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Eutrophication modifies the relationships between multiple facets of macroinvertebrate beta diversity and geographic distance in freshwater lakes Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Xiaoming Jiang, Duo Peng, Janne Alahuhta, Jani Heino, Zhengfei Li, Zhicai Xie
AimUnderstanding the distance–decay relationship (DDR) has been considered important because it reflects a combination of several ecological processes such as dispersal limitation and environmental sorting. However, effects of human disturbances on DDR are poorly known, especially in freshwater lakes. This study is aimed to examine how anthropogenic eutrophication modified the relationships between
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Quantifying the effects of fragmentation of connectivity networks of deep‐sea vulnerable marine ecosystems Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Shuangqiang Wang, Ellen Kenchington, F. Javier Murillo, Camille Lirette, Zeliang Wang, Mariano Koen‐Alonso, Andrew Kenny, Mar Sacau, Pierre Pepin
AimProtection of vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) in the high seas has focussed on identifying concentrations of indicator species and prohibiting the operation of bottom‐contact fishing gears where those occur in significant concentrations. Most such species have planktonic larvae and depend on dispersal networks for inter‐generational persistence. Yet, connectivity amongst patches of VME has seldom
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Seasonal distribution patterns and conservation gaps of blue sharks in the Indo‐Western Pacific Ocean Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Yuewen Zhang, Peng Lian, Xiong Zhang
AimOceanic sharks play an important role in maintaining the stability and biodiversity of marine ecosystems, and yet they are among the most threatened taxa worldwide. Currently, large spatial‐scale distribution patterns and conservation gaps are poorly known for most species since they are challenging to study. To address the problem, we here use an integrated approach with an illustration with the
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Broadening applications of stochastic patch occupancy models over three decades Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Claudia Gutiérrez‐Arellano, Elizabeth E. Crone, Nathalie Pettorelli, Jenny A. Hodgson
AimStochastic patch occupancy models (SPOMs) are a type of spatial population simulation. They are arguably well‐suited to guide conservation in human‐altered landscapes, but their appropriateness for a wide range of species and landscape types has often been questioned. Here, we provide an overview of how SPOM research has expanded over the last three decades and discuss the untapped potential for
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Niche overlap with an exotic competitor mediates the abundant niche‐centre relationship for a native lady beetle Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Matthew J. Petersen, John E. Losey
AimThe abundant niche‐centre hypothesis has been used to describe patterns of species abundance relative to position in ecological niche space. Such relationships, however, are inconsistently recovered and may be obscured due to non‐equilibrium distributions, such as those caused novel interactions with exotic species. Here, we explore patterns of fitness for the nine‐spotted lady (Coccinella novemnotata)
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Drought influences habitat associations and abundances of birds in California's Central Valley Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Benjamin R. Goldstein, Brett J. Furnas, Kendall L. Calhoun, Ashley E. Larsen, Daniel S. Karp, Perry de Valpine
AimAs climate change increases the frequency and severity of droughts in many regions, conservation during drought is becoming a major challenge for ecologists. Droughts are multidimensional climate events whose impacts may be moderated by changes in temperature, water availability or food availability, or some combination of these. Simultaneously, other stressors such as extensive anthropogenic landscape
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Protecting alpine biodiversity in the Middle East from climate change: Implications for high‐elevation birds Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Mohsen Ahmadi, Muhammad Ali Nawaz, Hamed Asadi, Mahmoud‐Reza Hemami, Morteza Naderi, Mahyat Shafapourtehrani, Farzin Shabani
AimsThe Middle East, located in the arid belt of the Earth, is home to a diverse range of biodiversity, with its mountain ecosystems being the most important centres of species diversity and endemism. In this study, the impact of climate change on alpine bird species in the Middle East was assessed across five mountain systems: Alborz–Kopet‐Dagh, Caucasus–Pontic, Levant–Taurus, Sarawat–Hijaz and Zagros–Central
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Bringing the forest back: Restoration priorities in Colombia Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Brooke A. Williams, Sofía López‐Cubillos, Jose Manuel Ochoa‐Quintero, Renato Crouzeilles, Marcelo Villa‐Piñeros, Paola Johanna Isaacs Cubides, Marina Schmoeller, Wilmer Marin, Anazelia Tedesco, Diego Bastos, Andrés Felipe Suárez‐Castro, Luis Hernando Romero Jiménez, Eben N. Broadbent, Angelica M. Almeyda Zambrano, Jeffrey R. Vincent, Yuanyuan Yi, Robin L. Chazdon, James E. M. Watson, Elkin Alexi Noguera
