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Díaz-Ruiz F, Descalzo E, Martínez-Jauregui M, Soliño M, Márquez AL, Farfán MÁ, Real R, Ferreras P, Delibes-Mateos M. Combining ranger records and biogeographical models to identify the current and potential distribution of an expanding mesocarnivore in southern Europe. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 946:174216. [PMID: 38914319 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2024] [Revised: 06/20/2024] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024]
Abstract
Human-wildlife conflicts (HWC) are increasing and are potentially harmful to both people and wildlife. Understanding the current and potential distribution of wildlife species involved in HWC, such as carnivores, is essential for implementing management and conservation measures for such species. In this study, we assessed both the current distribution and potential distribution (forecast) of the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. We acquired data concerning mongoose occurrences through an online questionnaire sent to environmental rangers. We used the municipality level as the sampling unit because all municipalities within the study area were covered at least by one ranger. Using the information provided by rangers (i.e. occurrences in their municipalities), we constructed environmental favourability distribution models to assess current and potential mongoose distribution through current distribution models (CDM) and ecological models (EM), respectively. >300 rangers participated in the survey and mongooses were reported in a total of 181 of 921 municipalities studied. The CDM model showed a current distribution mainly concentrated on the western part of the study area, where intermediate-high favourability values predominated. The EM model revealed a wider potential distribution, including the south-east part of the study area, which was also characterised by intermediate-high favourability values. Our predictions were verified using independent data, including confirmation of mongoose reproduction by rangers, reports by other experts, and field sampling in some areas. Our innovative approach based on an online survey to rangers coupled with environmental favourability models is shown to be a useful methodology for assessing the current distribution of cryptic but expanding wildlife species, while also enabling estimations of future steps in their expansion. The approach proposed may help policy decision-makers seeking to ensure the conservation of expanding wildlife species, for example, by designing awareness campaigns in areas where the target species is expected to arrive.
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Affiliation(s)
- Francisco Díaz-Ruiz
- Conservation Biology Research Group, Departamento de Anatomía, Biología Celular y Zoología, Universidad de Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain; Biogeography, Diversity, and Conservation Research Team, Dept. Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, IREC (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM), Ronda de Toledo 12, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Forestales (ICIFOR), INIA-CSIC, Ctra. de La Coruña km 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Marine Research-CSIC, Department of Ecology and Marine Resources, C/Eduardo Cabello 6, Vigo, 36208, Pontevedra, Spain
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- Biogeography, Diversity, and Conservation Research Team, Dept. Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Biogeography, Diversity, and Conservation Research Team, Dept. Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Biogeography, Diversity, and Conservation Research Team, Dept. Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, IREC (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM), Ronda de Toledo 12, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados (IESA-CSIC), Campo Santo de los Mártires 7, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.
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Descalzo E, Ferreras P, Martínez‐Jauregui M, Soliño M, Glikman JA, Díaz‐Ruiz F, Delibes‐Mateos M. Assessing the distribution of elusive non‐game carnivores: are hunters valuable informants? J Wildl Manage 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.22377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Esther Descalzo
- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC), CSIC‐UCLM‐JCCM Ronda de Toledo 12 13071 Ciudad Real Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC), CSIC‐UCLM‐JCCM Ronda de Toledo 12 13071 Ciudad Real Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Forestales (ICIFOR), INIA‐CSIC Ctra. de La Coruña km 7.5 28040 Madrid Spain
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- Institute of Marine Research−CSIC Department of Ecology and Marine Resources C/Eduardo Cabello 6, Vigo 36208 Pontevedra Spain
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- Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados (IESA‐CSIC), Campo Santo de los Mártires 7 14004 Córdoba Spain
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- Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados (IESA‐CSIC), Campo Santo de los Mártires 7 14004 Córdoba Spain
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Descalzo E, Jiménez J, Delibes‐Mateos M, Díaz‐Ruiz F, Ferreras P. Assessment of methods for detecting an opportunistic and expanding mesocarnivore in southwestern Europe. J Zool (1987) 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- E. Descalzo
- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC) CSIC‐UCLM‐JCCM Ciudad Real Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC) CSIC‐UCLM‐JCCM Ciudad Real Spain
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- Grupo de Biogeografía Diversidad y Conservación Departamento de Biología Animal Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Málaga Málaga Spain
- Instituto IBYDA. Centro de Experimentación Grice‐Hutchinson Málaga Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC) CSIC‐UCLM‐JCCM Ciudad Real Spain
