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Mello JHF, Muylaert RL, Grelle CEV. Hantavirus Expansion Trends in Natural Host Populations in Brazil. Viruses 2024; 16:1154. [PMID: 39066316 PMCID: PMC11281686 DOI: 10.3390/v16071154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2024] [Revised: 07/15/2024] [Accepted: 07/15/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
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Hantaviruses are zoonotic agents responsible for causing Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome (HCPS) in the Americas, with Brazil ranking first in number of confirmed HCPS cases in South America. In this study, we simulate the monthly spread of highly lethal hantavirus in natural hosts by conjugating a Kermack-McCormick SIR model with a cellular automata model (CA), therefore simultaneously evaluating both in-cell and between-cell infection dynamics in host populations, using recently compiled data on main host species abundances and confirmed deaths by hantavirus infection. For both host species, our models predict an increase in the area of infection, with 22 municipalities where no cases have been confirmed to date expected to have at least one case in the next decade, and a reduction in infection in 11 municipalities. Our findings support existing research and reveal new areas where hantavirus is likely to spread within recognized epicenters. Highlighting spatial-temporal trends and potential expansion, we emphasize the increased risk due to pervasive habitat fragmentation and agricultural expansion. Consistent prevention efforts and One Health actions are crucial, especially in newly identified high-risk municipalities.
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- José Henrique Fortes Mello
- Department of Ecology, Institute of Biology, Rio de Janeiro Federal University (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro 21941-902, Brazil
- Knowledge Center for Biodiversity, Belo Horizonte 31270-901, MG, Brazil
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- Molecular Epidemiology and Public Health Laboratory, School of Veterinary Science—Tāwharau Ora, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North 4474, New Zealand
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- Department of Ecology, Institute of Biology, Rio de Janeiro Federal University (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro 21941-902, Brazil
- Knowledge Center for Biodiversity, Belo Horizonte 31270-901, MG, Brazil
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Ninsin KD, Souza PGC, Amaro GC, Aidoo OF, Barry EJDV, da Silva RS, Osei-Owusu J, Dofuor AK, Ablormeti FK, Heve WK, Edusei G, Agboyi LK, Beseh P, Boafo HA, Borgemeister C, Sétamou M. Risk of spread of the Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae) in Ghana. BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2024:1-20. [PMID: 38699867 DOI: 10.1017/s0007485324000105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
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The impact of invasive species on biodiversity, food security and economy is increasingly noticeable in various regions of the globe as a consequence of climate change. Yet, there is limited research on how climate change affects the distribution of the invasive Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera:Liviidae) in Ghana. Using maxnet package to fit the Maxent model in R software, we answered the following questions; (i) what are the main drivers for D. citri distribution, (ii) what are the D. citri-specific habitat requirements and (iii) how well do the risk maps fit with what we know to be correctly based on the available evidence?. We found that temperature seasonality (Bio04), mean temperature of warmest quarter (Bio10), precipitation of driest quarter (Bio17), moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer land cover and precipitation seasonality (Bio15), were the most important drivers of D. citri distribution. The results follow the known distribution records of the pest with potential expansion of habitat suitability in the future. Because many invasive species, including D. citri, can adapt to the changing climates, our findings can serve as a guide for surveillance, tracking and prevention of D. citri spread in Ghana.
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- Kodwo Dadzie Ninsin
- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Environment and Sustainable Development, PMB, Somanya, E/R, Ghana
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- Department of Agronomy, Instituto Federal de Ciência e Tecnologia do Triângulo Mineiro (IFTM Campus Uberlândia), Uberlândia, MG 38400-970, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Environment and Sustainable Development, PMB, Somanya, E/R, Ghana
- Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri (UFVJM), Diamantina, MG 39100-000, Brazil
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- Department of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Environment and Sustainable Development, PMB, Somanya, E/R, Ghana
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- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Environment and Sustainable Development, PMB, Somanya, E/R, Ghana
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- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), P. O. Box 245, Sekondi, W/R, Ghana
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- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Environment and Sustainable Development, PMB, Somanya, E/R, Ghana
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- Department of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Environment and Sustainable Development, PMB, Somanya, E/R, Ghana
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- Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI), CSIR Campus, No. 6 Agostino Neto Road, Airport Residential Area, P. O. Box CT 8630, Cantonments, Ghana
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- Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate. P. O. Box M37, Accra, Ghana
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- Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI), CSIR Campus, No. 6 Agostino Neto Road, Airport Residential Area, P. O. Box CT 8630, Cantonments, Ghana
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- Centre for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Genscherallee 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany
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- Citrus Center, Texas A & M University-Kingsville, 312 N. International Blvd., Weslaco, TX 78599, USA
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Brambilla M, Bazzi G, Ilahiane L. The effectiveness of species distribution models in predicting local abundance depends on model grain size. Ecology 2024; 105:e4224. [PMID: 38038251 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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The use of species distribution models (SDMs) to predict local abundance has been often proposed and contested. We tested whether SDMs at different spatiotemporal resolutions may predict the local density of 14 bird species of open/semi-open habitats. SDMs were built at 1 ha and 1 km, and with long-term versus a mix of current and long-term climatic variables. The estimated environmental suitability was used to predict local abundance obtained by means of 275 linear transects. We tested SDM ability to predict abundance for all sampled sites versus occurrence sites, using N-mixture models to account for imperfect detection. Then, we related the R2 of N-mixture models to SDM traits. Fine-grain SDMs appeared generally more robust than large-grain ones. Considering the all-transects models, for all species environmental suitability displayed a positive and highly significant effect at all the four combinations of spatial and temporal grains. When focusing only on occurrence transects, at the 1 km grain only one species showed a significant and positive effect. At the 1 ha grain, 62% of species models showed (over both climatic sets) a significant or nearly significant positive effect of environmental suitability on abundance. Grain was the only factor significantly affecting the model's explanatory power: 1 km grain led to lower amounts of variation explained by models. Our work re-opens the debate about predicting abundance using SDM-derived suitability, emphasizing the importance of grains and of spatiotemporal resolution more in general. The incorporation of local variables into SDMs at fine grains is key to predict local abundance. SDMs worked out at really fine grains, approaching the average size of territory or home range of target species, are needed to predict local abundance effectively. This may result from the fact that each single cell may represent a potential territory/home range, and hence a higher suitability over a given area means that more potential territories occur there.
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- Mattia Brambilla
- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Milan University, Milan, Italy
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- Area Avifauna Migratrice, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Milan University, Milan, Italy
- Department of Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, Eastern Piedmont University, Vercelli, Italy
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Fuica-Carrasco C, Toro-Núñez Ó, Lira-Noriega A, Pérez AJ, Hernández V. Metabolome expression in Eucryphia cordifolia populations: Role of seasonality and ecological niche centrality hypothesis. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2023; 136:827-839. [PMID: 37486392 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-023-01483-3] [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: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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The ecological niche centrality hypothesis states that population abundance is determined by the position in the ecological niche, expecting higher abundances towards the center of the niche and lower at the periphery. However, the variations in the conditions that favor the persistence of populations between the center and the periphery of the niche can be a surrogate of stress factors that are reflected in the production of metabolites in plants. In this study we tested if metabolomic similarity and diversity in populations of the tree species Eucryphia cordifolia Cav. vary according to their position with respect to the structure of the ecological niche. We hypothesize that populations growing near the centroid should exhibit lower metabolites diversity than plants growing at the periphery of the niche. The ecological niche of the species was modeled using correlative approaches and bioclimatic variables to define central and peripheral localities from which we chose four populations to obtain their metabolomic information using UHPLC-DAD-QTOF-MS. We observed that populations farther away from the centroid tend to have higher metabolome diversity, thus supporting our expectation of the niche centrality hypothesis. Nonetheless, the Shannon index showed a marked variation in metabolome diversity at the seasonal level, with summer and autumn being the periods with higher metabolite diversity compared to winter and spring. We conclude that both the environmental variation throughout the year in combination with the structure of the ecological niche are relevant to understand the variation in expression of metabolites in plants.
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- Camila Fuica-Carrasco
- Laboratorio de Química de Productos Naturales, Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, CP 40300000, Chile.