AimColombia has committed to ambitious forest restoration targets which include a 1 million ha Bonn Challenge commitment and 6.47–8.31 million ha (rehabilitation and restoration, respectively) under the National Restoration Plan. Determining where and how to implement programs to achieve these targets remains a significant challenge.LocationColombia.MethodsWe adopt a multi‐objective optimisation framework
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Distributional ecology: Opening new research windows by addressing aggregation‐related puzzles Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Youhua Chen, Tsung‐Jen Shen
AimDistribution of species is one of the most elementary but fundamental biodiversity patterns, yet too many puzzles remain unsolved. In most cases, distribution of species is not random, but presents some degree of aggregation. Accordingly, the term ‘distributional aggregation’ is prevailingly used in ecology and evolutionary biology to reflect the non‐random distribution characteristic of species
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Convergent niche shifts of endangered parrots (genus Amazona) during successful establishment in urban southern California Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Brenda R. Ramirez, Rowdy J. Freeland, Allison Muhlheim, Amanda J. Zellmer, Devon A. DeRaad, Eliza J. Kirsch, Marquette J. Mutchler, Maeve B. Secor, Kelsey R. Reckling, Margaret E. Schedl, Brooke Durham, Whitney L. E. Tsai, Ryan S. Terrill, Siddharth Sannapareddy, Ashwin H. Sivakumar, Kimball L. Garrett, John E. McCormack
AimIntroduced species offer insight on whether and how organisms can shift their ecological niches during translocation. The genus Amazona offers a clear test case, where sister species Red‐crowned (A. viridigenalis) and Lilac‐crowned Parrots (A. finschi) have established breeding populations in southern California following introduction via the pet trade from Mexico where they do not coexist. After
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funspace: An R package to build, analyse and plot functional trait spaces Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Carlos P. Carmona, Nicola Pavanetto, Giacomo Puglielli
AimFunctional trait space analyses are pivotal to describe and compare organisms' functional diversity across the tree of life. Yet, there is no single application that streamlines the many sometimes‐troublesome steps needed to build and analyse functional trait spaces.InnovationTo fill this gap, we propose funspace, an R package to easily handle bivariate and multivariate functional trait space analyses
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Increasing planting density increases fruit mass and reduces the dispersal ability of a range-expanding invasive plant, Mikania micrantha Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Fangfang Huang, Ya Wang, Bin Zhu, Qiaoqiao Huang
Invasive plants may evolve a suite of distinctive traits during spread in the new range. Among these traits, dispersal ability is an important trait determining the invasion speed of exotic plants. There is evidence that higher dispersal ability is favoured at the invasion front, where population density may be low. However, no study has explicitly tested how planting density in a common garden affects
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Elevational patterns of fish functional and phylogenetic community structure in a monsoon climate river basin Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Zhijun Xia, Fandong Yu, Chunsen Xu, Pengcheng Lin, Yongfeng He, Fei Liu, Jianwei Wang
Understanding the patterns and drivers of biodiversity across space and time is commonly based on species diversity, which may ignore species' functional role and evolutionary history and result in an incomplete understanding of community assembly. It is suggested that integrating species, functional, and phylogenetic diversity could provide a more holistic assessment of community assembly in natural
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Investigating odonates' response to climate change in Great Britain: A tale of two strategies Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Daisy O'Neill, Len Shaffrey, Jessica Neumann, Chris Cheffings, Ken Norris, Nathalie Pettorelli
Species are largely thought to maintain broadly static niches over time, an assumption underpinning much theoretical ecology including the implementation of ecological models to project species' current and future distributions. Here, we assess niche conservatism in odonates in Great Britain over the past six decades by simultaneously quantifying changes in species geographic distribution and evaluating
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Temperature seasonality drives taxonomic and functional homogenization of tropical butterflies Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Catherine M. Hulshof, James D. Ackerman, Rosa A. Franqui, Akito Y. Kawahara, Carla Restrepo
To better understand the potential impact of climate change on butterfly assemblages across a tropical island, we model the potential for taxonomic and functional homogenization and determine climate- and trait-mediated shifts in projected species distributions.
