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González-Trujillo JD, Alagador D, González-Del-Pliego P, Araújo MB. Exposure of protected areas in Central America to extreme weather events. Conserv Biol 2024:e14251. [PMID: 38462849 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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Central America and the Caribbean are regularly battered by megadroughts, heavy rainfall, heat waves, and tropical cyclones. Although 21st-century climate change is expected to increase the frequency, intensity, and duration of these extreme weather events (EWEs), their incidence in regional protected areas (PAs) remains poorly explored. We examined historical and projected EWEs across the region based on 32 metrics that describe distinct dimensions (i.e., intensity, duration, and frequency) of heat waves, cyclones, droughts, and rainfall and compared trends in PAs with trends in unprotected lands. From the early 21st century onward, exposure to EWEs increased across the region, and PAs were predicted to be more exposed to climate extremes than unprotected areas (as shown by autoregressive model coefficients at p < 0.05 significance level). This was particularly true for heat waves, which were projected to have a significantly higher average (tested by Wilcoxon tests at p < 0.01) intensity and duration, and tropical cyclones, which affected PAs more severely in carbon-intensive scenarios. PAs were also predicted to be significantly less exposed to droughts and heavy rainfall than unprotected areas (tested by Wilcoxon tests at p < 0.01). However, droughts that could threaten connectivity between PAs are increasingly common in this region. We estimated that approximately 65% of the study area will experience at least one drought episode that is more intense and longer lasting than previous droughts. Collectively, our results highlight that new conservation strategies adapted to threats associated with EWEs need to be tailored and implemented promptly. Unless urgent action is taken, significant damage may be inflicted on the unique biodiversity of the region.
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- Juan David González-Trujillo
- Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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Li X, Naimi B, Gong P, Araújo MB. Data error propagation in stacked bioclimatic envelope models. Integr Zool 2024; 19:262-276. [PMID: 37259699 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Stacking is the process of overlaying inferred species potential distributions for multiple species based on outputs of bioclimatic envelope models (BEMs). The approach can be used to investigate patterns and processes of species richness. If data limitations on individual species distributions are inevitable, but how do they affect inferences of patterns and processes of species richness? We investigate the influence of different data sources on estimated species richness gradients in China. We fitted BEMs using species distributions data for 334 bird species obtained from (1) global range maps, (2) regional checklists, (3) museum records and surveys, and (4) citizen science data using presence-only (Mahalanobis distance), presence-background (MAXENT), and presence-absence (GAM and BRT) BEMs. Individual species predictions were stacked to generate species richness gradients. Here, we show that different data sources and BEMs can generate spatially varying gradients of species richness. The environmental predictors that best explained species distributions also differed between data sources. Models using citizen-based data had the highest accuracy, whereas those using range data had the lowest accuracy. Potential richness patterns estimated by GAM and BRT models were robust to data uncertainty. When multiple data sets exist for the same region and taxa, we advise that explicit treatments of uncertainty, such as sensitivity analyses of the input data, should be conducted during the process of modeling.
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- Xueyan Li
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Geospatial Information Technology and Application, Guangzhou Institute of Geography, Guangdong Academy of Science, Guangzhou, China
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- 'Rui Nabeiro' Biodiversity Chair, CHANGE-MED Institute, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Department of Geography and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- 'Rui Nabeiro' Biodiversity Chair, CHANGE-MED Institute, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Galiana N, Arnoldi JF, Mestre F, Rozenfeld A, Araújo MB. Power laws in species' biotic interaction networks can be inferred from co-occurrence data. Nat Ecol Evol 2024; 8:209-217. [PMID: 38012361 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02254-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Inferring biotic interactions from species co-occurrence patterns has long intrigued ecologists. Yet recent research revealed that co-occurrences may not reliably represent pairwise biotic interactions. We propose that examining network-level co-occurrence patterns can provide valuable insights into community structure and assembly. Analysing ten bipartite networks of empirically sampled biotic interactions and associated species spatial distribution, we find that approximately 20% of co-occurrences correspond to actual interactions. Moreover, the degree distribution shifts from exponential in co-occurrence networks to power laws in networks of biotic interactions. This shift results from a strong interplay between species' biotic (their interacting partners) and abiotic (their environmental requirements) niches, and is accurately predicted by considering co-occurrence frequencies. Our work offers a mechanistic understanding of the assembly of ecological communities and suggests simple ways to infer fundamental biotic interaction network characteristics from co-occurrence data.
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- Nuria Galiana
- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid, Spain.
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Experimental and Theoretical Ecology Station, Moulis, France
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- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
- INTELYMEC Group, Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires - Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Olavarría, Argentina
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid, Spain
- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
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Moore NA, Morales-Castilla I, Hargreaves AL, Olalla-Tárraga MÁ, Villalobos F, Calosi P, Clusella-Trullas S, Rubalcaba JG, Algar AC, Martínez B, Rodríguez L, Gravel S, Bennett JM, Vega GC, Rahbek C, Araújo MB, Bernhardt JR, Sunday JM. Temperate species underfill their tropical thermal potentials on land. Nat Ecol Evol 2023; 7:1993-2003. [PMID: 37932384 PMCID: PMC10697837 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02239-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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Understanding how temperature determines the distribution of life is necessary to assess species' sensitivities to contemporary climate change. Here, we test the importance of temperature in limiting the geographic ranges of ectotherms by comparing the temperatures and areas that species occupy to the temperatures and areas species could potentially occupy on the basis of their physiological thermal tolerances. We find that marine species across all latitudes and terrestrial species from the tropics occupy temperatures that closely match their thermal tolerances. However, terrestrial species from temperate and polar latitudes are absent from warm, thermally tolerable areas that they could potentially occupy beyond their equatorward range limits, indicating that extreme temperature is often not the factor limiting their distributions at lower latitudes. This matches predictions from the hypothesis that adaptation to cold environments that facilitates survival in temperate and polar regions is associated with a performance trade-off that reduces species' abilities to contend in the tropics, possibly due to biotic exclusion. Our findings predict more direct responses to climate warming of marine ranges and cool range edges of terrestrial species.
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- Nikki A Moore
- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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- Department of Life Sciences, Global Change Ecology and Evolution Group, Universidad de Alcalá; Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Spain
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- Marine Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology Laboratory, Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Botany and Zoology and School for Climate Studies, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Spain
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- Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Spain
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- Department of Biology (Grupo en Biodiversidad y Conservación, IU-ECOAQUA), Marine Sciences Faculty, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; Las Palmas de G.C., Canary Islands, Spain
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Fenner School of Environment & Society, College of Science, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Spain
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- Center for Global Mountain Biodiversity, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Institute of Ecology, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Danish Institute for Advanced Study, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
- 'Rui Nabeiro' Biodiversity Chair, MED Institute, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Gouvêa LP, Fragkopoulou E, Cavanaugh K, Serrão EA, Araújo MB, Costello MJ, Westergerling EHT, Assis J. Oceanographic connectivity explains the intra-specific diversity of mangrove forests at global scales. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2209637120. [PMID: 36996109 PMCID: PMC10083552 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2209637120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
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The distribution of mangrove intra-specific biodiversity can be structured by historical demographic processes that enhance or limit effective population sizes. Oceanographic connectivity (OC) may further structure intra-specific biodiversity by preserving or diluting the genetic signatures of historical changes. Despite its relevance for biogeography and evolution, the role of oceanographic connectivity in structuring the distribution of mangrove's genetic diversity has not been addressed at global scale. Here we ask whether connectivity mediated by ocean currents explains the intra-specific diversity of mangroves. A comprehensive dataset of population genetic differentiation was compiled from the literature. Multigenerational connectivity and population centrality indices were estimated with biophysical modeling coupled with network analyses. The variability explained in genetic differentiation was tested with competitive regression models built upon classical isolation-by-distance (IBD) models considering geographic distance. We show that oceanographic connectivity can explain the genetic differentiation of mangrove populations regardless of the species, region, and genetic marker (significant regression models in 95% of cases, with an average R-square of 0.44 ± 0.23 and Person's correlation of 0.65 ± 0.17), systematically improving IBD models. Centrality indices, providing information on important stepping-stone sites between biogeographic regions, were also important in explaining differentiation (R-square improvement of 0.06 ± 0.07, up to 0.42). We further show that ocean currents produce skewed dispersal kernels for mangroves, highlighting the role of rare long-distance dispersal events responsible for historical settlements. Overall, we demonstrate the role of oceanographic connectivity in structuring mangrove intra-specific diversity. Our findings are critical for mangroves' biogeography and evolution, but also for management strategies considering climate change and genetic biodiversity conservation.