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- Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, CP 40300000, Chile
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- CONAHCyT Research Fellow, Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Instituto de Ecología, Mexico City, A.C, México
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- Departamento de Análisis Instrumental, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, CP 40300000, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Química de Productos Naturales, Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, CP 40300000, Chile
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Charre‐Medellín JF, Ferrer‐Ferrando D, Monterrubio‐Rico TC, Fernández‐López J, Acevedo P. Using species distribution modeling to generate relative abundance information in socio-politically unstable territories: Conservation of Felidae in the central-western region of Mexico. Ecol Evol 2023; 13:e10534. [PMID: 37727774 PMCID: PMC10505758 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023] Open
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The distribution range and population abundance of species provide fundamental information on the species-habitat relationship required for management and conservation. Abundance inherently provides more information about the ecology of species than do occurrence data. However, information on abundance is scarce for most species, mainly at large spatial scales. The objective of this work was, therefore, to provide information regarding the population status of six wild felids inhabiting territories in Mexico that are inaccessible or politically unstable. This was done using species distribution models derived from occurrence data. We used distribution data at a continental scale for the wild felids inhabiting Mexico: jaguar (Panthera onca), bobcat (Lynx rufus), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), cougar (Puma concolor), margay (Leopardus wiedii), and jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) to predict environmental suitability (estimated by both Maxent and the distance to niche centroid, DNC). Suitability was then examined by relating to a capture rate-based index, in a well-monitored area in central western Mexico in order to assess their performance as proxies of relative abundance. Our results indicate that the environmental suitability patterns predicted by both algorithms were comparable. However, the strength of the relationship between the suitability and relative abundance of local populations differed across species and between algorithms, with the bobcat and DNC, respectively, having the best fit, although the relationship was not consistent in all the models. This paper presents the potential of implementing species distribution models in order to predict the relative abundance of wild felids in Mexico and offers guidance for the proper interpretation of the relationship between suitability and population abundance. The results obtained provide a robust information base on which to outline specific conservation actions and on which to examine the potential status of endangered species inhabiting remote or politically unstable territories in which on-field monitoring programs are not feasible.
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- Juan F. Charre‐Medellín
- National School of Higher StudiesUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMoreliaMexico
- Laboratory of Priority Terrestrial Vertebrates, Faculty of BiologyUniversidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de HidalgoMoreliaMexico
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC), CSIC‐UCLM‐JCCMCiudad RealSpain
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- Laboratory of Priority Terrestrial Vertebrates, Faculty of BiologyUniversidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de HidalgoMoreliaMexico
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC), CSIC‐UCLM‐JCCMCiudad RealSpain
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Kim MJ, Bak S, Jung C. Modeling abundance and risk impact of Vespa velutina nigrithorax (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Korea: application of a species abundance model. Sci Rep 2023; 13:13616. [PMID: 37604950 PMCID: PMC10442361 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-40016-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023] Open
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The Asian yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax, is native to Southeast Asia. However, it has invaded many countries in temperate regions, causing serious threats to honeybees and human health. With a growing demand for estimating the potential distribution of this species, multiple studies have resorted to occurrence-based models. However, they are less informative for predicting local abundance patterns associated with the species' impact. Thus, we aimed to develop an abundance-based distribution model for V. v. nigrithorax in Korea to support the forecast of its impact and associated management strategies. The abundance data of V. v. nigrithorax were collected from 254 sites for 4 years covering the country and used to develop a model with bioclimatic and land composition variables. Along with the abundance model, the classical occurrence model was tested to determine whether it could provide a reasonable prediction on the estimation of local abundance. As a result, the abundance model provided higher discriminative power and accuracy than the occurrence model to evaluate the impacts caused by V. v. nigrithorax. On the other hand, the occurrence model was not able to discriminate abundance in the areas occupied by V. v. nigrithorax, indicating an unclear occurrence-abundance relationship or oversimplification of the estimated niche created by the occurrence model. Based on the final abundance model, risk indices for human health and honeybee losses were suggested. These results could help to provide support for risk management of V. v. nigrithorax in Korea and to give biological information to other countries where this species has already become established or which it is likely to invade in the near future.
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- Min-Jung Kim
- Forest Entomology and Pathology Division, National Institute of Forest Science, Seoul, 02455, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, 36729, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, 36729, Republic of Korea.
- Agricultural Science and Technology Research Institute, Andong National University, Andong, 36729, Republic of Korea.
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de Oliveira GL, Viana‐Junior AB, Trindade PHS, dos Santos IR, de Almeida‐Maués PCR, Carvalho FG, Silva DP, Wiig Ø, Sena L, Mendes‐Oliveira AC. Wild canids and the ecological traps facing the climate change and deforestation in the Amazon Forest. Ecol Evol 2023; 13:e10150. [PMID: 37304361 PMCID: PMC10251424 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023] Open
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Ecological traps occur when species choose to settle in lower-quality habitats, even if this reduces their survival or productivity. This happens in situations of drastic environmental changes, resulting from anthropogenic pressures. In long term, this could mean the extinction of the species. We investigated the dynamics of occurrence and distribution of three canid species (Atelocynus microtis, Cerdocyon thous, and Spheotos venaticus) considering human threats to their habitats in the Amazon Rainforest. We analyzed the environmental thresholds for the occurrence of these species and related to the future projections of climatic niches for each one. All three species will be negatively affected by climate change in the future, with losses of up to 91% of the suitable area of occurrence in the Brazilian Amazon. A. microtis appear to be more forest-dependent and must rely on the goodwill of decision-makers to be maintained in the future. For C. thous and S. venaticus, climatic variables and those associated with anthropogenic disturbances that modulate their niches today may not act the same way in the future. Even though C. thous is least dependent on the Amazon Forest; this species may be affected in the future due to the ecological traps. S. venaticus, can also undergo the same process, but perhaps more drastically due to the lower ecological plasticity of this species compared to C. thous. Our results suggest that the ecological traps may put these two species at risk in the future. Using the canid species as a model, we had the opportunity to investigate these ecological effects that can affect a large part of the Amazonian fauna in the current scenario. Considering the high degree of environmental degradation and deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest, the theory of ecological traps must be discussed at the same level as the habitat loss, considering the strategies for preserving the Amazon biodiversity.
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- Geovana Linhares de Oliveira
- Laboratório de Ecologia e Zoologia de Vertebrados – LABEV, Instituto de Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Federal do ParáBelémParáBrazil
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba – UEPBCampina Grande – PBBrazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Zoologia de Vertebrados – LABEV, Instituto de Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Federal do ParáBelémParáBrazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Zoologia de Vertebrados – LABEV, Instituto de Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Federal do ParáBelémParáBrazil
- Centro de Estudos Avançados da Biodiversidade – CEABIO, Parque Tecnológico do GuamáUniversidade Federal do ParáBelémParáBrazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Zoologia de Vertebrados – LABEV, Instituto de Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Federal do ParáBelémParáBrazil
- Unama Parque ShoppingBelémParáBrazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação – LABECO, Instituto de Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Federal do ParáBelémParáBrazil
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- COBIMA Lab, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Instituto Federal Goiano, Rodovia Geraldo Silva NascimentoUrutaíGoiásBrazil
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- Natural History MuseumUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
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- Centro de Estudos Avançados da Biodiversidade – CEABIO, Parque Tecnológico do GuamáUniversidade Federal do ParáBelémParáBrazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Zoologia de Vertebrados – LABEV, Instituto de Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Federal do ParáBelémParáBrazil
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Silva CP, López DN, Naulin PI, Estay SA. Can suitability indices predict plant growth in the invaded range? The case of Acacias species. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1125019. [PMID: 36824207 PMCID: PMC9941333 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1125019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Forestry in many parts of the world depends on exotic species, making this industry a source of invasions in some countries. Among others, plantations of the genus Pinus, Eucalyptus, Acacia, Populus, and Pseudotsuga underpin the forestry industry and are a vital component of many countries economies. Among woody plants, the cosmopolitan genus Acacia includes some of the most commonly planted trees worldwide. In order to prevent, manage and control invasive plant species, one of the most used tools is species distribution models. The output of these models can also be used to obtain information about population characteristics, such as spatial abundance patterns or species performance. Although ecological theory suggests a direct link between fitness and suitability, this link is often absent. The reasons behind the lack of this relationship are multiple. Chile is one of the countries where Acacia species, in particular, A. dealbata and A. melanoxylon, have become invaders. METHODS Here, we used climatic and edaphic variables to predict thepotentially suitable habitats for A. dealbata and A. melanoxylon in continental Chile and evaluate if the suitability indices obtained from these models are associated with the observed performance of the trees along the country. RESULTS Our models show that variable importance showed significant similarities between the variables that characterize each species' niche. However, despite the high accuracy of our models, we did not observe an association between suitability and tree growth. DISCUSSION This disconnection between suitability and performance can result from multiple causes, from structural limitations, like the lack of biotic interactions in the models, to methodological issues, like the usefulness of the performance metric used. Whatever the scenario, our results suggest that plans to control invasive species should be cautious in assuming this relationship in their design and consider other indicators such as species establishment success.