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The value of targeted biological surveys: An assessment of Australia's Bush Blitz programme Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Chris Ware, Kristen J. Williams, Simon Ferrier, Daniel P. Faith, Glenn Manion, Brian Hawkins, Thomas D. Harwood, Art Langston, Jacqui Meyers, Justin Perry, Jo Harding, Sue Fyfe
Biodiversity assessment and decisions rely on knowledge of the spatial distribution of species, yet most global biodiversity is inadequately represented by occurrence records. Efforts to improve our knowledge of biodiversity distribution include targeted taxon survey programmes aimed at generating records of new, or previously unrecorded, species. Here, we evaluate nearly 8 years of biodiversity record
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Three hundred years of past and future changes for native fish species in the upper Danube River Basin—Historical flow alterations versus future climate change Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Martin Friedrichs-Manthey, Simone D. Langhans, Florian Borgwardt, Thomas Hein, Harald Kling, Philipp Stanzel, Sonja C. Jähnig, Sami Domisch
Rivers belong to the most threatened ecosystems on Earth. Historical anthropogenic alterations have, and future climate change will further affect rivers and the species therein. While many studies have projected climate change effects on species, little is known about the severity of these changes compared to historical alterations. Here, we used a unique 300-year time series of hydrological and climate
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Similarity of stream insect trait profiles across biogeographic regions Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Stefan Kunz, Ben J. Kefford, Philippe Usseglio-Polatera, Charles P. Hawkins, N. LeRoy Poff, Frank Akamagwuna, Nelson Odume, Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber, Wolfram Graf, Leon Metzeling, Christoph D. Matthaei, Ngaire Phillips, Ralf B. Schäfer
Habitat templet theory predicts that the functional niches of species evolved in response to selection pressures imposed by each species' spatial–temporal environment. Consequently, similar environmental conditions should lead to convergence in the biological trait composition of biogeographically independent assemblages. Given their high diversity and ubiquitous occurrence, stream insects represent
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Human-associated genetic landscape of walnuts in the Himalaya: implications for conservation and utilization Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Li-Jun Yan, Peng-Zhen Fan, Moses C. Wambulwa, Hai-Ling Qi, Ying Chen, Zeng-Yuan Wu, Richard I. Milne, Raees Khan, Ya-Huang Luo, Lian-Ming Gao, Shi-Kang Shen, Irfan Rashid, Shujaul Mulk Khan, Debabrata Maity, De-Zhu Li, Jie Liu
A comprehensive understanding of the genetic variation of walnuts (Juglans regia and J. sigillata) in the Himalaya and its potential drivers are essential for the conservation and sustainable utilization of these plant genetic resources. In this study, we aimed to uncover the genetic landscape of walnuts and potential drivers in the Himalaya for better utilization, awareness, sustainable management
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Genetic divergence and ecological adaptation of an eastern North American spring ephemeral Sanguinaria canadensis Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Mao-Qin Xia, Yu-Xin Luo, Yoshihisa Suyama, Ayumi Matsuo, Shota Sakaguchi, Yu-Guo Wang, Pan Li
Description of the driving forces for genetic divergence is important for understanding spatial pattern of biodiversity and development of conservation plans. Paleo-climate, geographical barriers and habitat heterogeneity are considered to be the main influential factors; however, an integrative study is still lacking to reveal their interactions.