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- Lidiane P. Gouvêa
- CCMAR–Center of Marine Sciences, University of the Algarve, 8005-139Faro, Portugal
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- CCMAR–Center of Marine Sciences, University of the Algarve, 8005-139Faro, Portugal
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- Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, CA90095
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- CCMAR–Center of Marine Sciences, University of the Algarve, 8005-139Faro, Portugal
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC-Spanish National Research Council,28806Madrid, Spain
- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, MED–Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, University of Évora, 7000Évora, Portugal
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- Faculty of Bioscience and Aquaculture, Nord Universitet, 1490Bodø, Norway
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen,5020Bergen, Norway
- Institute of Marine Research, 5817Bergen, Norway
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- CCMAR–Center of Marine Sciences, University of the Algarve, 8005-139Faro, Portugal
- Faculty of Bioscience and Aquaculture, Nord Universitet, 1490Bodø, Norway
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Mestre F, Rozenfeld A, Araújo MB. Human disturbances affect the topology of food webs. Ecol Lett 2022; 25:2476-2488. [PMID: 36167463 PMCID: PMC9828725 DOI: 10.1111/ele.14107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Networks describe nodes connected by links, with numbers of links per node, the degree, forming a range of distributions including random and scale-free. How network topologies emerge in natural systems still puzzles scientists. Based on previous theoretical simulations, we predict that scale-free food webs are favourably selected by random disturbances while random food webs are selected by targeted disturbances. We assume that lower human pressures are more likely associated with random disturbances, whereas higher pressures are associated with targeted ones. We examine these predictions using 351 empirical food webs, generally confirming our predictions. Should the topology of food webs respond to changes in the magnitude of disturbances in a predictable fashion, consistently across ecosystems and scales of organisation, it would provide a baseline expectation to understand and predict the consequences of human pressures on ecosystem dynamics.
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- Frederico Mestre
- ‘Rui Nabeiro’ Biodiversity Chair, MED – Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development & CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Institute for Advanced Studies and ResearchUniversidade de ÉvoraÉvoraPortugal
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- ‘Rui Nabeiro’ Biodiversity Chair, MED – Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development & CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Institute for Advanced Studies and ResearchUniversidade de ÉvoraÉvoraPortugal,Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del CentroUniversidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasTandilBuenos AiresArgentina,CONICET‐CIFICEN‐Universidad del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos AiresTandilBuenos AiresArgentina
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- ‘Rui Nabeiro’ Biodiversity Chair, MED – Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development & CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Institute for Advanced Studies and ResearchUniversidade de ÉvoraÉvoraPortugal,Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural SciencesCSICMadridSpain
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Naimi B, Capinha C, Ribeiro J, Rahbek C, Strubbe D, Reino L, Araújo MB. Potential for invasion of traded birds under climate and land-cover change. Glob Chang Biol 2022; 28:5654-5666. [PMID: 35849042 PMCID: PMC9539888 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 05/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Humans have moved species away from their native ranges since the Neolithic, but globalization accelerated the rate at which species are being moved. We fitted more than half million distribution models for 610 traded bird species on the CITES list to examine the separate and joint effects of global climate and land-cover change on their potential end-of-century distributions. We found that climate-induced suitability for modelled invasive species increases with latitude, because traded birds are mainly of tropical origin and much of the temperate region is 'tropicalizing.' Conversely, the tropics are becoming more arid, thus limiting the potential from cross-continental invasion by tropical species. This trend is compounded by forest loss around the tropics since most traded birds are forest dwellers. In contrast, net gains in forest area across the temperate region could compound climate change effects and increase the potential for colonization of low-latitude birds. Climate change has always led to regional redistributions of species, but the combination of human transportation, climate, and land-cover changes will likely accelerate the redistribution of species globally, increasing chances of alien species successfully invading non-native lands. Such process of biodiversity homogenization can lead to emergence of non-analogue communities with unknown environmental and socioeconomic consequences.
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- Babak Naimi
- ‘Rui Nabeiro’ Biodiversity Chair, CHANGE‐MED InstituteUniversity of ÉvoraÉvoraPortugal
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- Centro de Estudos Geográficos e Laboratório Associado TERRAInstituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território – IGOT, Universidade de Lisboa, Rua Branca Edmée MarquesLisbonPortugal
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de VairãoUniversidade do PortoVairãoPortugal
- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório AssociadoInstituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de LisboaLisbonPortugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land PlanningCIBIO, Campus de VairãoVairãoPortugal
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- Center for Global Mountain Biodiversity, GLOBE InstituteUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, GLOBE InstituteUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
- Institute of Ecology, Peking UniversityBeijingChina
- Danish Institute for Advanced StudyUniversity of Southern DenmarkOdense MDenmark
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- Department of Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Unit (TEREC)Ghent UniversityGhentBelgium
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de VairãoUniversidade do PortoVairãoPortugal
- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório AssociadoInstituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de LisboaLisbonPortugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land PlanningCIBIO, Campus de VairãoVairãoPortugal
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- ‘Rui Nabeiro’ Biodiversity Chair, CHANGE‐MED InstituteUniversity of ÉvoraÉvoraPortugal
- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural SciencesCSICMadridSpain
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Araujo DGB, Araújo MB, Alvarez HA, Meyer PH, Goularte MN. FATORES DIETÉTICOS NA PREVENÇÃO DA ANEMIA FERROPRIVA EM LACTENTES. Hematol Transfus Cell Ther 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.htct.2022.09.578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Lemes P, Barbosa FG, Naimi B, Araújo MB. Dispersal abilities favor commensalism in animal-plant interactions under climate change. Sci Total Environ 2022; 835:155157. [PMID: 35405230 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Scientists still poorly understand how biotic interactions and dispersal limitation jointly interact and affect the ability of species to track suitable habitats under climate change. Here, we examine how animal-plant interactions and dispersal limitations might affect the responses of Brazil nut-dependent frogs facing projected climate change. Using ecological niche modelling and dispersal simulations, we forecast the future distributions of the Brazil nut tree and three commensalist frog species over time (2030, 2050, 2070, and 2090) in the regional rivalry (SSP370) scenario that includes great challenges to mitigation and adaptation. With the exception of one species, projections point to a decrease in suitable habitats of up to 40.6%. For frog species with potential reductions of co-occurrence areas, this is expected to reduce up to 23.8% of suitable areas for binomial animal-plant relationships. Even so, biotic interactions should not be lost over time. Species will depend on their own dispersal abilities to reach analogous climates in the future for maintaining ecological and evolutionary processes associated with commensal taxa. However, ecological and evolutionary processes associated with commensal taxa should be maintained in accordance with their own dispersal ability. When dispersal limitation is included in the models, the suitable range of all three frog species is reduced considerably by the end of the century. This highlights the importance of dispersal limitation inclusion for forecasting future distribution ranges when biotic interactions matter.
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- Priscila Lemes
- Laboratório de Ecologia e Biogeografia da Conservação, Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil.
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- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, MED Institute, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, MED Institute, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal; Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Ribeiro J, Araújo MB, Santana J, Strubbe D, Vaz AS, Reino L. Impacts of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the global demand for exotic pets: An expert elicitation approach. Glob Ecol Conserv 2022; 35:e02067. [PMID: 35194555 PMCID: PMC8849832 DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has caused immense social and economic costs worldwide. Most experts endorse the view that the virus has a zoonotic origin with the final spillover being associated with wildlife trade. Besides human consumption, wild animals are also extensively traded as pets. Information on zoonotic diseases has been reported to reduce consumer demand for exotic pets. We conducted a global survey and collected 162 responses from international experts on exotic pet trade (traders, academics, NGOs, enforcement entities) to understand how the legal and illegal trade of exotic pets is expected to be affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Our results suggest that legal purchase of exotic pets is perceived as decreasing during the first pandemic wave due to: lower availability of animals for trade, suppliers' inability to reach consumers and social distancing measures. The general perception is that in the future (i.e., next five years), both demand and supply of legally traded exotic pets are expected to either remain unchanged or decrease only temporarily. The consumer demand for illegal exotic pets is also expected to remain unchanged following the outbreak. The top two challenges reported by respondents, when considering the consequences of the pandemic for the exotic pet trade, are inadequate enforcement of national regulations and increased illegal trade. Our results suggest that the negative consequences of a zoonotic outbreak may not dissuade consumers of exotic pets. Worldwide, the transit/storing conditions and lack of health screenings of traded live animals are conducive to spreading diseases. Consumer demand is a key driver of trade, and enforcement of trade regulations will remain challenging, unless factors driving consumer demand are adequately incorporated in problem-solving frameworks. We emphasize the complexity of trade dynamics and the need to go beyond bans on wildlife trade. Stronger law enforcement, implemented along with initiatives dissuading consumption of wild exotic pets, are essential to sustainably satisfy the market demand.
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- Joana Ribeiro
- CIBIO/InBIO,Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485‑661 Vairão, Portugal.,CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigaçã o em Biodiversidade e Recursos, Genéticos, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda,1349‑017 Lisbon, Portugal.,BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics,Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences (CSIC), C/ Jose Gutierrez Abascal, 28006 Madrid, Spain.,Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, MED Institute, Largo dos Colegiais, 7000 Évora, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO,Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485‑661 Vairão, Portugal.,BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics,Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal.,Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
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- Terrestrial Ecology Unit (TEREC), Dept. of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- CIBIO/InBIO,Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485‑661 Vairão, Portugal.,BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics,Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal.,Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO,Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485‑661 Vairão, Portugal.,BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics,Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal.,Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
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International wildlife trade is a major driver of species extinction and biological invasions. Anticipating environmental risks requires inferences about trade patterns, which are shaped by geopolitics. Although the future cannot be predicted, scenarios can help deal with the uncertainty of future geopolitical dynamics. We propose a framework for generating and analyzing scenarios based on four geopolitical storylines, distinguished by combinations of international trade barrier strength and domestic law enforcement degree across countries supplying and demanding wildlife. We then use historical data on bird trade to classify countries into geopolitical profiles and confirm that trade barriers and law enforcement allow predicting bird trade patterns, supporting our scenarios’ plausibility and enabling projections for future global bird trade. Our framework can be used to examine the consequences of geopolitical changes for wildlife trade and to advise policy and legislation. Reducing demand for wildlife and ameliorating global inequality are key for curbing trade related risks.
