or facilitate adaptation. Landscape genomics, which combines global positioning and genomics, has identified genomic features that enable animals to adapt to local environments. Combining the advances in genomics and methods for predicting changes in climate is generating an explosion of data which calls for innovations in the way big data sets are treated. Artificial intelligence and machine learning are now being used to study the interactions between the genome and the environment to identify historic effects on the genome and to model future scenarios.
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Affiliation(s)
- Matilde Maria Passamonti
- Department of Animal Science, Food and Nutrition—DIANA, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense, 84, 29122 Piacenza, Italy; (M.M.P.); (E.S.); (M.B.); (L.C.); (R.N.); (J.L.W.)
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- Department of Animal Science, Food and Nutrition—DIANA, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense, 84, 29122 Piacenza, Italy; (M.M.P.); (E.S.); (M.B.); (L.C.); (R.N.); (J.L.W.)
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- Department of Animal Science, Food and Nutrition—DIANA, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense, 84, 29122 Piacenza, Italy; (M.M.P.); (E.S.); (M.B.); (L.C.); (R.N.); (J.L.W.)
| | - Giovanni Chillemi
- Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-Food and Forest Systems–DIBAF, Università Della Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy; (G.C.); (M.M.)
| | - Licia Colli
- Department of Animal Science, Food and Nutrition—DIANA, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense, 84, 29122 Piacenza, Italy; (M.M.P.); (E.S.); (M.B.); (L.C.); (R.N.); (J.L.W.)
- Research Center on Biodiversity and Ancient DNA—BioDNA, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense, 84, 29122 Piacenza, Italy
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- Laboratory of Geographic Information Systems (LASIG), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; (S.J.); (E.V.)
| | - Marco Milanesi
- Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-Food and Forest Systems–DIBAF, Università Della Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy; (G.C.); (M.M.)
| | - Riccardo Negrini
- Department of Animal Science, Food and Nutrition—DIANA, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense, 84, 29122 Piacenza, Italy; (M.M.P.); (E.S.); (M.B.); (L.C.); (R.N.); (J.L.W.)
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- Impacts on Agriculture, Forests and Ecosystem Services (IAFES) Division, Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo Sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Viale Trieste 127, 01100 Viterbo, Italy;
| | - Elia Vajana
- Laboratory of Geographic Information Systems (LASIG), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; (S.J.); (E.V.)
| | - John Lewis Williams
- Department of Animal Science, Food and Nutrition—DIANA, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense, 84, 29122 Piacenza, Italy; (M.M.P.); (E.S.); (M.B.); (L.C.); (R.N.); (J.L.W.)
| | - Paolo Ajmone-Marsan
- Department of Animal Science, Food and Nutrition—DIANA, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense, 84, 29122 Piacenza, Italy; (M.M.P.); (E.S.); (M.B.); (L.C.); (R.N.); (J.L.W.)
- Nutrigenomics and Proteomics Research Center—PRONUTRIGEN, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense, 84, 29122 Piacenza, Italy
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Is New Always Better? Frontiers in Global Climate Datasets for Modeling Treeline Species in the Himalayas. ATMOSPHERE 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/atmos12050543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Comparing and evaluating global climate datasets and their effect on model performance in regions with limited data availability has received little attention in ecological modeling studies so far. In this study, we aim at comparing the interpolated climate dataset Worldclim 1.4, which is the most widely used in ecological modeling studies, and the quasi-mechanistical downscaled climate dataset Chelsa, as well as their latest versions Worldclim 2.1 and Chelsa 1.2, with regard to their suitability for modeling studies. To evaluate the effect of these global climate datasets at the meso-scale, the ecological niche of Betula utilis in Nepal is modeled under current and future climate conditions. We underline differences regarding methodology and bias correction between Chelsa and Worldclim versions and highlight potential drawbacks for ecological models in remote high mountain regions. Regarding model performance and prediction plausibility under current climatic conditions, Chelsa-based models significantly outperformed Worldclim-based models, however, the latest version of Chelsa contains partially inherent distorted precipitation amounts. This study emphasizes that unmindful usage of climate data may have severe consequences for modeling treeline species in high-altitude regions as well as for future projections, if based on flawed current model predictions. The results illustrate the inevitable need for interdisciplinary investigations and collaboration between climate scientists and ecologists to enhance climate-based ecological model quality at meso- to local-scales by accounting for local-scale physical features at high temporal and spatial resolution.
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