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Micro- and macroclimate interactively shape diversity, niches and traits of Orthoptera communities along elevational gradients Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Sebastian König, Jochen Krauss, Alice Classen, Christian Hof, Maximilian Prietzel, Carolin Wagner, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
Temperature is one of the main drivers shaping species diversity and assembly processes. Yet, site-specific effects of the local microclimate on species and trait compositions of insect communities have rarely been assessed along macroclimatic temperature clines.
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Ecological niche modelling and population genomics provide insights into the geographic and demographic ‘explosion’ of a non-indigenous salmonid Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Simo Njabulo Maduna, Paul Eric Aspholm, Ane-Sofie Bednarczyk Hansen, Cornelya F. C. Klütsch, Snorre B. Hagen
Effective management of non-indigenous species requires knowledge of their dispersal factors and founder events. We aim to identify the main environmental drivers favouring dispersal events along the invasion gradient and to characterize the spatial patterns of genetic diversity in feral populations of the non-native pink salmon within its epicentre of invasion in Norway.
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Effective strategies for correcting spatial sampling bias in species distribution models without independent test data Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 David J. Baker, Ilya M. D. Maclean, Kevin J. Gaston
Spatial sampling bias (SSB) is a feature of opportunistically sampled species records. Species distribution models (SDMs) built using these data (i.e. presence-background models) can produce biased predictions of suitability across geographic space, confounding species occurrence with the distribution of sampling effort. A wide range of SSB correction methods have been developed but simulations suggest
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Population genetic patterns across the native and invasive range of a widely distributed seagrass: Phylogeographic structure, invasive history and conservation implications Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Xiaomei Zhang, Yu-Long Li, James E. Kaldy, Zhaxi Suonan, Teruhisa Komatsu, Shaochun Xu, Min Xu, Feng Wang, Peng Liu, Xujia Liu, Shidong Yue, Yu Zhang, Kun-Seop Lee, Jin-Xian Liu, Yi Zhou
The seagrass Zostera japonica is a dramatically declined endemic species in the Northwestern Pacific from the (sub)tropical to temperate areas, however, it is also an introduced species along the Pacific coast of North America from British Columbia to northern California. Understanding the population's genetic patterns can inform the conservation and management of this species.
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Expanding the phylogeography and connectivity of Perkinsus species across North and Central America Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Leone Yisrael, Ruth A. DiMaria, Patricia Santos-Ciminera, M. Leopoldina Aguirre-Macedo, Victor M. Vidal-Martínez, Gregory M. Ruiz, Mark E. Torchin, Kristina M. Hill-Spanik, Anand Gnanadesikan, Katrina M. Pagenkopp Lohan
Parasites in the genus Perkinsus infect marine molluscs globally, with novel detections expanding and reshaping our knowledge of their biogeographic patterns and the factors influencing those patterns. Here, we aimed to characterize the phylogeography and genetic connectivity of Perkinsus spp. in bivalves across North and Central America, which included infection hot spots (e.g., the Gulf of Mexico
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Influence of climate and landscape on genetic differentiation of aardvarks (Orycteropus afer) Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Clinton W. Epps, Rachel S. Crowhurst, Robert Spaan, Matthew Weldy, Hannah F. Tavalire
As climate change accelerates, assessing how climate shapes gene flow and neutral and adaptive genetic differentiation on landscapes is increasingly important. Aardvarks (Orycteropus afer) are ecologically important in sub-Saharan Africa but are sensitive to human pressures and increasing aridity. We used individual, population and landscape genetic approaches to infer the influence of landscape, climate
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Considering species functional and phylogenetic rarity in the conservation of fish biodiversity Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Li Lin, Yang Liu, Hungdu Lin, Bin Kang
Rare species make substantial contributions to coastal ecosystem functions. Functional rarity (FR) and phylogenetic rarity (PR) are important features for biodiversity conservation. This work aimed to discuss the necessity and reasonableness of conserving fish FR and PR in coastal seas.