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Araújo DGB, Araújo MB, Araújo MB, Araújo MB, Chung HNL. EXPERIÊNCIA DO ENSINO DA HEMOTERAPIA NO INTERNATO MÉDICO – RELATO DE CASO. Hematol Transfus Cell Ther 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.htct.2021.10.667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Baquero RA, Barbosa AM, Ayllón D, Guerra C, Sánchez E, Araújo MB, Nicola GG. Potential distributions of invasive vertebrates in the Iberian Peninsula under projected changes in climate extreme events. DIVERS DISTRIB 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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- Rocío A. Baquero
- Department of Environmental Sciences Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Biochemistry University of Castilla‐La Mancha (UCLM) Toledo Spain
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- CICGE (Centro de Investigação em Ciências Geo‐Espaciais) Universidade do Porto Porto Portugal
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- Department of Environmental Sciences Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Biochemistry University of Castilla‐La Mancha (UCLM) Toledo Spain
- Department of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution Faculty of Biology Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) Madrid Spain
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- Department of Environmental Sciences Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Biochemistry University of Castilla‐La Mancha (UCLM) Toledo Spain
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- Department of Environmental Sciences Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Biochemistry University of Castilla‐La Mancha (UCLM) Toledo Spain
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales‐CSIC Madrid Spain
- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair MED Institute University of Évora Évora Portugal
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- Department of Environmental Sciences Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Biochemistry University of Castilla‐La Mancha (UCLM) Toledo Spain
- Department of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution Faculty of Biology Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) Madrid Spain
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Taheri S, Naimi B, Rahbek C, Araújo MB. Improvements in reports of species redistribution under climate change are required. Sci Adv 2021; 7:eabe1110. [PMID: 33827813 PMCID: PMC8026129 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe1110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Studies have documented climate change-induced shifts in species distributions but uncertainties associated with data and methods are typically unexplored. We reviewed 240 reports of climate-related species-range shifts and classified them based on three criteria. We ask whether observed distributional shifts are compared against random expectations, whether multicausal factors are examined on equal footing, and whether studies provide sufficient documentation to enable replication. We found that only ~12.1% of studies compare distributional shifts across multiple directions, ~1.6% distinguish observed patterns from random expectations, and ~19.66% examine multicausal factors. Last, ~75.5% of studies report sufficient data and results to allow replication. We show that despite gradual improvements over time, there is scope for raising standards in data and methods within reports of climate-change induced shifts in species distribution. Accurate reporting is important because policy responses depend on them. Flawed assessments can fuel criticism and divert scarce resources for biodiversity to competing priorities.
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- Shirin Taheri
- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, Calle Jose Gutierrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/Tulipán s/n, Móstoles 28933, Spain
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- Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Danish Institute for Advanced Study, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
- Institute of Ecology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, Calle Jose Gutierrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, MED Institute, University of Évora, Largo dos Colegiais, 7000 Évora, Portugal
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Taheri S, García-Callejas D, Araújo MB. Discriminating climate, land-cover and random effects on species range dynamics. Glob Chang Biol 2021; 27:1309-1317. [PMID: 33314537 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Species are reportedly shifting their distributions poleward and upward in several parts of the world in response to climate change. The extent to which other factors might play a role driving these changes is still unclear. Land-cover change is a major cause of distributional changes, but it cannot be discarded that distributional dynamics might be at times caused by other mechanisms (e.g. dispersal, ecological drift). Using observed changes in the distribution of 82 breeding birds in Great Britain between three time periods 1968-72 (t1 ), 1988-91 (t2 ) and 2007-2011 (t3 ), we examine whether observed bird range shifts between t1 -t2 and t1 -t3 are best explained by climate change or land-cover change, or whether they are not distinguishable from what would be expected by chance. We found that range shifts across the rear edge of northerly distributed species in Great Britain are best explained by climate change, while shifts across the leading edge of southerly distributed species are best explained by changes in land-cover. In contrast, at the northern and southern edges of Great Britain, range dynamics could not be distinguished from that expected by chance. The latter observation could be a consequence of boundary effects limiting the direction and magnitude of range changes, stochastic demographic mechanisms neither associated with climate nor land-cover change or with complex interactions among factors. Our results reinforce the view that comprehensive assessments of climate change effects on species range shifts need to examine alternative drivers of change on equal footing and that null models can help assess whether observed patterns could have arisen by chance alone.
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- Shirin Taheri
- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología, Instituto Universitario de Investigación Marina (INMAR), Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, Spain
- Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, MED Institute, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
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Herrando-Pérez S, Belliure J, Ferri-Yáñez F, van den Burg MP, Beukema W, Araújo MB, Terblanche JS, Vieites DR. Water deprivation drives intraspecific variability in lizard heat tolerance. Basic Appl Ecol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2020.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Anderson RP, Araújo MB, Guisan A, Lobo JM, Martínez-Meyer E, Peterson AT, Soberón JM. Optimizing biodiversity informatics to improve information flow, data quality, and utility for science and society. Frontiers of Biogeography 2020. [DOI: 10.21425/f5fbg47839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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González-Del-Pliego P, Scheffers BR, Freckleton RP, Basham EW, Araújo MB, Acosta-Galvis AR, Medina Uribe CA, Haugaasen T, Edwards DP. Thermal tolerance and the importance of microhabitats for Andean frogs in the context of land use and climate change. J Anim Ecol 2020; 89:2451-2460. [PMID: 32745275 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Global warming is having impacts across the Tree of Life. Understanding species' physiological sensitivity to temperature change and how they relate to local temperature variation in their habitats is crucial to determining vulnerability to global warming. We ask how species' vulnerability varies across habitats and elevations, and how climatically buffered microhabitats can contribute to reduce their vulnerability. We measured thermal sensitivity (critical thermal maximum-CTmax ) of 14 species of Pristimantis frogs inhabiting young and old secondary, and primary forests in the Colombian Andes. Exposure to temperature stress was measured by recording temperature in the understorey and across five microhabitats. We determined frogs' current vulnerability across habitats, elevations and microhabitats accounting for phylogeny and then ask how vulnerability varies under four warming scenarios: +1.5, +2, +3 and +5°C. We found that CTmax was constant across species regardless of habitat and elevation. However, species in young secondary forests are expected to become more vulnerable because of increased exposure to higher temperatures. Microhabitat variation could enable species to persist within their thermal temperature range as long as regional temperatures do not surpass +2°C. The effectiveness of microhabitat buffering decreases with a 2-3°C increase, and is almost null under a 5°C temperature increase. Microhabitats will provide thermal protection to Andean frog communities from climate change by enabling tracking of suitable climates through short distance movement. Conservation strategies, such as managing landscapes by preserving primary forests and allowing regrowth and reconnection of secondary forest would offer thermally buffered microhabitats and aid in the survival of this group.
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- Pamela González-Del-Pliego
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.,Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, MED Institute, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, University of Florida/IFAS, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, MED Institute, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal.,Department of Biogeography and Global Change, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota, Colombia
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota, Colombia
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Herrando‐Pérez S, Monasterio C, Beukema W, Gomes V, Ferri‐Yáñez F, Vieites DR, Buckley LB, Araújo MB. Heat tolerance is more variable than cold tolerance across species of Iberian lizards after controlling for intraspecific variation. Funct Ecol 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Salvador Herrando‐Pérez
- Australian Centre for Ancient DNA School of Biological Sciences The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA Australia
- Department of Biogeography and Global Change Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) Madrid Spain
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) Madrid Spain
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- Wildlife Health Ghent Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry Diseases Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Ghent University Merelbeke Belgium
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- Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO) Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (lnBIO) Universidade do Porto Vairão Portugal
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- Department of Community Ecology Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) Halle (Saale) Germany
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) Madrid Spain
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) Madrid Spain
- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair MED Institute Universidade de ÉvoraLargo dos Colegiais Évora Portugal
- The Globe Institute University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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Nature’s complexity is intriguing, but the circumstances determining whether or how order emerges from such complexity remains a matter of extensive research. Using the geographical distributions and food preferences of all terrestrial mammal species with masses >3 kg, we show that large mammals group into feeding guilds (species exploiting similar resources) and that these guilds form trophic structures that vary across biomes globally. We identify five trophic structures closely matching climate variability and named them boreal, temperate, semiarid, seasonal tropical and humid tropical owing to their relative overlap with the distribution of biomes. We also find that human activities simplify trophic structures, generally transitioning them to species-poorer states. Detected transitions include boreal and temperate structures becoming depauperate or seasonal- and humid-tropical becoming semiarid. Whether the observed generalities among trophic structures of large mammals are indicative of patterns across whole food webs is matter for further investigation. The results help refine projections of the effects of environmental change on the trophic structure of large mammals. Broad scale patterns in the distribution of animal community functional properties could be determined by climate and disrupted by human activities. Here the authors show global patterns in large-mammal trophic structure related to climate variation, which human activities simplify in predictable ways.
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- Manuel Mendoza
- Departamento de Biogeografía y Cambio Global, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, c/ Jose Gutierrez Abascal, 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain. .,Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, MED Institute, Universidade de Évora, Largo dos Colegiais, 7000, Évora, Portugal.