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- Carmen P. Silva
- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Laboratorio Biología de Plantas, Departamento de Silvicultura y Conservación de la Naturaleza, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
- Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Huang Q, Bateman BL, Michel NL, Pidgeon AM, Radeloff VC, Heglund P, Allstadt AJ, Nowakowski AJ, Wong J, Sauer JR. Modeled distribution shifts of North American birds over four decades based on suitable climate alone do not predict observed shifts. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 857:159603. [PMID: 36272474 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159603] [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: 01/19/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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As climate change alters the global environment, it is critical to understand the relationship between shifting climate suitability and species distributions. Key questions include whether observed changes in population abundance are aligned with the velocity and direction of shifts predicted by climate suitability models and if the responses are consistent among species with similar ecological traits. We examined the direction and velocity of the observed abundance-based distribution centroids compared with the model-predicted bioclimatic distribution centroids of 250 bird species across the United States from 1969 to 2011. We hypothesized that there is a significant positive correlation in both direction and velocity between the observed and the modeled shifts. We then tested five additional hypotheses that predicted differential shifting velocity based on ecological adaptability and climate change exposure. Contrary to our hypotheses, we found large differences between the observed and modeled shifts among all studied bird species and within specific ecological guilds. However, temperate migrants and habitat generalist species tended to have higher velocity of observed shifts than other species. Neotropical migratory and wetland birds also had significantly different observed velocities than their counterparts, which may be due to their climate change exposure. The velocity based on modeled bioclimatic suitability did not exhibit significant differences among most guilds. Boreal forest birds were the only guild with significantly faster modeled-shifts than the other groups, suggesting an elevated conservation risk for high latitude and altitude species. The highly idiosyncratic species responses to climate and the mismatch between shifts in modeled and observed distribution centroids highlight the challenge of predicting species distribution change based solely on climate suitability and the importance of non-climatic factors traits in shaping species distributions.
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- Qiongyu Huang
- Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA 22630, USA.
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- Science Division, National Audubon Society, 225 Varick St, New York, NY 10014, USA
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- Science Division, National Audubon Society, 225 Varick St, New York, NY 10014, USA
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- Forest and Wildlife Ecology Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Forest and Wildlife Ecology Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- US Fish and Wildlife Service, NWRS, Region 3, 2630 Fanta Reed Road, La Crosse, WI 54603, USA
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- US Fish and Wildlife Service, 5600 West American Boulevard, Bloomington, MN 55437, USA
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- Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA 22630, USA; Moore Center for Science, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Dr #600, Arlington, VA 22202, USA
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- Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA 22630, USA
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- USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 12100 Beech Forest Road, Laurel, MD 20708, USA
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Cosmo LG, Sales LP, Guimarães PR, Pires MM. Mutualistic coevolution and community diversity favour persistence in metacommunities under environmental changes. Proc Biol Sci 2023; 290:20221909. [PMID: 36629106 PMCID: PMC9832548 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Linking local to regional ecological and evolutionary processes is key to understand the response of Earth's biodiversity to environmental changes. Here we integrate evolution and mutualistic coevolution in a model of metacommunity dynamics and use numerical simulations to understand how coevolution can shape species distribution and persistence in landscapes varying in space and time. Our simulations show that coevolution and species richness can synergistically shape distribution patterns by increasing colonization and reducing extinction of populations in metacommunities. Although conflicting selective pressures emerging from mutualisms may increase mismatches with the local environment and the rate of local extinctions, coevolution increases trait matching among mutualists at the landscape scale, counteracting local maladaptation and favouring colonization and range expansions. Our results show that by facilitating colonization, coevolution can also buffer the effects of environmental changes, preventing species extinctions and the collapse of metacommunities. Our findings reveal the mechanisms whereby coevolution can favour persistence under environmental changes and highlight that these positive effects are greater in more diverse systems that retain landscape connectivity.
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- Leandro G. Cosmo
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo - USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil
- Biology Department, Faculty of Arts and Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo - USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Maciel EA, Guilherme FA. Species density per grid cell no longer predicts the local abundance of woody plants. ECOL INFORM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Illán JG, Zhu G, Walgenbach JF, Acebes‐Doria A, Agnello AM, Alston DG, Andrews H, Beers EH, Bergh JC, Bessin RT, Blaauw BR, Buntin GD, Burkness EC, Cullum JP, Daane KM, Fann LE, Fisher J, Girod P, Gut LJ, Hamilton GC, Hepler JR, Hilton R, Hoelmer KA, Hutchison WD, Jentsch PJ, Joseph SV, Kennedy GG, Krawczyk G, Kuhar TP, Lee JC, Leskey TC, Marshal AT, Milnes JM, Nielsen AL, Patel DK, Peterson HD, Reisig DD, Rijal JP, Sial AA, Spears LR, Stahl JM, Tatman KM, Taylor SV, Tillman G, Toews MD, Villanueva RT, Welty C, Wiman NG, Wilson JK, Zalom FG, Crowder DW. Evaluating invasion risk and population dynamics of the brown marmorated stink bug across the contiguous United States. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2022; 78:4929-4938. [PMID: 36054536 PMCID: PMC9804287 DOI: 10.1002/ps.7113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Invasive species threaten the productivity and stability of natural and managed ecosystems. Predicting the spread of invaders, which can aid in early mitigation efforts, is a major challenge, especially in the face of climate change. While ecological niche models are effective tools to assess habitat suitability for invaders, such models have rarely been created for invasive pest species with rapidly expanding ranges. Here, we leveraged a national monitoring effort from 543 sites over 3 years to assess factors mediating the occurrence and abundance of brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB, Halyomorpha halys), an invasive insect pest that has readily established throughout much of the United States. RESULTS We used maximum entropy models to estimate the suitable habitat of BMSB under several climate scenarios, and generalized boosted models to assess environmental factors that regulated BMSB abundance. Our models captured BMSB distribution and abundance with high accuracy, and predicted a 70% increase in suitable habitat under future climate scenarios. However, environmental factors that mediated the geographical distribution of BMSB were different from those driving abundance. While BMSB occurrence was most affected by winter precipitation and proximity to populated areas, BMSB abundance was influenced most strongly by evapotranspiration and solar photoperiod. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that linking models of establishment (occurrence) and population dynamics (abundance) offers a more effective way to forecast the spread and impact of BMSB and other invasive species than simply occurrence-based models, allowing for targeted mitigation efforts. Implications of distribution shifts under climate change are discussed. © 2022 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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Santos JM, Capinha C, Rocha J, Sousa CA. The current and future distribution of the yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) on Madeira Island. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2022; 16:e0010715. [PMID: 36094951 PMCID: PMC9499243 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the main vector for several diseases of global importance, such as dengue and yellow fever. This species was first identified on Madeira Island in 2005, and between 2012 and 2013 was responsible for an outbreak of dengue that affected several thousand people. However, the potential distribution of the species on the island remains poorly investigated. Here we assess the suitability of current and future climatic conditions to the species on the island and complement this assessment with estimates of the suitability of land use and human settlement conditions. We used four modelling algorithms (boosted regression trees, generalized additive models, generalized linear models and random forest) and data on the distribution of the species worldwide and across the island. For both climatic and non-climatic factors, suitability estimates predicted the current distribution of the species with good accuracy (mean area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic curve = 0.88 ±0.06, mean true skill statistic = 0.72 ±0.1). Minimum temperature of coldest month was the most influential climatic predictor, while human population density, residential housing density and public spaces were the most influential predictors describing land use and human settlement conditions. Suitable areas under current climates are predicted to occur mainly in the warmer and densely inhabited coastal areas of the southern part of the island, where the species is already established. By mid-century (2041–2060), the extent of climatically suitable areas is expected to increase, mainly towards higher altitudes and in the eastern part of the island. Our work shows that ongoing efforts to monitor and prevent the spread of Ae. aegypti on Madeira Island will have to increasingly consider the effects of climate change. The Aedes aegypti mosquito is an invasive species on Madeira Island and recently responsible for a dengue outbreak that affected more than 2000 people. To help control the activity of this mosquito, the local health authorities have an entomological surveillance program in place throughout the island. However, the full extent of the areas that can be colonized by this species remains unknown. We estimate the current and future potential distribution of Ae. aegypti on Madeira Island accounting for climatic, land use and human settlement conditions. Our results suggest that suitable conditions are predominantly distributed along the southern coast of the island. However, as climate change progresses, climatically suitable areas are expected to increase, particularly at mid-altitudes and in eastern part of the island. Minimum temperature of the coldest month was the most influential predictor variable in climatic suitability models, while human population density, housing density and public spaces were the most influential in models of land use and human settlement suitability. Our work provides valuable insight on the potential distribution of Ae. aegypti on Madeira Island, which can be used to inform ongoing and future monitoring and prevention initiatives.