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The climate crisis affects Mediterranean marine molluscs of conservation concern Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 Lotta Schultz, Johannes Wessely, Stefan Dullinger, Paolo G. Albano
The Mediterranean Sea is a hotspot of endemism and it is warming at two to three times the rate of the global ocean. The continental masses that surround it constrain species range shifts. Therefore, as seawater temperature increases, distributions of marine species may contract into few small cooler refugia, with consequent risk of extinction from range contraction and fragmentation, particularly
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Elevation filters bat, rodent and shrew communities differently by morphological traits Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 Ara Monadjem, Harith Farooq, Adam Kane
Mountains are geographic features that provide sharp elevational gradients which can accommodate a diversity of terrestrial flora and fauna. In the face of climate change, many of these species are being pushed higher to escape ever-increasing temperatures. Despite this, we have little understanding of how species distribute themselves across mountains. African mountains in particular are less studied
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Divergent responses of highly migratory species to climate change in the California Current Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Nerea Lezama-Ochoa, Stephanie Brodie, Heather Welch, Michael G. Jacox, Mercedes Pozo Buil, Jerome Fiechter, Megan Cimino, Barbara Muhling, Heidi Dewar, Elizabeth A. Becker, Karin A. Forney, Daniel Costa, Scott R. Benson, Nima Farchadi, Camrin Braun, Rebecca Lewison, Steven Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen
Marine biodiversity faces unprecedented threats from anthropogenic climate change. Ecosystem responses to climate change have exhibited substantial variability in the direction and magnitude of redistribution, posing challenges for developing effective climate-adaptive marine management strategies.
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Shifting hotspots: Climate change projected to drive contractions and expansions of invasive plant abundance habitats Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Annette E. Evans, Catherine S. Jarnevich, Evelyn M. Beaury, Peder S. Engelstad, Nathan B. Teich, Jillian M. LaRoe, Bethany A. Bradley
Preventing the spread of range-shifting invasive species is a top priority for mitigating the impacts of climate change. Invasive plants become abundant and cause negative impacts in only a fraction of their introduced ranges, yet projections of invasion risk are almost exclusively derived from models built using all non-native occurrences and neglect abundance information.
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Forecasting the spread of an invasive forest-defoliating insect Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Jonathan A. Walter, Kathryn Grage, Gabriela C. Nunez-Mir, Kristine L. Grayson
Biological invasions are an escalating environmental challenge due to their substantial ecological and socio-economic consequences. Accurate near-term forecasts of future areas occupied by an invasive species could enhance the efficiency and efficacy of invasion monitoring and management but spread forecasting models have been developed and tested for few invasive species thus far.
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Climate change threatens the future viability of translocated populations Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Joe M. Bellis, Joyce Maschinski, Noémie Bonnin, Jon Bielby, Sarah E. Dalrymple
The dynamic nature of climate change diminishes the effectiveness of static approaches to nature conservation. Areas that were once suitable for species may no longer be suitable, and areas that are suitable now, may be unsuitable in the future. Despite increasing global awareness of the threats posed by climate change, it remains poorly accounted for in conservation programmes, such as translocation
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Hydrothermal vent fauna of the western Pacific Ocean: Distribution patterns and biogeographic networks Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Verena Tunnicliffe, Chong Chen, Thomas Giguère, Ashley Alun Rowden, Hiromi Kayama Watanabe, Otis Brunner
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent habitats support a low-diversity fauna in which most species are unique to the ecosystem. To inform conservation planning around this vulnerable marine ecosystem, we examine species distributions over a wide area to assess the underlying beta-diversity components and to examine biogeographic patterns. We assess the concept of a highly connected fauna that would repopulate
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Niche shifts over spread of a biological invasion: Unveiling the role of changing habitat preference and density-dependence Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Zulema Núñez-Tobajas, Juan Carlos Senar, Ruth Rodríguez-Pastor, José G. Carrillo-Ortiz, Laura Cardador