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- Departamento de Biogeografía y Cambio Global, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, c/ Jose Gutierrez Abascal, 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain. .,Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, MED Institute, Universidade de Évora, Largo dos Colegiais, 7000, Évora, Portugal. .,Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Ortega JCG, Machado N, Diniz‐Filho JAF, Rangel TF, Araújo MB, Loyola R, Bini LM. Meta-analyzing the likely cross-species responses to climate change. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:11136-11144. [PMID: 31641461 PMCID: PMC6802043 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Revised: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Ecological Niche Models (ENMs) have different performances in predicting potential geographic distributions. Here we meta-analyzed the likely effects of climate change on the potential geographic distribution of 1,205 bird species from the Neotropical region, modeled using eight ENMs and three Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Models (AOGCM). We considered the variability in ENMs performance to estimate a weighted mean difference between potential geographic distributions for baseline and future climates. On average, potential future ranges were projected to be from 25.7% to 44.5% smaller than current potential ranges across species. However, we found that 0.2% to 18.3% of the total variance in range shifts occurred "within species" (i.e., owing to the use of different modeling techniques and climate models) and 81.7% to 99.8% remained between species (i.e., it could be explained by ecological correlates). Using meta-analytical techniques akin to regression, we also showed that potential range shifts are barely predicted by bird biological traits. We demonstrated that one can combine and reduce species-specific effects with high uncertainty in ENMs and also explore potential causes of climate change effect on species using meta-analytical tools. We also highlight that the search for powerful correlates of climate change-induced range shifts can be a promising line of investigation.
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- Jean C. G. Ortega
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia e EvoluçãoUniversidade Federal de GoiásGoiâniaBrazil
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia e EvoluçãoUniversidade Federal de GoiásGoiâniaBrazil
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- Departamento de EcologiaUniversidade Federal de GoiásGoiâniaBrazil
- Brazilian Research Network on Climate Change – Rede ClimaInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas EspaciaisSão José dos CamposBrazil
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- Departamento de EcologiaUniversidade Federal de GoiásGoiâniaBrazil
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología EvolutivaMuseo Nacional de Ciencias NaturalesCSICMadridSpain
- Cátedra de Biodiversidade Rui NabeiroUniversidade de ÉvoraÉvoraPortugal
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and ClimateUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- Departamento de EcologiaUniversidade Federal de GoiásGoiâniaBrazil
- Brazilian Research Network on Climate Change – Rede ClimaInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas EspaciaisSão José dos CamposBrazil
- Fundação Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento SustentávelRio de JaneiroBrazil
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- Departamento de EcologiaUniversidade Federal de GoiásGoiâniaBrazil
- Brazilian Research Network on Climate Change – Rede ClimaInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas EspaciaisSão José dos CamposBrazil
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García-Callejas D, Molowny-Horas R, Araújo MB, Gravel D. Spatial trophic cascades in communities connected by dispersal and foraging. Ecology 2019; 100:e02820. [PMID: 31314929 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2018] [Revised: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Pairwise interactions between species have both direct and indirect consequences that reverberate throughout the whole ecosystem. In particular, interaction effects may propagate in a spatial dimension, to localities connected by organismal movement. Here we study the propagation of interaction effects with a spatially explicit metacommunity model, where local sites are connected by dispersal, foraging, or by both types of movement. We show that indirect pairwise effects are, in most cases, of the same sign as direct effects if localities are connected by dispersing species. However, if foraging is prevalent, this correspondence is broken, and indirect effects between species often have a different sign than direct effects. This highlights the importance of indirect interactions across space and their inherent unpredictability in complex settings with species foraging across local patches. Further, the effect of a species over another in a local patch does not necessarily correspond to its effect at the metacommunity scale; this correspondence is again mediated by the type of movement across localities. Every species, despite their trophic position or spatial range, displays a non-zero net effect over every other species in our model metacommunities. Thus we show that local dynamics and local interactions between species can trigger indirect effects all across the set of connected patches, and these effects have a distinct signature depending on whether the prevalent connection between patches is via dispersal or via foraging. However, the magnitude of this effect between any two species strongly decays with the distance between them. These theoretical results strengthen the importance of considering indirect effects across species at both the community and metacommunity levels, highlight the differences between types of movement across locations, and thus open novel avenues for the study of interaction effects in spatially explicit settings.
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- David García-Callejas
- Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Calle Américo Vespucio 26, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Biogeografía y Cambio Global, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Calle de José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, Madrid, 28006, Spain.,InBio/Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO), Largo dos Colegiais, Universidade de Évora, Évora, 7000, Portugal.,Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate (CMEC), Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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- Département de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Norberg A, Abrego N, Blanchet FG, Adler FR, Anderson BJ, Anttila J, Araújo MB, Dallas T, Dunson D, Elith J, Foster SD, Fox R, Franklin J, Godsoe W, Guisan A, O'Hara B, Hill NA, Holt RD, Hui FKC, Husby M, Kålås JA, Lehikoinen A, Luoto M, Mod HK, Newell G, Renner I, Roslin T, Soininen J, Thuiller W, Vanhatalo J, Warton D, White M, Zimmermann NE, Gravel D, Ovaskainen O. A comprehensive evaluation of predictive performance of 33 species distribution models at species and community levels. ECOL MONOGR 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Anna Norberg
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme University of Helsinki P.O. Box 65 Helsinki FI‐00014 Finland
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- Department of Biology Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim N‐7491 Norway
- Department of Agricultural Sciences University of Helsinki P.O. Box 27 Helsinki FI‐00014 Finland
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- Département de Biologie Université de Sherbrooke 2500 boulevard de l'Université Sherbrooke Quebec J1K 2R1 Canada
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- Department of Mathematics University of Utah 155 South 1400 East Salt Lake City Utah 84112 USA
- School of Biological Sciences University of Utah 257 South 1400 East Salt Lake City Utah 84112 USA
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme University of Helsinki P.O. Box 65 Helsinki FI‐00014 Finland
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- Departmento de Biogeografía y Cambio Global Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Calle José Gutiérrez Abascal 2 Madrid 28006 Spain
- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair Universidade de Évora Largo dos Colegiais Evora 7000 Portugal
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate Natural History Museum of Denmark University of Copenhagen Copenhagen 2100 Denmark
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme University of Helsinki P.O. Box 65 Helsinki FI‐00014 Finland
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- Department of Statistical Science Duke University P.O. Box 90251 Durham North Carolina 27708 USA
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- School of BioSciences University of Melbourne Parkville Victoria 3010 Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- Butterfly Conservation Manor Yard, East Lulworth Wareham BH20 5QP United Kingdom
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences University of California Riverside California 92521 USA
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- Bio‐Protection Research Centre Lincoln University P.O. Box 85084 Lincoln 7647 New Zealand
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution (DEE) University of Lausanne, Biophore Lausanne CH‐1015 Switzerland
- Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics (IDYST) University of Lausanne, Geopolis Lausanne CH‐1015 Switzerland
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim N‐7491 Norway
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies University of Tasmania Private Bag 49 Hobart Tasmania 7001 Australia
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- Department of Biology The University of Florida Gainesville Florida 32611 USA
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- Mathematical Sciences Institute The Australian National University Acton Australian Capital Territory 2601 Australia
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- Nord University Røstad Levanger 7600 Norway
- BirdLife Norway Sandgata 30B Trondheim 7012 Norway
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research P.O. Box 5685, Torgarden Trondheim NO‐7485 Norway
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- The Helsinki Lab of Ornithology Finnish Museum of Natural History University of Helsinki P.O. Box 17 Helsinki FI‐00014 Finland
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- Department of Geosciences and Geography University of Helsinki P.O. Box 64 Helsinki 00014 Finland
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- Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics (IDYST) University of Lausanne, Geopolis Lausanne CH‐1015 Switzerland
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- Biodiversity Division Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research 123 Brown Street Heidelberg Victoria 3084 Australia
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- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences The University of Newcastle University Drive Callaghan New South Wales 2308 Australia
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences University of Helsinki P.O. Box 27 Helsinki FI‐00014 Finland
- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Box 7044 Uppsala 750 07 Sweden
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- Department of Geosciences and Geography University of Helsinki P.O. Box 64 Helsinki 00014 Finland
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- CNRS LECA Laboratoire d’Écologie Alpine University Grenoble Alpes Grenoble F‐38000 France
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme University of Helsinki P.O. Box 65 Helsinki FI‐00014 Finland
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics Evolution & Ecology Research Centre University of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales 2052 Australia
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- Biodiversity Division Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research 123 Brown Street Heidelberg Victoria 3084 Australia
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- Dynamic Macroecology Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Zuercherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf CH‐8903 Switzerland
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- Département de Biologie Université de Sherbrooke 2500 boulevard de l'Université Sherbrooke Quebec J1K 2R1 Canada
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme University of Helsinki P.O. Box 65 Helsinki FI‐00014 Finland
- Department of Biology Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim N‐7491 Norway
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Araújo MB, Anderson RP, Márcia Barbosa A, Beale CM, Dormann CF, Early R, Garcia RA, Guisan A, Maiorano L, Naimi B, O’Hara RB, Zimmermann NE, Rahbek C. Standards for distribution models in biodiversity assessments. Sci Adv 2019; 5:eaat4858. [PMID: 30746437 PMCID: PMC6357756 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat4858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 274] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Demand for models in biodiversity assessments is rising, but which models are adequate for the task? We propose a set of best-practice standards and detailed guidelines enabling scoring of studies based on species distribution models for use in biodiversity assessments. We reviewed and scored 400 modeling studies over the past 20 years using the proposed standards and guidelines. We detected low model adequacy overall, but with a marked tendency of improvement over time in model building and, to a lesser degree, in biological data and model evaluation. We argue that implementation of agreed-upon standards for models in biodiversity assessments would promote transparency and repeatability, eventually leading to higher quality of the models and the inferences used in assessments. We encourage broad community participation toward the expansion and ongoing development of the proposed standards and guidelines.