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- José Maurício Santos
- Centre for Geographical Studies, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
- Associated Laboratory TERRA, Lisbon, Portugal
- * E-mail: (JMS); (CC)
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- Centre for Geographical Studies, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
- Associated Laboratory TERRA, Lisbon, Portugal
- * E-mail: (JMS); (CC)
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- Centre for Geographical Studies, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Pike KN, Blake S, Gordon IJ, Cabrera F, Nieto-Claudin A, Deem SL, Guézou A, Schwarzkopf L. Sharing land with giants: Habitat preferences of Galapagos tortoises on farms. Glob Ecol Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Cavalcante T, Weber MM, Barnett AA. Combining geospatial abundance and ecological niche models to identify high-priority areas for conservation: The neglected role of broadscale interspecific competition. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.915325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Ecological niche models (ENMs) have become a practical and key mechanism for filling major gaps in spatial information for targeted conservation planning, particularly when only occurrence data are available. Nonetheless, accounting for abundance patterns in the internal structure of species’ ranges, and the role of biotic interactions in such models across broadscale, remains highly challenging. Our study gathered baseline information on abundance data of two Endangered Amazonian primates (Ateles chamek and Lagothrix lagotricha cana) to create geospatial abundance models using two spatial interpolation methods: Inverse distance weight (IDW) and Ordinary kriging (OK). The main goals were to: (i) test whether geospatial abundance models are correlated with habitat suitability derived from correlative ENMs; (ii) compare the strength of the abundance-suitability relationships between original and interpolated abundances; (iii) test whether interspecific competition between the two target taxa constrained abundance over broad spatial scales; and (iv) create ensemble models incorporating both habitat suitability and abundance to identify high-priority areas for conservation. We found a significant positive relationship between habitat suitability with observed and predicted abundances of woolly (L. l. cana) and spider (A. chamek) monkeys. Abundance-suitability correlations showed no significant differences when using original relative abundances compared to using interpolated abundances. We also found that the association between L. l. cana abundance and habitat suitability depended on the abundance of its putative competitor species, A. chamek. Our final models combining geospatial abundance information with ENMs were able to provide more realistic assessments of hotspots for conservation, especially when accounting for the important, but often neglected, role of interspecific competition in shaping species’ geographic ranges at broader scales. The framework developed here, including general trends in abundance patterns and suitability information, can be used as a surrogate to identify high-priority areas for conservation of poorly known species across their entire geographic ranges.
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Torkkola JJ, Wilmer JW, Hutchinson MN, Couper PJ, Oliver PM. Die on this hill? A new monotypic, microendemic and montane vertebrate genus from the Australian Wet Tropics. ZOOL SCR 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Janne J. Torkkola
- Snake Out Brisbane Kenmore Queensland Australia
- Biodiversity and Geosciences Program Queensland Museum South Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- South Australian Museum, North Terrace Adelaide South Australia Australia
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- Biodiversity and Geosciences Program Queensland Museum South Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- Biodiversity and Geosciences Program Queensland Museum South Brisbane Queensland Australia
- Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security Griffith University Brisbane Queensland Australia
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National-Scale Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Two Native Freshwater Fish Using a Habitat Suitability Model. WATER 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/w14111825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Climate change, which has the potential to alter water flow and temperature in aquatic environments, can influence the freshwater fish habitat. This study used an ecological habitat suitability model (EHSM), which integrates hydraulic (water depth and velocity) and physiologic (water temperature) suitability, to investigate the impact of climate change on two native freshwater fish species (Zacco platypus and Nipponocypris koreanus) in South Korea. The model predicted that in 2080 (2076–2085), the decrease in average ecological habitat suitability (EHS) will be higher for N. koreanus (19.2%) than for Z. platypus (9.87%) under the representative concentration pathway (RCP) 8.5 scenario. Under the same condition, EHS for Z. platypus and N. koreanus at 36.5% and 44.4% of 115 sites, respectively, were expected to degrade significantly (p < 0.05). However, the habitat degradation for Z. platypus and N. koreanus was much lower (7.8% and 10.4%, respectively) under the RCP 4.5 scenario, suggesting a preventive measure for carbon dioxide emission. Partial correlation analysis indicated that the number of hot days (i.e., days on which the temperature exceeds the heat stress threshold) is the variable most significantly (p < 0.05) related to EHS changes for both species. This study suggests that the EHSM incorporating the effect of water temperature on the growth and heat stress of fish can be a promising model for the assessment of climate change impacts on habitat suitability for freshwater fish.
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Density-dependence of reproductive success in a Houbara bustard population. Glob Ecol Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Population interconnectivity over the past 120,000 years explains distribution and diversity of Central African hunter-gatherers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2113936119. [PMID: 35580185 PMCID: PMC9173804 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2113936119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We combined ethnographic, archaeological, genetic, and paleoclimatic data to model the dynamics of Central African hunter-gatherer populations over the past 120,000 years. We show, against common assumptions, that their distribution and density are explained by changing environments rather than by a displacement following recent farming expansions, and that they have maintained large population sizes and genetic diversity, despite fluctuations in niche availability. Our results provide insights into the evolution of genetic and cultural diversity in Homo sapiens. The evolutionary history of African hunter-gatherers holds key insights into modern human diversity. Here, we combine ethnographic and genetic data on Central African hunter-gatherers (CAHG) to show that their current distribution and density are explained by ecology rather than by a displacement to marginal habitats due to recent farming expansions, as commonly assumed. We also estimate the range of hunter-gatherer presence across Central Africa over the past 120,000 years using paleoclimatic reconstructions, which were statistically validated by our newly compiled dataset of dated archaeological sites. Finally, we show that genomic estimates of divergence times between CAHG groups match our ecological estimates of periods favoring population splits, and that recoveries of connectivity would have facilitated subsequent gene flow. Our results reveal that CAHG stem from a deep history of partially connected populations. This form of sociality allowed the coexistence of relatively large effective population sizes and local differentiation, with important implications for the evolution of genetic and cultural diversity in Homo sapiens.