Anticipating the ultimate fraction of a landscape that might be susceptible to invasion is challenging as several species are able to expand the range of environmental conditions used over invasion. Despite its relevance, the more proximate processes underlying observed shifts are not sufficiently understood. Habitat selection theory predicts that as population density increases, individuals start
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Genomic evidence for climatic adaptation in Fejervarya multistriata Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Zhaoxia Lei, Chaochao Yan, Long Jin, Jiatang Li, Chengzhi Yan, Wenbo Liao
Genetic diversity driven by natural selection contributes to population divergence in amphibians, thus facilitating local adaptation to climate change. Understanding the mechanisms of genetic adaptation is one of the important issues in evolutionary biology. This study set out to reveal drivers responsible for intraspecific divergence in Fejervarya multistriata and further investigate the potential
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Dynamic species distribution models of Antarctic blue whales in the Weddell Sea using visual sighting and passive acoustic monitoring data Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Ahmed El-Gabbas, Karolin Thomisch, Ilse Van Opzeeland, Elke Burkhardt, Olaf Boebel
Species distribution models (SDMs) are essential tools in ecology and conservation. However, the scarcity of visual sightings of marine mammals in remote polar areas hinders the effective application of SDMs there. Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) data provide year-round information and overcome foul weather limitations faced by visual surveys. However, the use of PAM data in SDMs has been sparse
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Diversity of endemic cold-water amphipods threatened by climate warming in northwestern China Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Mengyi Huang, Hongguang Liu, Yan Tong, Shuqiang Li, Zhonge Hou
Climate change threatens freshwater faunal diversity. To prioritize areas for conservation, patterns in the distribution of species must be understood. We apply genetic analysis and species distribution models to identify patterns in the distribution of freshwater amphipods around Xinjiang, China, and project the impact of climate change on endemic species.
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Climate change alters global invasion vulnerability among ecoregions Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Justin A. G. Hubbard, D. Andrew R. Drake, Nicholas E. Mandrak
We assess climate similarity among global freshwater and terrestrial ecoregions under historical and future climate scenarios to determine where climate change will impact the climate filter of invasion process.
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Explaining and predicting animal migration under global change Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Christine Howard, Tom H. E. Mason, Stephen R. Baillie, Jennifer Border, Chris M. Hewson, Alasdair I. Houston, James W. Pearce-Higgins, Silke Bauer, Stephen G. Willis, Philip A. Stephens
Many migratory species are declining due to global environmental change. Yet, their complex annual cycles make unravelling the impacts of potential drivers such as climate and land-use change on migrations a major challenge. Identifying where, when and how threatening processes impact species' migratory journeys and population dynamics is crucial for identifying effective conservation actions. Here
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Global patterns and drivers of spatial autocorrelation in plant communities in protected areas Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Yu Peng, Jiaxun Xin, Nanyi Peng, Yanyi Li, Jijiao Huang, Ruiqiang Zhang, Chen Li, Yimeng Wu, Bingzhang Gong, Ronghui Wang
Stochastic and deterministic (biotic factors such as intraspecies competition or abiotic factors) processes affect the spatial patterns of ecological communities. These processes can be quantitatively assessed based on spatial autocorrelation (SAC) parameters. However, the global patterns of SAC and their differences across vegetation types remain unknown. We aimed to (1) quantitatively assess the
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Correction to “High resolution species distribution and abundance models cannot predict separate shrub datasets in adjacent Arctic fjords” Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-06
Chardon, N. I., Nabe-Nielsen, J., Assmann, J. J., Dyrholm Jacobsen, I. B., Guéguen, M., Normand, S., & Wipf, S. (2022). High resolution species distribution and abundance models cannot predict separate shrub datasets in adjacent Arctic fjords. Diversity and Distributions, 28, 956–975. The following sentences has been corrected in this article: On page 960, under Section 2.5 Model training and prediction