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- Miguel B. Araújo
- National Museum of Natural Sciences, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), 28006 Madrid, Spain
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, University of Évora, 7000 Évora, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
- Program in Biology, Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, USA
- Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024, USA
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- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, University of Évora, 7000 Évora, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of York, York YO19 5PR, UK
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- Biometry and Environmental System Analysis, University of Freiburg, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, University of Évora, 7000 Évora, Portugal
- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland 7602, South Africa
- Centre for Statistics in Ecology, Environment and Conservation (SEEC), University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701 Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies Charles Darwin, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt, Germany
- Landscape Dynamics, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences and Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, NTNU, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
- Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Ascot SL5 7PY, UK
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Herrando-Pérez S, Ferri-Yáñez F, Monasterio C, Beukema W, Gomes V, Belliure J, Chown SL, Vieites DR, Araújo MB. Intraspecific variation in lizard heat tolerance alters estimates of climate impact. J Anim Ecol 2018; 88:247-257. [PMID: 30303530 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2018] [Accepted: 09/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Research addressing the effects of global warming on the distribution and persistence of species generally assumes that population variation in thermal tolerance is spatially constant or overridden by interspecific variation. Typically, this rationale is implicit in sourcing one critical thermal maximum (CTmax ) population estimate per species to model spatiotemporal cross-taxa variation in heat tolerance. Theory suggests that such an approach could result in biased or imprecise estimates and forecasts of impact from climate warming, but limited empirical evidence in support of those expectations exists. We experimentally quantify the magnitude of intraspecific variation in CTmax among lizard populations, and the extent to which incorporating such variability can alter estimates of climate impact through a biophysical model. To do so, we measured CTmax from 59 populations of 15 Iberian lizard species (304 individuals). The overall median CTmax across all individuals from all species was 42.8°C and ranged from 40.5 to 48.3°C, with species medians decreasing through xeric, climate-generalist and mesic taxa. We found strong statistical support for intraspecific differentiation in CTmax by up to a median of 3°C among populations. We show that annual restricted activity (operative temperature > CTmax ) over the Iberian distribution of our study species differs by a median of >80 hr per 25-km2 grid cell based on different population-level CTmax estimates. This discrepancy leads to predictions of spatial variation in annual restricted activity to change by more than 20 days for six of the study species. Considering that during restriction periods, reptiles should be unable to feed and reproduce, current projections of climate-change impacts on the fitness of ectotherm fauna could be under- or over-estimated depending on which population is chosen to represent the physiological spectra of the species in question. Mapping heat tolerance over the full geographical ranges of single species is thus critical to address cross-taxa patterns and drivers of heat tolerance in a biologically comprehensive way.
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- Salvador Herrando-Pérez
- Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Department of Biogeography and Global Change, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO), Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (lnBIO), Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- Department of Life Sciences, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.,InBio/Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO), Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal.,Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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García-Callejas D, Molowny-Horas R, Araújo MB. The effect of multiple biotic interaction types on species persistence. Ecology 2018; 99:2327-2337. [PMID: 30030927 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Revised: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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No species can persist in isolation from other species, but how biotic interactions affect species persistence is still a matter of inquiry. Is persistence more likely in communities with higher proportion of competing species, or in communities with more positive interactions? How do different components of community structure mediate this relationship? We address these questions using a novel simulation framework that generates realistic communities with varying numbers of species and different proportions of biotic interaction types within and across trophic levels. We show that when communities have fewer species, persistence is more likely if positive interactions-such as mutualism and commensalism-are prevalent. In species-rich communities, the disproportionate effect of positive interactions on persistence is diluted and different combinations of biotic interaction types can coexist without affecting persistence significantly. We present the first theoretical examination of how multiple-interaction networks with varying architectures relate to local species persistence, and provide insight about the underlying causes of stability in communities.
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- David García-Callejas
- CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Spain.,Departamento de Biogeografía y Cambio Global, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Calle José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biogeografía y Cambio Global, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Calle José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain.,InBio/Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO), Universidade de Évora, Largo dos Colegiais, 7000, Évora, Portugal.,Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate (CMEC), Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Reino L, Triviño M, Beja P, Araújo MB, Figueira R, Segurado P. Modelling landscape constraints on farmland bird species range shifts under climate change. Sci Total Environ 2018; 625:1596-1605. [PMID: 29996456 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Revised: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 01/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Several studies estimating the effects of global environmental change on biodiversity are focused on climate change. Yet, non-climatic factors such as changes in land cover can also be of paramount importance. This may be particularly important for habitat specialists associated with human-dominated landscapes, where land cover and climate changes may be largely decoupled. Here, we tested this idea by modelling the influence of climate, landscape composition and pattern, on the predicted future (2021-2050) distributions of 21 farmland bird species in the Iberian Peninsula, using boosted regression trees and 10-km resolution presence/absence data. We also evaluated whether habitat specialist species were more affected by landscape factors than generalist species. Overall, this study showed that the contribution of current landscape composition and pattern to the performance of species distribution models (SDMs) was relatively low. However, SDMs built using either climate or climate plus landscape variables yielded very different predictions of future species range shifts and, hence, of the geographical patterns of change in species richness. Our results indicate that open habitat specialist species tend to expand their range, whereas habitat generalist species tend to retract under climate change scenarios. The effect of incorporating landscape factors were particularly marked on open habitat specialists of conservation concern, for which the expected expansion under climate change seems to be severely constrained by land cover change. Overall, results suggest that particular attention should be given to landscape change in addition to climate when modelling the impacts of environmental changes for both farmland specialist and generalist bird distributions.
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- Luís Reino
- CIBIO/InBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, n°9, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal; CIBIO/InBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade de Évora, 7004-516 Évora, Portugal; CEABN/InBIO-Centro de Estudos Ambientais 'Prof. Baeta Neves', Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- University of Jyväskylä, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland; Museo de Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Calle José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- CIBIO/InBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, n°9, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal; CEABN/InBIO-Centro de Estudos Ambientais 'Prof. Baeta Neves', Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade de Évora, 7004-516 Évora, Portugal; Museo de Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Calle José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain; Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- CIBIO/InBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, n°9, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal; CEABN/InBIO-Centro de Estudos Ambientais 'Prof. Baeta Neves', Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal; LEAF-Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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- CEF - Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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Bennett JM, Calosi P, Clusella-Trullas S, Martínez B, Sunday J, Algar AC, Araújo MB, Hawkins BA, Keith S, Kühn I, Rahbek C, Rodríguez L, Singer A, Villalobos F, Ángel Olalla-Tárraga M, Morales-Castilla I. GlobTherm, a global database on thermal tolerances for aquatic and terrestrial organisms. Sci Data 2018; 5:180022. [PMID: 29533392 PMCID: PMC5848787 DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2018.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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How climate affects species distributions is a longstanding question receiving renewed interest owing to the need to predict the impacts of global warming on biodiversity. Is climate change forcing species to live near their critical thermal limits? Are these limits likely to change through natural selection? These and other important questions can be addressed with models relating geographical distributions of species with climate data, but inferences made with these models are highly contingent on non-climatic factors such as biotic interactions. Improved understanding of climate change effects on species will require extensive analysis of thermal physiological traits, but such data are both scarce and scattered. To overcome current limitations, we created the GlobTherm database. The database contains experimentally derived species' thermal tolerance data currently comprising over 2,000 species of terrestrial, freshwater, intertidal and marine multicellular algae, plants, fungi, and animals. The GlobTherm database will be maintained and curated by iDiv with the aim to keep expanding it, and enable further investigations on the effects of climate on the distribution of life on Earth.