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The Utility of a Maximum Entropy Species Distribution Model for Ixodes scapularis in Predicting the Public Health Risk of Lyme Disease in Ontario, Canada. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2022; 13:101969. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.101969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Effects of climate change on distribution and areas that protect two neotropical marsupials associated with aquatic environments. ECOL INFORM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Souza ACD, Weber MDM, Prevedello JA. Protection status and density-dependent effects mediate the abundance-suitability relationship of a threatened species. Perspect Ecol Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2022.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Chardon NI, Nabe‐Nielsen J, Assmann JJ, Dyrholm Jacobsen IB, Guéguen M, Normand S, Wipf S. High resolution species distribution and abundance models cannot predict separate shrub datasets in adjacent Arctic fjords. DIVERS DISTRIB 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- Nathalie Isabelle Chardon
- Biodiversity Research Centre University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
- WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research Davos Dorf Switzerland
- Department of Biology Aarhus University Aarhus C Denmark
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc CNRS, LECA Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine Grenoble France
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- Department of Biology Aarhus University Aarhus C Denmark
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- Swiss National Park Chastè Planta‐Wildenberg Zernez Switzerland
- Climate Change, Extremes and Natural Hazards in Alpine Regions Research Centre CERC Davos Dorf Switzerland
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Wang X, Han Q. A Closer Examination of the 'Abundant-Center' for Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Community Associated With Picea crassifolia in China. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:759801. [PMID: 35283884 PMCID: PMC8908202 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.759801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A long-standing hypothesis in biogeography predicts that a species' abundance is highest at the center of its geographical range and decreases toward its edges. In this study, we test the abundant-center hypothesis of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal communities associated with Picea crassifolia, an endemic species widely distributed in northwest China. We analyzed the taxonomic richness and the relative abundance of ECM fungi in four main distribution areas, from center to edges. In total, 234 species of ECM fungi were detected, and of these, 137 species were shared among all four sites. Inocybe, Sebacina, Tomentella, and Cortinarius were the dominant genera. ECM fungal richness and biodiversity were highest at the central and lower at peripheral sites. Our results indicated that ECM fungal species richness was consistent with the abundant-center hypothesis, while the relative abundances of individual fungal genera shifted inconsistently across the plant's range.
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- Xiaobing Wang
- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang, China
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- Farmland Irrigation Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xinxiang, China
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Murphy SJ, Smith AB. What can community ecologists learn from species distribution models? Ecosphere 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- Stephen J. Murphy
- Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development Missouri Botanical Garden 4344 Shaw Boulevard Saint Louis Missouri 63110 USA
- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology The Ohio State University 318 West 12th Avenue Columbus Ohio 43201 USA
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- Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development Missouri Botanical Garden 4344 Shaw Boulevard Saint Louis Missouri 63110 USA
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Ferrer-Sánchez Y, Rodríguez-Estrella R. Identifying best conservation areas for an endangered and endemic raptor in Cuba through abundance spatial modeling: A niche-centroid distances approach. Glob Ecol Conserv 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Steger J, Dunne B, Zuschin M, Albano PG. Bad neighbors? Niche overlap and asymmetric competition between native and Lessepsian limpets in the Eastern Mediterranean rocky intertidal. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2021; 171:112703. [PMID: 34330002 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The Eastern Mediterranean Sea hosts more non-indigenous species than any other marine region, yet their impacts on the native biota remain poorly understood. Focusing on mollusks from the Israeli rocky intertidal, we explored the hypothesis that this abiotically harsh habitat supports a limited trait diversity, and thus may promote niche overlap and competition between native and non-indigenous species. Indeed, native and non-indigenous assemblage components often had a highly similar trait composition, caused by functionally similar native (Patella caerulea) and non-indigenous (Cellana rota) limpets. Body size of P. caerulea decreased with increasing C. rota prevalence, but not vice versa, indicating potential asymmetric competition. Although both species have coexisted in Israel for >15 years, a rapid 'replacement' of native limpets by C. rota has been reported for a thermally polluted site, suggesting that competition and regionally rapid climate-related seawater warming might interact to progressively erode native limpet performance along the Israeli coast.
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- Jan Steger
- Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria; Department of Animal Conservation and Public Engagement, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Naples, Italy
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Jarnevich CS, Sofaer HR, Engelstad P. Modelling presence versus abundance for invasive species risk assessment. DIVERS DISTRIB 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- U.S. Geological Survey Fort Collins Research Center Fort Collins CO USA
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- Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory Colorado State University Fort Collins CO USA
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Species co-occurrence and management intensity modulate habitat preferences of forest birds. BMC Biol 2021; 19:210. [PMID: 34556096 PMCID: PMC8459526 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01136-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Species co-occurrences can have profound effects on the habitat use of species, and therefore habitat structure alone cannot fully explain observed abundances. To account for this aspect of community organization, we developed multi-species abundance models, incorporating the local effect of co-occurring and potentially associated species, alongside with environmental predictors, linked mainly to forest management intensity. We coupled it with a landscape-scale analysis to further examine the role of management intensity in modifying the habitat preferences in connection with the landscape context. Using empirical data from the Black Forest in southern Germany, we focused on the forest bird assemblage and in particular on the cavity-nesting and canopy-foraging guilds. We included in the analysis species that co-occur and for which evidence suggests association is likely. Results Our findings show that the local effect of species associations can mitigate the effects of management intensity on forest birds. We also found that bird species express wider habitat preferences in forests under higher management intensity, depending on the landscape context. Conclusions We suspect that species associations may facilitate the utilization of a broader range of environmental conditions under intensive forest management, which benefits some species over others. Networks of associations may be a relevant factor in the effectiveness of conservation-oriented forest management. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12915-021-01136-8.
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Monnier‐Corbel A, Monnet A, Hingrat Y, Robert A. Patterns of abundance reveal evidence of translocation and climate effects on Houbara bustard population recovery. Anim Conserv 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/acv.12738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- A. Monnier‐Corbel
- Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO) Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Sorbonne Université Paris France
- Emirates Center for Wildlife Propagation Missour Morocco
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- Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO) Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Sorbonne Université Paris France
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- RENECO International Wildlife Consultants LLC Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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- Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO) Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Sorbonne Université Paris France
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Pintor AF, Ray N, Longbottom J, Bravo-Vega CA, Yousefi M, Murray KA, Ediriweera DS, Diggle PJ. Addressing the global snakebite crisis with geo-spatial analyses - Recent advances and future direction. Toxicon X 2021; 11:100076. [PMID: 34401744 PMCID: PMC8350508 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxcx.2021.100076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Venomous snakebite is a neglected tropical disease that annually leads to hundreds of thousands of deaths or long-term physical and mental ailments across the developing world. Insufficient data on spatial variation in snakebite risk, incidence, human vulnerability, and accessibility of medical treatment contribute substantially to ineffective on-ground management. There is an urgent need to collect data, fill knowledge gaps and address on-ground management problems. The use of novel, and transdisciplinary approaches that take advantage of recent advances in spatio-temporal models, 'big data', high performance computing, and fine-scale spatial information can add value to snakebite management by strategically improving our understanding and mitigation capacity of snakebite. We review the background and recent advances on the topic of snakebite related geospatial analyses and suggest avenues for priority research that will have practical on-ground applications for snakebite management and mitigation. These include streamlined, targeted data collection on snake distributions, snakebites, envenomings, venom composition, health infrastructure, and antivenom accessibility along with fine-scale models of spatio-temporal variation in snakebite risk and incidence, intraspecific venom variation, and environmental change modifying human exposure. These measures could improve and 'future-proof' antivenom production methods, antivenom distribution and stockpiling systems, and human-wildlife conflict management practices, while simultaneously feeding into research on venom evolution, snake taxonomy, ecology, biogeography, and conservation.