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Understanding habitat selection of range-expanding populations of large carnivores: 20 years of grey wolves (Canis lupus) recolonizing Germany Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-04 Aimara Planillo, Moritz Wenzler-Meya, Ilka Reinhardt, Gesa Kluth, Frank-Uwe Michler, Norman Stier, Julie Louvrier, Katharina Steyer, Benjamin Gillich, Siegfried Rieger, Felix Knauer, Tobias Kuemmerle, Stephanie Kramer-Schadt
The non-stationarity in habitat selection of expanding populations poses a significant challenge for spatial forecasting. Focusing on the grey wolf (Canis lupus) natural recolonization of Germany, we compared the performance of different distribution modelling approaches for predicting habitat suitability in unoccupied areas. Furthermore, we analysed whether grey wolf showed non-stationarity in habitat
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Evaluating temporal turnover in avian species richness in a Mediterranean semiarid region: Different responses to elevation and forest cover Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 María V. Jiménez-Franco, Marc Kéry, Mario León-Ortega, Jacinto Martínez-Ródenas, Francisco Robledano, Miguel A. Esteve, José F. Calvo
When studying the effects of global change on biodiversity, it is far more common for the effects of climate change and land-use changes to be assessed separately rather than jointly. However, the effects of land-use changes in recent decades on species richness in areas affected by climate change have been less studied. We assess the temporal turnover in species richness of an avian community between
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Naturalization of introduced plants is driven by life-form-dependent cultivation biases Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-29 Bi-Cheng Dong, Qiang Yang, Nicole L. Kinlock, Robin Pouteau, Petr Pyšek, Patrick Weigelt, Fei-Hai Yu, Mark van Kleunen
Most naturalized plants are escapees from cultivation. Inventories of cultivated introduced species thus offer unique, still underutilized, opportunities to assess naturalization drivers of introduced plants. We used a comprehensive inventory of 13,718 introduced species cultivated in China's botanical gardens to test which species characteristics distinguish the 739 species that have naturalized.
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Shifts in ecosystem equilibria following trophic rewilding Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Selwyn Hoeks, Mark A. J. Huijbregts, Coline C. F. Boonman, Søren Faurby, Jens-Christian Svenning, Michael B. J. Harfoot, Luca Santini
Trophic rewilding is proposed as an approach to tackle biodiversity loss by restoring ecosystem dynamics through the reintroduction of keystone species. Currently, evidence on the ecological consequences of reintroduction programmes is sparse and difficult to generalize. To better understand the ecological consequences of trophic rewilding, we simulated the extinction and reintroduction of large-bodied
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Changes in the spatial patterns of avian migrations: Evidence, mechanisms and causes Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Luke Ozsanlav-Harris, Malcolm D. Burgess, Geoff M. Hilton, Stuart Bearhop
Understanding the suite of environmental changes impacting migration and disentangling these from the dependencies between migratory stages is fundamental to understanding the drivers and mechanisms causing spatial shifts to migratory bird distributions. In this review, our objectives are to: (i) provide evidence of spatial change at all migratory stages, (ii) identify the key mechanisms driving change
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Integrating animal tracking datasets at a continental scale for mapping Eurasian lynx habitat Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Julian Oeser, Marco Heurich, Stephanie Kramer-Schadt, Jenny Mattisson, Miha Krofel, Jarmila Krojerová-Prokešová, Fridolin Zimmermann, Ole Anders, Henrik Andrén, Guna Bagrade, Elisa Belotti, Christine Breitenmoser-Würsten, Luděk Bufka, Rok Černe, Nolwenn Drouet-Hoguet, Martin Duľa, Christian Fuxjäger, Tomislav Gomerčić, Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski, Raido Kont, Petr Koubek, Rafał Kowalczyk, Josip Kusak
The increasing availability of animal tracking datasets collected across many sites provides new opportunities to move beyond local assessments to enable detailed and consistent habitat mapping at biogeographical scales. However, integrating wildlife datasets across large areas and study sites is challenging, as species' varying responses to different environmental contexts must be reconciled. Here
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Managing for biodiversity: The effects of climate, management and natural disturbance on wildlife species richness Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Katherine A. Zeller, Nicholas A. Povak, Patricia Manley, Samuel W. Flake, Kira L. Hefty
Managers are increasingly facing an uncertain future given changing climates and ecological trajectories. The interacting effects of climate, natural disturbance, and management actions complicate future projections, and there is a need for approaches that integrate these factors—especially for predicting future vegetation and species richness.