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- Joanne M. Bennett
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology/Geobotany & Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale) 06108, Germany
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- Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, QC G5L 3A1, Canada
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Biology and Geology, Physics & Inorganic Chemistry, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933, Móstoles, Spain
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- Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Earth to Ocean Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
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- School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, Calle Jose Gutierrez Abascal, 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
- Centre for Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, CIBIO, University of Évora, Largo dos Colegiais, 7000 Évora, Portugal
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology/Geobotany & Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale) 06108, Germany
- Department Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
- Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK
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- Department of Biology and Geology, Physics & Inorganic Chemistry, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933, Móstoles, Spain
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- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Swedish Species Information Centre, Box 7007, SE-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
- Red de Biología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. México
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- Department of Biology and Geology, Physics & Inorganic Chemistry, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933, Móstoles, Spain
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- Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Boston, USA
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 28802, Spain
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Fordham DA, Bertelsmeier C, Brook BW, Early R, Neto D, Brown SC, Ollier S, Araújo MB. How complex should models be? Comparing correlative and mechanistic range dynamics models. Glob Chang Biol 2018; 24:1357-1370. [PMID: 29152817 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2016] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Criticism has been levelled at climate-change-induced forecasts of species range shifts that do not account explicitly for complex population dynamics. The relative importance of such dynamics under climate change is, however, undetermined because direct tests comparing the performance of demographic models vs. simpler ecological niche models are still lacking owing to difficulties in evaluating forecasts using real-world data. We provide the first comparison of the skill of coupled ecological-niche-population models and ecological niche models in predicting documented shifts in the ranges of 20 British breeding bird species across a 40-year period. Forecasts from models calibrated with data centred on 1970 were evaluated using data centred on 2010. We found that more complex coupled ecological-niche-population models (that account for dispersal and metapopulation dynamics) tend to have higher predictive accuracy in forecasting species range shifts than structurally simpler models that only account for variation in climate. However, these better forecasts are achieved only if ecological responses to climate change are simulated without static snapshots of historic land use, taken at a single point in time. In contrast, including both static land use and dynamic climate variables in simpler ecological niche models improve forecasts of observed range shifts. Despite being less skilful at predicting range changes at the grid-cell level, ecological niche models do as well, or better, than more complex models at predicting the magnitude of relative change in range size. Therefore, ecological niche models can provide a reasonable first approximation of the magnitude of species' potential range shifts, especially when more detailed data are lacking on dispersal dynamics, demographic processes underpinning population performance, and change in land cover.
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- Damien A Fordham
- The Environment Institute and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- The Environment Institute and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Department of Ecology & Evolution, Univ. Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, UK
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- InBio/CIBIO, University of Évora, Largo dos Colegiais, Évora, Portugal
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- The Environment Institute and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- InBio/CIBIO, University of Évora, Largo dos Colegiais, Évora, Portugal
- National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Jack P. Hayes
- Department of BiologyUniversity of Nevada Reno NV USA
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- Department of Biogeography and Global ChangeMuseo Nacional de Ciencias NaturalesCSIC Madrid Spain
- Department of BiologyCenter for Macroecology, Evolution and ClimateUniversity of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity ChairCIBIO‐InBIOUniversity of ÉvoraLargo dos Colegiais Évora Portugal
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Assis J, Araújo MB, Serrão EA. Projected climate changes threaten ancient refugia of kelp forests in the North Atlantic. Glob Chang Biol 2018; 24:e55-e66. [PMID: 28710898 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Revised: 04/22/2017] [Accepted: 06/25/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Intraspecific genetic variability is critical for species adaptation and evolution and yet it is generally overlooked in projections of the biological consequences of climate change. We ask whether ongoing climate changes can cause the loss of important gene pools from North Atlantic relict kelp forests that persisted over glacial-interglacial cycles. We use ecological niche modelling to predict genetic diversity hotspots for eight species of large brown algae with different thermal tolerances (Arctic to warm temperate), estimated as regions of persistence throughout the Last Glacial Maximum (20,000 YBP), the warmer Mid-Holocene (6,000 YBP), and the present. Changes in the genetic diversity within ancient refugia were projected for the future (year 2100) under two contrasting climate change scenarios (RCP2.6 and RCP8.5). Models predicted distributions that matched empirical distributions in cross-validation, and identified distinct refugia at the low latitude ranges, which largely coincide among species with similar ecological niches. Transferred models into the future projected polewards expansions and substantial range losses in lower latitudes, where richer gene pools are expected (in Nova Scotia and Iberia for cold affinity species and Gibraltar, Alboran, and Morocco for warm-temperate species). These effects were projected for both scenarios but were intensified under the extreme RCP8.5 scenario, with the complete borealization (circum-Arctic colonization) of kelp forests, the redistribution of the biogeographical transitional zones of the North Atlantic, and the erosion of global gene pools across all species. As the geographic distribution of genetic variability is unknown for most marine species, our results represent a baseline for identification of locations potentially rich in unique phylogeographic lineages that are also climatic relics in threat of disappearing.
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- Jorge Assis
- Center of Marine Sciences, CCMAR-CIMAR, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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- National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
- InBio/CIBIO, University of Évora, Largo dos Colegiais, Évora, Portugal
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center of Marine Sciences, CCMAR-CIMAR, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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Pecl GT, Araújo MB, Bell JD, Blanchard J, Bonebrake TC, Chen IC, Clark TD, Colwell RK, Danielsen F, Evengård B, Falconi L, Ferrier S, Frusher S, Garcia RA, Griffis RB, Hobday AJ, Janion-Scheepers C, Jarzyna MA, Jennings S, Lenoir J, Linnetved HI, Martin VY, McCormack PC, McDonald J, Mitchell NJ, Mustonen T, Pandolfi JM, Pettorelli N, Popova E, Robinson SA, Scheffers BR, Shaw JD, Sorte CJB, Strugnell JM, Sunday JM, Tuanmu MN, Vergés A, Villanueva C, Wernberg T, Wapstra E, Williams SE. Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being. Science 2017; 355:355/6332/eaai9214. [PMID: 28360268 DOI: 10.1126/science.aai9214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 926] [Impact Index Per Article: 132.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Distributions of Earth's species are changing at accelerating rates, increasingly driven by human-mediated climate change. Such changes are already altering the composition of ecological communities, but beyond conservation of natural systems, how and why does this matter? We review evidence that climate-driven species redistribution at regional to global scales affects ecosystem functioning, human well-being, and the dynamics of climate change itself. Production of natural resources required for food security, patterns of disease transmission, and processes of carbon sequestration are all altered by changes in species distribution. Consideration of these effects of biodiversity redistribution is critical yet lacking in most mitigation and adaptation strategies, including the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals.
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- Gretta T Pecl
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia. .,Centre for Marine Socioecology, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28006 Madrid, Spain.,Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos, Universidade de Évora, 7000-890 Évora, Portugal.,Department of Biology, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark
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- Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.,Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans, Conservation International, Arlington, VA 22202, USA
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.,Centre for Marine Socioecology, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.,Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Agriculture and Food, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia
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- Department of Biology, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark.,Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.,University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.,Departmento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, CP 131, 74.001-970 Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umea University, 90187 Umea, Sweden
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- College of Marine and Environmental Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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- CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.,Centre for Marine Socioecology, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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- Centre for Statistics in Ecology, the Environment and Conservation, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa.,Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, MD 20912, USA
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.,CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.,Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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- EDYSAN (FRE 3498 CNRS-UPJV), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 80037 Amiens Cedex 1, France
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- Institute of Food and Resource Economics, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 25, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales 2480, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.,Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Snowchange Cooperative, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, FIN 80100 Finland
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- School of Biological Sciences, Autralian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, NW1 4RY London, UK
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- National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
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- Centre for Sustainable Ecosystem Solutions, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811 Queensland, Australia.,Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia
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- Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation and Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.,Centre for Marine Socioecology, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.,Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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- College of Marine and Environmental Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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Reino L, Figueira R, Beja P, Araújo MB, Capinha C, Strubbe D. Networks of global bird invasion altered by regional trade ban. Sci Adv 2017; 3:e1700783. [PMID: 29181443 PMCID: PMC5699901 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1700783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Wildlife trade is a major pathway for introduction of invasive species worldwide. However, how exactly wildlife trade influences invasion risk, beyond the transportation of individuals to novel areas, remains unknown. We analyze the global trade network of wild-caught birds from 1995 to 2011 as reported by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). We found that before the European Union ban on imports of wild-caught birds, declared in 2005, invasion risk was closely associated with numbers of imported birds, diversity of import sources, and degree of network centrality of importer countries. After the ban, fluxes of global bird trade declined sharply. However, new trade routes emerged, primarily toward the Nearctic, Afrotropical, and Indo-Malay regions. Although regional bans can curtail invasion risk globally, to be fully effective and prevent rerouting of trade flows, bans should be global.
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- Luís Reino
- CIBIO/InBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, n°9, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
- CIBIO/InBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade de Évora, 7004-516 Évora, Portugal
- CEABN/InBIO-Centro de Estudos Ambientais ‘Prof. Baeta Neves’, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, n°9, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
- CEABN/InBIO-Centro de Estudos Ambientais ‘Prof. Baeta Neves’, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
- LEAF-Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, n°9, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
- CEABN/InBIO-Centro de Estudos Ambientais ‘Prof. Baeta Neves’, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade de Évora, 7004-516 Évora, Portugal
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Calle José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- CIBIO/InBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, n°9, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
- Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Museumsmeile Bonn, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 32, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Depto de Biogeografía y Cambio Global; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC); Madrid Spain
- InBio/Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO), Univ. de Évora, Largo dos Colegiais; Évora Portugal
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Thorup K, Tøttrup AP, Willemoes M, Klaassen RHG, Strandberg R, Vega ML, Dasari HP, Araújo MB, Wikelski M, Rahbek C. Resource tracking within and across continents in long-distance bird migrants. Sci Adv 2017; 3:e1601360. [PMID: 28070557 PMCID: PMC5214581 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/21/2016] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Migratory birds track seasonal resources across and between continents. We propose a general strategy of tracking the broad seasonal abundance of resources throughout the annual cycle in the longest-distance migrating land birds as an alternative to tracking a certain climatic niche or shorter-term resource surplus occurring, for example, during spring foliation. Whether and how this is possible for complex annual spatiotemporal schedules is not known. New tracking technology enables unprecedented spatial and temporal mapping of long-distance movement of birds. We show that three Palearctic-African species track vegetation greenness throughout their annual cycle, adjusting the timing and direction of migratory movements with seasonal changes in resource availability over Europe and Africa. Common cuckoos maximize the vegetation greenness, whereas red-backed shrikes and thrush nightingales track seasonal surplus in greenness. Our results demonstrate that the longest-distance migrants move between consecutive staging areas even within the wintering region in Africa to match seasonal variation in regional climate. End-of-century climate projections indicate that optimizing greenness would be possible but that vegetation surplus might be more difficult to track in the future.