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- Anna F.V. Pintor
- Division of Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact (DDI), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
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- GeoHealth Group, Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Centre for Health Informatics, Computing and Statistics, Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- Research Group in Mathematical and Computational Biology (BIOMAC), Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
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- School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Iran
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- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, UK
- MRC Unit the Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Atlantic Blvd, Fajara, Gambia
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- Health Data Science Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Thomas SM, Verhoeven MR, Walsh JR, Larkin DJ, Hansen GJA. Species distribution models for invasive Eurasian watermilfoil highlight the importance of data quality and limitations of discrimination accuracy metrics. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:12567-12582. [PMID: 34594521 PMCID: PMC8462136 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2021] [Revised: 06/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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AIM Availability of uniformly collected presence, absence, and abundance data remains a key challenge in species distribution modeling (SDM). For invasive species, abundance and impacts are highly variable across landscapes, and quality occurrence and abundance data are critical for predicting locations at high risk for invasion and impacts, respectively. We leverage a large aquatic vegetation dataset comprising point-level survey data that includes information on the invasive plant Myriophyllum spicatum (Eurasian watermilfoil) to: (a) develop SDMs to predict invasion and impact from environmental variables based on presence-absence, presence-only, and abundance data, and (b) compare evaluation metrics based on functional and discrimination accuracy for presence-absence and presence-only SDMs. LOCATION Minnesota, USA. METHODS Eurasian watermilfoil presence-absence and abundance information were gathered from 468 surveyed lakes, and 801 unsurveyed lakes were leveraged as pseudoabsences for presence-only models. A Random Forest algorithm was used to model the distribution and abundance of Eurasian watermilfoil as a function of lake-specific predictors, both with and without a spatial autocovariate. Occurrence-based SDMs were evaluated using conventional discrimination accuracy metrics and functional accuracy metrics assessing correlation between predicted suitability and observed abundance. RESULTS Water temperature degree days and maximum lake depth were two leading predictors influencing both invasion risk and abundance, but they were relatively less important for predicting abundance than other water quality measures. Road density was a strong predictor of Eurasian watermilfoil invasion risk but not abundance. Model evaluations highlighted significant differences: Presence-absence models had high functional accuracy despite low discrimination accuracy, whereas presence-only models showed the opposite pattern. MAIN CONCLUSION Complementing presence-absence data with abundance information offers a richer understanding of invasive Eurasian watermilfoil's ecological niche and enables evaluation of the model's functional accuracy. Conventional discrimination accuracy measures were misleading when models were developed using pseudoabsences. We thus caution against the overuse of presence-only models and suggest directing more effort toward systematic monitoring programs that yield high-quality data.
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- Shyam M. Thomas
- Department of Fisheries Wildlife & Conservation Biology and Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research CenterUniversity of MinnesotaSt. PaulMinnesotaUSA
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- Department of Fisheries Wildlife & Conservation Biology and Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research CenterUniversity of MinnesotaSt. PaulMinnesotaUSA
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- Department of Fisheries Wildlife & Conservation Biology and Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research CenterUniversity of MinnesotaSt. PaulMinnesotaUSA
- Minnesota Department of Natural ResourcesSt. PaulMinnesotaUSA
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- Department of Fisheries Wildlife & Conservation Biology and Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research CenterUniversity of MinnesotaSt. PaulMinnesotaUSA
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- Department of Fisheries Wildlife & Conservation Biology and Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research CenterUniversity of MinnesotaSt. PaulMinnesotaUSA
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Mills NJ. Abundance–suitability relationships for invasive species: Epiphyas postvittana as a case study. Biol Invasions 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-021-02500-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Williams JJ, Newbold T. Vertebrate responses to human land use are influenced by their proximity to climatic tolerance limits. DIVERS DISTRIB 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Jessica J. Williams
- Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment University College London London UK
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment University College London London UK
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O’Neill MW, Bradley BA, Allen JM. Hotspots of invasive plant abundance are geographically distinct from hotspots of establishment. Biol Invasions 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-020-02433-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Proft KM, Bateman BL, Johnson CN, Jones ME, Pauza M, Burridge CP. The effects of weather variability on patterns of genetic diversity in Tasmanian bettongs. Mol Ecol 2021; 30:1777-1790. [PMID: 33590590 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2020] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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While the effects of climate (long-term, prevailing weather) on species abundance, range and genetic diversity have been widely studied, short-term, localized variations in atmospheric conditions (i.e., weather) can also rapidly alter species' geographical ranges and population sizes, but little is known about how they affect genetic diversity. We investigated the relationship between weather and range-wide genetic diversity in a marsupial, Bettongia gaimardi, using dynamic species distribution models (SDMs). Genetic diversity was lower in parts of the range where the weather-based SDM predicted high variability in probability of B. gaimardi occurrence during 1950-2009. This is probably an effect of lower population sizes and extinction-recolonization cycles in places with highly variable weather. Spatial variation in genetic diversity was also better predicted by mean probabilities of B. gaimardi occurrence from weather- than climate-based SDMs. Our results illustrate the importance of weather in driving population dynamics and species distributions on decadal timescales and thereby in affecting genetic diversity. Modelling the links between changing weather patterns, species distributions and genetic diversity will allow researchers to better forecast biological impacts of climate change.
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- Kirstin M Proft
- School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.,Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Biosecurity Tasmania, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Seaborn T, Goldberg CS, Crespi EJ. Drivers of distributions and niches of North American cold-adapted amphibians: evaluating both climate and land use. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : A PUBLICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2021; 31:e2236. [PMID: 33052615 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Revised: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 08/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Species distribution estimates are often used to understand the niche of a species; however, these are often based solely on climatic predictors. When the influences of biotic factors are ignored, erroneous inferences about range and niche may be made. We aimed to integrate climate data with a unique set of available land cover and land use data for the six cold-adapted amphibians of North America (Ambystoma macrodactylum, Anaxyrus hemiophrys, Anaxyrus boreas, Pseudacris maculata, Rana sylvatica, Rana luteiventris) to determine the relative importance of climate and non-climate drivers through the use of ecological niche models for present-day range estimates. We compared climate-only, land use-only, and combination models of climate and land use, derived from two different model selection techniques, to determine which was most likely to drive current distributions of cold-adapted amphibian species. Land use layers included land cover type, human population, vegetation type, ecoregion, and the overall human footprint. The most supported models included both climate and land use, with climate and human footprint variables having the highest permutation importance and percent contribution. Models that incorporated climate and land use data performed best as measured with AIC and AUC, although qualitatively most underestimated the northern range edge, implying potential sampling bias or locations of reduced habitat quality for these species in the northern area of the ranges. There were small differences in overall combination models dependent on the method of model selection. The overall effect sizes of landscape factors within the combination models were small except for one landscape feature: human footprint, which incorporated multiple aspects of anthropogenic change on the landscape, including human population density, travel access, and agricultural impact. This aspect of the landscape was just as important as climate, and counter to what we expected, the association was mostly positive, with a negative response only occurring at very high levels. This highlights the importance of moving beyond climate only species range estimates as land cover, specifically human impact, may be driving the patterns of species' ranges.
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- Travis Seaborn
- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 99164, USA
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- School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 99164, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 99164, USA
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Santini L, Benítez‐López A, Maiorano L, Čengić M, Huijbregts MAJ. Assessing the reliability of species distribution projections in climate change research. DIVERS DISTRIB 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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- Luca Santini
- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “Charles Darwin” Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
- Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (CNR‐IRET) National Research Council Monterotondo, Rome Italy
- Department of Environmental Science Institute for Wetland and Water Research Faculty of Science Radboud University Nijmegen The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Science Institute for Wetland and Water Research Faculty of Science Radboud University Nijmegen The Netherlands
- Integrative Ecology Group Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD‐CSIC) Sevilla Spain
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “Charles Darwin” Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
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- Department of Environmental Science Institute for Wetland and Water Research Faculty of Science Radboud University Nijmegen The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Science Institute for Wetland and Water Research Faculty of Science Radboud University Nijmegen The Netherlands
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Sutton LJ, Anderson DL, Franco M, McClure CJW, Miranda EBP, Vargas FH, Vargas González JDJ, Puschendorf R. Geographic range estimates and environmental requirements for the harpy eagle derived from spatial models of current and past distribution. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:481-497. [PMID: 33437444 PMCID: PMC7790654 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Understanding species-environment relationships is key to defining the spatial structure of species distributions and develop effective conservation plans. However, for many species, this baseline information does not exist. With reliable presence data, spatial models that predict geographic ranges and identify environmental processes regulating distribution are a cost-effective and rapid method to achieve this. Yet these spatial models are lacking for many rare and threatened species, particularly in tropical regions. The harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) is a Neotropical forest raptor of conservation concern with a continental distribution across lowland tropical forests in Central and South America. Currently, the harpy eagle faces threats from habitat loss and persecution and is categorized as Near-Threatened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Within a point process modeling (PPM) framework, we use presence-only occurrences with climatic and topographical predictors to estimate current and past distributions and define environmental requirements using Ecological Niche Factor Analysis. The current PPM prediction had high calibration accuracy (Continuous Boyce Index = 0.838) and was robust to null expectations (pROC ratio = 1.407). Three predictors contributed 96% to the PPM prediction, with Climatic Moisture Index the most important (72.1%), followed by minimum temperature of the warmest month (15.6%) and Terrain Roughness Index (8.3%). Assessing distribution in environmental space confirmed the same predictors explaining distribution, along with precipitation in the wettest month. Our reclassified binary model estimated a current range size 11% smaller than the current IUCN range polygon. Paleoclimatic projections combined with the current model predicted stable climatic refugia in the central Amazon, Guyana, eastern Colombia, and Panama. We propose a data-driven geographic range to complement the current IUCN range estimate and that despite its continental distribution, this tropical forest raptor is highly specialized to specific environmental requirements.