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Global distribution modelling of a conspicuous Gondwanian soil protist reveals latitudinal dispersal limitation and range contraction in response to climate warming Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-08 Estelle P. Bruni, Olivia Rusconi, Olivier Broennimann, Antoine Adde, Raphaël Jauslin, Valentyna Krashevska, Anush Kosakyan, Eric Armynot du Châtelet, João P. B. Alcino, Louis Beyens, Quentin Blandenier, Anatoly Bobrov, Luciana Burdman, Clément Duckert, Leonardo D. Fernández, Maria Beatriz Gomes e Souza, Thierry J. Heger, Isabelle Koenig, Daniel J. G. Lahr, Michelle McKeown, Ralf Meisterfeld, David
The diversity and distribution of soil microorganisms and their potential for long-distance dispersal (LDD) are poorly documented, making the threats posed by climate change difficult to assess. If microorganisms do not disperse globally, regional endemism may develop and extinction may occur due to environmental changes. Here, we addressed this question using the testate amoeba Apodera vas, a morphologically
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Explaining the anuran beta diversity by pond-living tadpoles: the role of dispersal limitation and environmental gradients through multiple scales Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-07 Michel V. Garey, Thiago Gonçalves-Souza, Fausto Nomura, Franco Leandro Souza, Mirco Solé, Marcelo Menin, Denise C. Rossa-Feres
Determining drivers of beta diversity is a hugely complex task, as it involves processes acting synergistically across multiple scales. We employed a large-scale standardized protocol to tease apart the environmental and spatial processes driving beta diversity patterns of pond-living tadpoles across multiple scales.
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A tale of three vines: current and future threats to wild Eurasian grapevine by vineyards and invasive rootstocks Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-07 Blaise Petitpierre, Claire Arnold, Leanne N. Phelps, Antoine Guisan
Eurasian grapevine (Vitis vinifera), one of the most important fruit crops worldwide, diverged from its wild and currently endangered relative (V. vinifera ssp. sylvestris) about 11,000 years ago. In the 19th century, detrimental phylloxera and disease outbreaks in Europe forced grapevine cultivation to use American Vitis species as rootstocks, which have now become naturalized in Europe and are starting
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Light and temperature drive the distribution of mesophotic benthic communities in the Central Indian Ocean Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-04 Clara Diaz, Kerry L. Howell, Edward Robinson, Philip Hosegood, Adam Bolton, Peter Ganderton, Peter Arber, Martin J. Attrill, Nicola L. Foster
Research on mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) has increased exponentially in recent decades, and the significance of this ecosystem has been recognised both in terms of biodiversity and distribution. However, this research has mostly focussed on corals and is globally sporadic, with the Indian Ocean remaining largely unexplored and overall MCEs under protected. Hence, baseline data on MCE benthic
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No country for small birds: Potential positive association among medium-sized, aggressive species in Australian bird communities Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Vicente García-Navas, Gabriel López-Poveda, Louis Bliard, Les Christidis, Arpat Ozgul
Australian woodlands have been intensively cleared since European settlement and, in parallel, many species of birds inhabiting this habitat type have experienced a marked decline. Conversely, some species such as noisy miner Manorina melanocephala respond positively to habitat disturbance and due to their hyper-aggressiveness can end up driving away specialized and fragmentation-sensitive species
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Evolutionary response of cold-adapted chasmophytic plants to Quaternary climatic oscillations in the Mountains of Central Asia (a world hotspot of biodiversity) Divers. Distrib. (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Marcin Nobis, Ewelina Klichowska, Lizaveta Vintsek, Anna Wróbel, Agnieszka Nobis, Joanna Zalewska-Gałosz, Arkadiusz Nowak
Past climatic oscillations are the main driving force of evolutionary changes in alpine species. Species' response to paleoclimatic oscillations is crucial in forecasting their future response in face of climate warming. The aim of this research is to explore the effect of climatic fluctuations on the evolutionary history, demography, and distribution of high-mountain bellflowers (Campanula lehmanniana