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- Kasper Thorup
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, Ecology Building, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden.; Dutch Montagu's Harrier Foundation, P.O. Box 46, 9679ZG Scheemda, Netherlands.; Conservation Ecology Group, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700CC Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, Ecology Building, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centro de Geofisica de Évora, Universidade de Évora, 7000 Évora, Portugal.; Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Calle José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain.; CIBIO-InBIO, Universidade de Évora, Largo dos Colegiais, 7000 Évora, Portugal
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- Department of Migration and Immuno-Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany.; Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.; Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, U.K
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Cheddadi R, Araújo MB, Maiorano L, Edwards M, Guisan A, Carré M, Chevalier M, Pearman PB. Temperature Range Shifts for Three European Tree Species over the Last 10,000 Years. Front Plant Sci 2016; 7:1581. [PMID: 27826308 PMCID: PMC5078669 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2016] [Accepted: 10/06/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We quantified the degree to which the relationship between the geographic distribution of three major European tree species, Abies alba, Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies and January temperature (Tjan) has remained stable over the past 10,000 years. We used an extended data-set of fossil pollen records over Europe to reconstruct spatial variation in Tjan values for each 1000-year time slice between 10,000 and 3000 years BP (before present). We evaluated the relationships between the occurrences of the three species at each time slice and the spatially interpolated Tjan values, and compared these to their modern temperature ranges. Our results reveal that F. sylvatica and P. abies experienced Tjan ranges during the Holocene that differ from those of the present, while A. alba occurred over a Tjan range that is comparable to its modern one. Our data suggest the need for re-evaluation of the assumption of stable climate tolerances at a scale of several thousand years. The temperature range instability in our observed data independently validates similar results based exclusively on modeled Holocene temperatures. Our study complements previous studies that used modeled data by identifying variation in frequencies of occurrence of populations within the limits of suitable climate. However, substantial changes that were observed in the realized thermal niches over the Holocene tend to suggest that predicting future species distributions should not solely be based on modern realized niches, and needs to account for the past variation in the climate variables that drive species ranges.
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- Rachid Cheddadi
- Centre Nationnal de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, University Montpellier IIMontpellier, France
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- Departamento de Biogeografía y Cambio Global, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSICMadrid, Spain
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of CopenhagenCopenhagen, Denmark
- InBIO-CIBIO, University of ÉvoraÉvora, Portugal
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “Charles Darwin, ” Università di Roma “La Sapienza”Roma, Italy
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- Geography and Environment, University of SouthamptonSouthampton, UK
- College of Natural Science and Mathematics, University of AlaskaFairbanks, AK, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of LausanneLausanne, Switzerland
- Institute of Earth Science Dynamics, University of LausanneLausanne, Switzerland
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- Centre Nationnal de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, University Montpellier IIMontpellier, France
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- Centre Nationnal de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, University Montpellier IIMontpellier, France
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHULeioa, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for ScienceBilbao, Spain
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Mateo RG, Broennimann O, Normand S, Petitpierre B, Araújo MB, Svenning JC, Baselga A, Fernández-González F, Gómez-Rubio V, Muñoz J, Suarez GM, Luoto M, Guisan A, Vanderpoorten A. The mossy north: an inverse latitudinal diversity gradient in European bryophytes. Sci Rep 2016; 6:25546. [PMID: 27151094 PMCID: PMC4858760 DOI: 10.1038/srep25546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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It remains hotly debated whether latitudinal diversity gradients are common across taxonomic groups and whether a single mechanism can explain such gradients. Investigating species richness (SR) patterns of European land plants, we determine whether SR increases with decreasing latitude, as predicted by theory, and whether the assembly mechanisms differ among taxonomic groups. SR increases towards the south in spermatophytes, but towards the north in ferns and bryophytes. SR patterns in spermatophytes are consistent with their patterns of beta diversity, with high levels of nestedness and turnover in the north and in the south, respectively, indicating species exclusion towards the north and increased opportunities for speciation in the south. Liverworts exhibit the highest levels of nestedness, suggesting that they represent the most sensitive group to the impact of past climate change. Nevertheless, although the extent of liverwort species turnover in the south is substantially and significantly lower than in spermatophytes, liverworts share with the latter a higher nestedness in the north and a higher turn-over in the south, in contrast to mosses and ferns. The extent to which the similarity in the patterns displayed by spermatophytes and liverworts reflects a similar assembly mechanism remains, however, to be demonstrated.
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- Rubén G. Mateo
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Biophore, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Institute of Botany, University of Liège, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, ES-45071, Toledo, Spain
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Biophore, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Section for Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Biophore, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences (CSIC), ES-28006, Madrid, Spain
- InBIO/CIBIO, University of Évora, Largo dos Colegiais, 7000, Évora, Portugal
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, University of Santiago de Compostela, ES-15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Castilla-La Mancha, ES-02071, Albacete, Spain
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- Real Jardí n Botá nico (CSIC), ES-28014, Madrid, Spain
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- CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e I.M.L, UNT, Universidad Nacional de Tucamán, 4000, Tucumán, Argentina
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- Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Biophore, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Vicente JR, Alagador D, Guerra C, Alonso JM, Kueffer C, Vaz AS, Fernandes RF, Cabral JA, Araújo MB, Honrado JP. Cost‐effective monitoring of biological invasions under global change: a model‐based framework. J Appl Ecol 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Joana R. Vicente
- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO) Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485‐601 Vairão Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO) Universidade de Évora 7000‐890 Évora Portugal
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- Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas (ICAAM) Universidade de Évora – Pólo da Mitra Apartado 94 7002‐554 Évora Portugal
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- Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo (IPVC) Praça General Barbosa 4900‐347 Viana do Castelo Portugal
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- Institute of Integrative Biology ETH Zurich Universitätsstrasse 16 CH‐8092 Zurich Switzerland
- Centre for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University Matieland 7602 South Africa
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- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO) Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485‐601 Vairão Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO) Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485‐601 Vairão Portugal
- Dépt. d'Ecologie et d'Evolution Univ. Lausanne Bâtiment Biophore CH‐1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Applied Ecology Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro‐Environment and Biological Sciences University of Trás‐os‐Montes and Alto Douro, 5001‐801 Vila Real Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO) Universidade de Évora 7000‐890 Évora Portugal
- Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology National Museum of Natural Sciences CSIC C/José Gutiérrez Abascal 28006 Madrid Spain
- Centre for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate Natural History of Denmark University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 15 DK‐2100 Copenhagen Denmark
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- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO) Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485‐601 Vairão Portugal
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García-Valdés R, Gotelli NJ, Zavala MA, Purves DW, Araújo MB. Effects of climate, species interactions, and dispersal on decadal colonization and extinction rates of Iberian tree species. Ecol Modell 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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García-Valdés R, Svenning JC, Zavala MA, Purves DW, Araújo MB. Evaluating the combined effects of climate and land-use change on tree species distributions. J Appl Ecol 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Raúl García-Valdés
- Department of Biogeography and Global Change; National Museum of Natural Sciences; CSIC; C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2 28006 Madrid Spain
- Forest Ecology and Restoration Group; Department of Life Sciences; University of Alcalá; Science Building 28871 Alcalá de Henares Madrid Spain
- CEFE UMR 5175; CNRS - Université de Montpellier - Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier - EPHE; 1919 Route de Mende F-34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- Section for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity; Department of Bioscience; Aarhus University; Ny Munkegade 114 DK-8000 Aarhus C Denmark
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- Forest Ecology and Restoration Group; Department of Life Sciences; University of Alcalá; Science Building 28871 Alcalá de Henares Madrid Spain
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- Computational Ecology and Environmental Science Group; Microsoft Research Cambridge; 7 J J Thomson Ave Cambridge CB3 0FB UK
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change; National Museum of Natural Sciences; CSIC; C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2 28006 Madrid Spain
- CIBIO-InBIO; Universidade de Évora; Largo dos Colegiais 7000 Évora Portugal
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate; The Natural History Museum of Denmark; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen DK-2100 Denmark
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- Patrícia Rodrigues
- Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical; R. da Junqueira, 86 - 1° 1300-344 Lisboa Portugal
- CIBIO/InBio - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Universidade do Porto; Campus Agrário de Vairão 4485-661 Vairão Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical; R. da Junqueira, 86 - 1° 1300-344 Lisboa Portugal
- CIBIO/InBio - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Universidade do Porto; Campus Agrário de Vairão 4485-661 Vairão Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBio - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Universidade do Porto; Campus Agrário de Vairão 4485-661 Vairão Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia; Faculdade de Ciências; Universidade do Porto; Rua do Campo Alegre s/n 4169-007 Porto Portugal
- ISCED - Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla; Rua Sarmento Rodrigues Lubango Angola
- The Kissama Foundation; Rua Joaquim Capango n°49, 1°D Luanda Angola
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- Departmento de Biogeografía y Cambio Global; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales; CSIC; Calle José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2 28006 Madrid Spain
- CIBIO/InBio; Universidade de Évora; Largo dos Colegiais 7000 Évora Portugal
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate; Natural History Museum of Denmark; University of Copenhagen; Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Denmark
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- CIBIO/InBio - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Universidade do Porto; Campus Agrário de Vairão 4485-661 Vairão Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia; Faculdade de Ciências; Universidade do Porto; Rua do Campo Alegre s/n 4169-007 Porto Portugal
- ISCED - Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla; Rua Sarmento Rodrigues Lubango Angola
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Bradshaw CJA, Brook BW, Delean S, Fordham DA, Herrando-Pérez S, Cassey P, Early R, Sekercioglu CH, Araújo MB. Predictors of contraction and expansion of area of occupancy for British birds. Proc Biol Sci 2015; 281:rspb.2014.0744. [PMID: 24827448 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Geographical range dynamics are driven by the joint effects of abiotic factors, human ecosystem modifications, biotic interactions and the intrinsic organismal responses to these. However, the relative contribution of each component remains largely unknown. Here, we compare the contribution of life-history attributes, broad-scale gradients in climate and geographical context of species' historical ranges, as predictors of recent changes in area of occupancy for 116 terrestrial British breeding birds (74 contractors, 42 expanders) between the early 1970s and late 1990 s. Regional threat classifications demonstrated that the species of highest conservation concern showed both the largest contractions and the smallest expansions. Species responded differently to climate depending on geographical distribution-northern species changed their area of occupancy (expansion or contraction) more in warmer and drier regions, whereas southern species changed more in colder and wetter environments. Species with slow life history (larger body size) tended to have a lower probability of changing their area of occupancy than species with faster life history, whereas species with greater natal dispersal capacity resisted contraction and, counterintuitively, expansion. Higher geographical fragmentation of species' range also increased expansion probability, possibly indicating a release from a previously limiting condition, for example through agricultural abandonment since the 1970s. After accounting statistically for the complexity and nonlinearity of the data, our results demonstrate two key aspects of changing area of occupancy for British birds: (i) climate is the dominant driver of change, but direction of effect depends on geographical context, and (ii) all of our predictors generally had a similar effect regardless of the direction of the change (contraction versus expansion). Although we caution applying results from Britain's highly modified and well-studied bird community to other biogeographic regions, our results do indicate that a species' propensity to change area of occupancy over decadal scales can be explained partially by a combination of simple allometric predictors of life-history pace, average climate conditions and geographical context.