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- Luke J. Sutton
- School of Biological and Marine SciencesUniversity of PlymouthPlymouthUK
- The Peregrine FundBoiseIDUSA
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- School of Biological and Marine SciencesUniversity of PlymouthPlymouthUK
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- School of Biological and Marine SciencesUniversity of PlymouthPlymouthUK
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Alaniz AJ, Carvajal MA, Vergara PM. Giants are coming? Predicting the potential spread and impacts of the giant Asian hornet (Vespa mandarinia, Hymenoptera:Vespidae) in the USA. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2021; 77:104-112. [PMID: 32841491 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGOUND Biological invasions are a global concern in agriculture, food production and biodiversity. Among the invasive species, some hornets are known to have serious effects on honey bees, as found during the invasion of Vespa velutina in Europe. The recent findings of Vespa mandarinia individuals in Washington state in the west coast of the USA have raised alarm in the whole country. Here we estimate the potential spread of V. mandarinia in the USA, analyzing its potential impacts on honey bee colonies, economic losses in the honey bee industry and bee-pollinated croplands. RESULTS We found that V. mandarinia could colonize Washington and Oregon states in the west coast and a significant proportion of the east coast. If this species spread across the country, it could threaten 95 216 ± 5551 honey bee colonies, threatening an estimated income of US$11.9 and 101.8 million for hive derived products and bee-pollinated crops production, respectively, while colonizing 60 837.8 km2 of bee-pollinated croplands. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that V. mandarinia will have serious effects in the USA, raising the need for prompt monitoring actions and planning at different administrative levels to avoid its potential spread.
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- Alberto J Alaniz
- Departamento de Gestión Agraria, Facultad Tecnológica, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Ecogeografía, Centro de Estudios en Ecología Espacial y Medio Ambiente, Santiago, Chile
- Departamento de Ingeniería Geográfica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Gestión Agraria, Facultad Tecnológica, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Ecogeografía, Centro de Estudios en Ecología Espacial y Medio Ambiente, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Gestión Agraria, Facultad Tecnológica, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Leahy L, Scheffers BR, Andersen AN, Hirsch BT, Williams SE. Vertical niche and elevation range size in tropical ants: Implications for climate resilience. DIVERS DISTRIB 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Lily Leahy
- Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science College of Science & Engineering James Cook University Townsville Qld Australia
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- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation University of Florida Gainesville FL USA
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- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods Charles Darwin University Casuarina NT Australia
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- Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science College of Science & Engineering James Cook University Townsville Qld Australia
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- Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science College of Science & Engineering James Cook University Townsville Qld Australia
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Diversity and Distribution of the Dominant Ant Genus Anonychomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Australian Wet Tropics. DIVERSITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/d12120474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Anonychomyrma is a dolichoderine ant genus of cool-temperate Gondwanan origin with a current distribution that extends from the north of southern Australia into the Australasian tropics. Despite its abundance and ecological dominance, little is known of its species diversity and distribution throughout its range. Here, we describe the diversity and distribution of Anonychomyrma in the Australian Wet Tropics bioregion, where only two of the many putative species are described. We hypothesise that the genus in tropical Australia retains a preference for cool wet rainforests reminiscent of the Gondwanan forests that once dominated Australia, but now only exist in upland habitats of the Wet Tropics. Our study was based on extensive recent surveys across five subregions and along elevation and vertical (arboreal) gradients. We integrated genetic (CO1) data with morphology to recognise 22 species among our samples, 20 of which appeared to be undescribed. As predicted, diversity and endemism were concentrated in uplands above 900 m a.s.l. Distribution modelling of the nine commonest species identified maximum temperature of the warmest month, rainfall seasonality, and rainfall of the wettest month as correlates of distributional patterns across subregions. Our study supported the notion that Anonychomyrma radiated from a southern temperate origin into the tropical zone, with a preference for areas of montane rainforest that were stably cool and wet over the late quaternary.
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Altamiranda-Saavedra M, Osorio-Olvera L, Yáñez-Arenas C, Marín-Ortiz JC, Parra-Henao G. Geographic abundance patterns explained by niche centrality hypothesis in two Chagas disease vectors in Latin America. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0241710. [PMID: 33147272 PMCID: PMC7641389 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ecoepidemiological scenarios for Chagas disease transmission are complex, so vector control measures to decrease human–vector contact and prevent infection transmission are difficult to implement in all geographic contexts. This study assessed the geographic abundance patterns of two vector species of Chagas disease: Triatoma maculata (Erichson, 1848) and Rhodnius pallescens (Barber, 1932) in Latin America. We modeled their potential distribution using the maximum entropy algorithm implemented in Maxent and calculated distances to their niche centroid by fitting a minimum-volume ellipsoid. In addition, to determine which method would accurately explain geographic abundance patterns, we compared the correlation between population abundance and the distance to the ecological niche centroid (DNC) and between population abundance and Maxent environmental suitability. The potential distribution estimated for T. maculata showed that environmental suitability covers a large area, from Panama to Northern Brazil. R. pallescens showed a more restricted potential distribution, with environmental suitability covering mostly the coastal zone of Costa Rica and some areas in Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, northern Colombia, Acre, and Rondônia states in Brazil, as well as a small region of the western Brazilian Amazon. We found a negative slope in the relationship between population abundance and the DNC in both species. R. pallecens has a more extensive potential latitudinal range than previously reported, and the distribution model for T. maculata corroborates previous studies. In addition, population abundance increases according to the niche centroid proximity, indicating that population abundance is limited by the set of scenopoetic variables at coarser scales (non-interactive variables) used to determine the ecological niche. These findings might be used by public health agencies in Latin America to implement actions and support programs for disease prevention and vector control, identifying areas in which to expand entomological surveillance and maintain chemical control, in order to decrease human–vector contact.
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- Mariano Altamiranda-Saavedra
- Centro de Investigación en Salud para el Trópico (CIST), Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Santa Marta, Colombia
- Politécnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Geográfica, Unidad de Conservación de la Biodiversidad, UMDI-Sisal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Medellín, Colombia
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- Centro de Investigación en Salud para el Trópico (CIST), Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Santa Marta, Colombia
- National Health Institute (Instituto Nacional de Salud), Bogotá, Colombia
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Williams HM, Siegrist J, Wilson AM. Support for a relationship between demography and modeled habitat suitability is scale dependent for the purple martin Progne subis. J Anim Ecol 2020; 90:356-366. [PMID: 33090459 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Species distribution models (SDMs) estimate habitat suitability for species in geographic space. They are extensively used in conservation under the assumption that there is a positive relationship between habitat suitability and species success and stability. Given the difficulties in obtaining demographic data across a species' range, this assumption is rarely tested. Here we provide a range-wide test of this relationship for the eastern subspecies of purple martin Progne subis subis. We build a well-supported SDM for the breeding range of the purple martin, and pair it with an unparalleled demographic dataset of nest success and local and regional abundance data for the species to test the proposed link between habitat suitability and fecundity and demography. We find a positive relationship between regional abundance and habitat suitability but no relationship between local abundance or fecundity and habitat suitability. Our data suggest that local success is driven largely by biotic and stochastic factors and raise the possibility that purple martins are experiencing a time lag in their distribution. More broadly our results call for caution in how we interpret SDMs and do not support the assumption that areas of high habitat suitability are the best areas for species persistence.
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- Heather M Williams
- Department of Environment and Sustainability, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Purple Martin Conservation Association, Erie, PA, USA
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- Department of Environment and Sustainability, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.,Department of Geography, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Jones AR, Jessop TS, Ariefiandy A, Brook BW, Brown SC, Ciofi C, Benu YJ, Purwandana D, Sitorus T, Wigley TML, Fordham DA. Identifying island safe havens to prevent the extinction of the World's largest lizard from global warming. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:10492-10507. [PMID: 33072275 PMCID: PMC7548163 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is an endangered, island‐endemic species with a naturally restricted distribution. Despite this, no previous studies have attempted to predict the effects of climate change on this iconic species. We used extensive Komodo dragon monitoring data, climate, and sea‐level change projections to build spatially explicit demographic models for the Komodo dragon. These models project the species’ future range and abundance under multiple climate change scenarios. We ran over one million model simulations with varying model parameters, enabling us to incorporate uncertainty introduced from three main sources: (a) structure of global climate models, (b) choice of greenhouse gas emission trajectories, and (c) estimates of Komodo dragon demographic parameters. Our models predict a reduction in range‐wide Komodo dragon habitat of 8%–87% by 2050, leading to a decrease in habitat patch occupancy of 25%–97% and declines of 27%–99% in abundance across the species' range. We show that the risk of extirpation on the two largest protected islands in Komodo National Park (Rinca and Komodo) was lower than other island populations, providing important safe havens for Komodo dragons under global warming. Given the severity and rate of the predicted changes to Komodo dragon habitat patch occupancy (a proxy for area of occupancy) and abundance, urgent conservation actions are required to avoid risk of extinction. These should, as a priority, be focused on managing habitat on the islands of Komodo and Rinca, reflecting these islands’ status as important refuges for the species in a warming world. Variability in our model projections highlights the importance of accounting for uncertainties in demographic and environmental parameters, structural assumptions of global climate models, and greenhouse gas emission scenarios when simulating species metapopulation dynamics under climate change.
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- Alice R Jones
- The Environment Institute and School of Biological Sciences The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA Australia.,Department for Environment and Water Adelaide SA Australia
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology School of Life and Environmental Sciences Deakin University Waurn Ponds Vic. Australia.,Komodo Survival Program Bali Indonesia
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- School of Natural Sciences University of Tasmania Hobart Tas Australia
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- The Environment Institute and School of Biological Sciences The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA Australia
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- Komodo Survival Program Bali Indonesia.,Department of Biology University of Florence Sesto Fiorentino Italy
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- Balai Besar Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam Kupang Indonesia
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- The Environment Institute and School of Biological Sciences The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA Australia.,Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder CO USA
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- The Environment Institute and School of Biological Sciences The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA Australia
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Scott GH. Zooplankters in an oligotrophic ocean: contrasts in the niches of Globigerinoides ruber and Trilobatus sacculifer (Foraminifera: Globigerinida) in the South Pacific. ECOSCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2020.1793561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- George H. Scott
- Department of Paleontology, GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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Saunders SP, Michel NL, Bateman BL, Wilsey CB, Dale K, LeBaron GS, Langham GM. Community science validates climate suitability projections from ecological niche modeling. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : A PUBLICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2020; 30:e02128. [PMID: 32223029 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Climate change poses an intensifying threat to many bird species and projections of future climate suitability provide insight into how species may shift their distributions in response. Climate suitability is characterized using ecological niche models (ENMs), which correlate species occurrence data with current environmental covariates and project future distributions using the modeled relationships together with climate predictions. Despite their widespread adoption, ENMs rely on several assumptions that are rarely validated in situ and can be highly sensitive to modeling decisions, precluding their reliability in conservation decision-making. Using data from a novel, large-scale community science program, we developed dynamic occupancy models to validate near-term climate suitability projections for bluebirds and nuthatches in summer and winter. We estimated occupancy, colonization, and extinction dynamics across species' ranges in the United States in relation to projected climate suitability in the 2020s, and used a Gibbs variable selection approach to quantify evidence of species-climate relationships. We also included a Bird Conservation Region strata-level random effect to examine among-strata variation in occupancy that may be attributable to land-use and ecoregional differences. Across species and seasons, we found strong evidence that initial occupancy and colonization were positively related to 2020 climate suitability, illustrating an independent validation of projections from ENMs across a large geographic area. Random strata effects revealed that occupancy probabilities were generally higher than average in core areas and lower than average in peripheral areas of species' ranges, and served as a first step in identifying spatial patterns of occupancy from these community science data. Our findings lend much-needed support to the use of ENM projections for addressing questions about potential climate-induced changes in species' occupancy dynamics. More broadly, our work highlights the value of community scientist observations for ground-truthing projections from statistical models and for refining our understanding of the processes shaping species' distributions under a changing climate.
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- Sarah P Saunders
- National Audubon Society, 225 Varick Street, New York, New York, 10014, USA
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- National Audubon Society, 225 Varick Street, New York, New York, 10014, USA
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- National Audubon Society, 225 Varick Street, New York, New York, 10014, USA
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- National Audubon Society, 225 Varick Street, New York, New York, 10014, USA
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- National Audubon Society, 225 Varick Street, New York, New York, 10014, USA
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- National Audubon Society, 225 Varick Street, New York, New York, 10014, USA
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- National Audubon Society, 225 Varick Street, New York, New York, 10014, USA
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Improving species distribution model predictive accuracy using species abundance: Application with boosted regression trees. Ecol Modell 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Evaluating the capacity of species distribution modeling to predict the geographic distribution of the mangrove community in Mexico. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0237701. [PMID: 32817628 PMCID: PMC7446832 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Mangroves are highly productive ecosystems that provide important environmental services, but have been impacted massively in recent years by human activities. Studies of mangroves have focused on their ecology and function at local or landscape scales, but little has been done to understand their broader distributional patterns or the environmental factors that determine those distributions. Species distribution models (SDMs), have been used to estimate potential distributions of hundreds of species, yet no SDM studies to date have assessed mangrove community distributions in Mexico (the country with the fourth largest extent of this ecosystem). We used maximum entropy approaches to model environmental suitability for mangrove species distributions in the country, and to identify the environmental factors most important in determining those distributions. We also evaluated whether this modeling approach is adequate to estimate mangrove distribution as a community across Mexico. Best models were selected based on statistical significance (AUC ratio), predictive performance (omission error of 5%), and model complexity (Akaike criterion); after this evaluation, only one model per species met the three evaluation criteria. Environmental variable sets that included distance to coast yielded significantly better models; variables with strongest contributions included elevation, temperature of the coldest month, and organic carbon content of soil. Based on our results, we conclude that SDMs can be used to map mangrove communities in Mexico, but that results can be improved at local scales with inclusion of local variables (salinity, hydroperiod and microtopography), field validations, and remote sensing data.
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Uzqueda A, Burnett S, Bertola LV, Hoskin CJ. Quantifying range decline and remaining populations of the large marsupial carnivore of Australia’s tropical rainforest. J Mammal 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Large predators are particularly susceptible to population declines due to large area requirements, low population density, and conflict with humans. Their low density and secretive habits also make it difficult to know the spatial extent, size, and connectivity of populations; declines hence can go unnoticed. Here, we quantified decline in a large marsupial carnivore, the spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus gracilis), endemic to the Wet Tropics rainforest of northeast Australia. We compiled a large database of occurrence records and used species distributional modeling to estimate the distribution in four time periods (Pre-1956, 1956–1975, 1976–1995, 1996–2016) using climate layers and three human-use variables. The most supported variables in the distribution models were climatic, with highly suitable quoll habitat having relatively high precipitation, low temperatures, and a narrow annual range in temperature. Land-use type and road density also influenced quoll distribution in some time periods. The modeling revealed a significant decline in the distribution of D. m. gracilis over the last century, with contraction away from peripheral areas and from large areas of the Atherton Tablelands in the center of the distribution. Tests of the change in patch availability for populations of 20, 50, and 100 individuals revealed a substantial (17–32%) decline in available habitat for all population sizes, with a particular decline (31–40%) in core habitat (i.e., excluding edges). Six remaining populations were defined. Extrapolating capture–recapture density estimates derived from two populations in 2017 suggests these populations are small and range from about 10 to 160 individuals. Our total population estimate sums to 424 individuals, but we outline why this estimate is positively skewed and that the actual population size may be < 300 individuals. Continued decline and apparent absence in areas of highly suitable habitat suggests some threats are not being captured in our models. From our results, we provide management and research recommendations for this enigmatic predator.
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- Adriana Uzqueda
- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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