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- Corey J A Bradshaw
- The Environment Institute and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- The Environment Institute and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- The Environment Institute and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- The Environment Institute and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- The Environment Institute and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), C/José Gutierrez Abascal, 2, Madrid 28006, Spain
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- The Environment Institute and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), C/José Gutierrez Abascal, 2, Madrid 28006, Spain Centre for Ecology and Conservation Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Treliever Road, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK InBio/CIBIO, University of Évora, Largo dos Colegiais, Évora 7000, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, 257 S. 1400 E. Rm 201, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA KuzeyDoga Dernegi, Ortakapı Mah. Şehit Yusuf Cad, No: 93/1, Kars 36100, Turkey
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), C/José Gutierrez Abascal, 2, Madrid 28006, Spain InBio/CIBIO, University of Évora, Largo dos Colegiais, Évora 7000, Portugal Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK
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Guilhaumon F, Albouy C, Claudet J, Velez L, Ben Rais Lasram F, Tomasini JA, Douzery EJP, Meynard CN, Mouquet N, Troussellier M, Araújo MB, Mouillot D. Representing taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity: new challenges for Mediterranean marine-protected areas. DIVERS DISTRIB 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- François Guilhaumon
- ‘Rui Nabeiro’ Biodiversity Chair; CIBIO; University of Évora; Casa Cordovil, 2° Andar Rua Dr. Joaquim Henrique da Fonseca 7000-890 c Portugal
- IRD; UMR 5119; IRD-CNRS-IFREMER-UM2-UM1 ECOSYM; Université Montpellier 2; cc 093, Place E. Bataillon 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05 France
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- IRD; UMR 5119; IRD-CNRS-IFREMER-UM2-UM1 ECOSYM; Université Montpellier 2; cc 093, Place E. Bataillon 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05 France
- Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie; Université du Québec à Rimouski; 300 Allée des Ursulines Rimouski QC Canada G5L 3A1
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- National Center for Scientific Research; USR 3278; CNRS-EPHE CRIOBE; University of Perpignan; 66860 Perpignan Cedex France
- Laboratoire d'Excellence ‘CORAIL’; Tunis Tunisia
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- IRD; UMR 5119; IRD-CNRS-IFREMER-UM2-UM1 ECOSYM; Université Montpellier 2; cc 093, Place E. Bataillon 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05 France
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- Laboratoire Écosystèmes et Ressources Aquatiques UR03AGRO1; Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie; 43 Avenue Charles Nicolle 1082 Tunis Tunisia
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- IRD; UMR 5119; IRD-CNRS-IFREMER-UM2-UM1 ECOSYM; Université Montpellier 2; cc 093, Place E. Bataillon 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05 France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution; UMR 5554; CNRS; UM2; cc 065, Place E. Bataillon 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05 France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution; UMR 5554; CNRS; UM2; cc 065, Place E. Bataillon 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05 France
- INRA; UMR CBGP (INRA/IRD/Cirad/Montpellier SupAgro); Campus International de Baillarguet; CS 30016 FR-34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez cedex France
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science; College of William & Mary; PO Box 1346 Gloucester Point VA 23062 USA
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution; UMR 5554; CNRS; UM2; cc 065, Place E. Bataillon 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05 France
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- IRD; UMR 5119; IRD-CNRS-IFREMER-UM2-UM1 ECOSYM; Université Montpellier 2; cc 093, Place E. Bataillon 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05 France
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- ‘Rui Nabeiro’ Biodiversity Chair; CIBIO; University of Évora; Casa Cordovil, 2° Andar Rua Dr. Joaquim Henrique da Fonseca 7000-890 c Portugal
- Departamento de Biogeografía y Cambio Global; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales; CSIC; C/José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2 28006 Madrid Spain
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate; University of Copenhagen; Universitetsparken 15 2100 Copenhagen Denmark
- Division of Ecology and Evolution; Imperial College London; Silwood Park Buckhurst Road Ascot Berkshire SL5 7PY UK
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- IRD; UMR 5119; IRD-CNRS-IFREMER-UM2-UM1 ECOSYM; Université Montpellier 2; cc 093, Place E. Bataillon 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05 France
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies; James Cook University; Townsville Qld 4811 Australia
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Valladares F, Matesanz S, Guilhaumon F, Araújo MB, Balaguer L, Benito-Garzón M, Cornwell W, Gianoli E, van Kleunen M, Naya DE, Nicotra AB, Poorter H, Zavala MA. The effects of phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation on forecasts of species range shifts under climate change. Ecol Lett 2014; 17:1351-64. [PMID: 25205436 DOI: 10.1111/ele.12348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 472] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2014] [Revised: 03/05/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Species are the unit of analysis in many global change and conservation biology studies; however, species are not uniform entities but are composed of different, sometimes locally adapted, populations differing in plasticity. We examined how intraspecific variation in thermal niches and phenotypic plasticity will affect species distributions in a warming climate. We first developed a conceptual model linking plasticity and niche breadth, providing five alternative intraspecific scenarios that are consistent with existing literature. Secondly, we used ecological niche-modeling techniques to quantify the impact of each intraspecific scenario on the distribution of a virtual species across a geographically realistic setting. Finally, we performed an analogous modeling exercise using real data on the climatic niches of different tree provenances. We show that when population differentiation is accounted for and dispersal is restricted, forecasts of species range shifts under climate change are even more pessimistic than those using the conventional assumption of homogeneously high plasticity across a species' range. Suitable population-level data are not available for most species so identifying general patterns of population differentiation could fill this gap. However, the literature review revealed contrasting patterns among species, urging greater levels of integration among empirical, modeling and theoretical research on intraspecific phenotypic variation.
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- Fernando Valladares
- LINCGlobal, Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural History, MNCN, CSIC, Serrano 115 bis, 28006, Madrid, Spain; Departamento de Biología y Geología, ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Tulipán s/n, 28933, Móstoles, Spain
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- Geiziane Tessarolo
- Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; ICB; Universidade Federal de Goiás; UFG Campus II Goiânia GO 74001-970 Brazil
- Departamento de Biogeografía y Cambio Global; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC); C⁄José Gutiérrez Abascal 2 Madrid 28006 Spain
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- Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; ICB; Universidade Federal de Goiás; UFG Campus II Goiânia GO 74001-970 Brazil
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- Departamento de Biogeografía y Cambio Global; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC); C⁄José Gutiérrez Abascal 2 Madrid 28006 Spain
- Imperial College London; Silwood Park Campus Buckhurst Road Ascot SL5 7PY Berks UK
- Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (InBIO); Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO); University of Évora; Largo dos Colegiais Évora 7000 Portugal
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- Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; ICB; Universidade Federal de Goiás; UFG Campus II Goiânia GO 74001-970 Brazil
- Departamento de Biogeografía y Cambio Global; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC); C⁄José Gutiérrez Abascal 2 Madrid 28006 Spain
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