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Bandeira V, Virgós E, Azevedo A, Cunha M, Fonseca C. Association between reproduction and immunity in the Egyptian mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon
is sex‐biased and unaffected by body condition. J Zool (1987) 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- V. Bandeira
- Department of Biology & CESAM University of Aveiro Aveiro Portugal
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- Departamento de Biología Geología Física y Química Inorgánica Área Biodiversidad y Conservación ESCET Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Móstoles Spain
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- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research Berlin Germany
- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar Porto Portugal
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- cE3c‐ Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal
- BioISI‐ Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal
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- Department of Biology & CESAM University of Aveiro Aveiro Portugal
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Methodological improvements for detecting and identifying scats of an expanding mesocarnivore in south-western Europe. Mamm Biol 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s42991-020-00062-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Citizen science to monitor the distribution of the Egyptian mongoose in southern Spain: who provide the most reliable information? EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-020-01408-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Abidin KZ, Lihan T, Taher TM, Nazri N, Zaini IHA, Mansor MS, Topani R, Nor SM. Predicting Potential Conflict Areas of the Malayan Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus) in Peninsular Malaysia Using Maximum Entropy Model. MAMMAL STUDY 2019. [DOI: 10.3106/ms2018-0064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Kamaruddin Z. Abidin
- School of Environmental Science & Natural Resources, Faculty of Science & Technology, National University of Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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- School of Environmental Science & Natural Resources, Faculty of Science & Technology, National University of Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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- School of Environmental Science & Natural Resources, Faculty of Science & Technology, National University of Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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- School of Environmental Science & Natural Resources, Faculty of Science & Technology, National University of Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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- School of Environmental Science & Natural Resources, Faculty of Science & Technology, National University of Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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- School of Environmental Science & Natural Resources, Faculty of Science & Technology, National University of Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Ex-Situ Conservation Division, Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP), KM 10 Jalan Cheras, 56100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- School of Environmental Science & Natural Resources, Faculty of Science & Technology, National University of Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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Martínez B, Radford B, Thomsen MS, Connell SD, Carreño F, Bradshaw CJA, Fordham DA, Russell BD, Gurgel CFD, Wernberg T. Distribution models predict large contractions of habitat-forming seaweeds in response to ocean warming. DIVERS DISTRIB 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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- Brezo Martínez
- Departamento de Biología y Geología; Universidad Rey Juan Carlos; Móstoles Spain
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science; Crawley WA Australia
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- UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences; The University of Western Australia; Crawley WA Australia
- Marine Ecology Research Group; School of Biological Sciences; University of Canterbury; Christchurch New Zealand
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- Southern Seas Ecology Laboratories; DP418; School of Earth and Environmental Sciences; The University of Adelaide; Adelaide SA Australia
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología; Universidad Rey Juan Carlos; Móstoles Spain
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- Global Ecology; College of Science and Engineering; Flinders University; Adelaide SA Australia
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences; The University of Adelaide; Adelaide SA Australia
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- The Swire Institute of Marine Science; School of Biological Sciences; The University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences; The University of Adelaide; Adelaide SA Australia
- Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources; State Herbarium of South Australia; Kent Town SA Australia
- South Australian Research and Development Institute; Aquatic Sciences; Henley Beach SA Australia
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- UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences; The University of Western Australia; Crawley WA Australia
- Department of Science and Environment; Roskilde University; Roskilde Denmark
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Reino L, Schindler S, Santana J, Porto M, Morgado R, Moreira F, Pita R, Mira A, Rotenberry JT, Beja P. Mismatches between habitat preferences and risk avoidance for birds in intensive Mediterranean farmland. EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-018-1207-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Diet footprint of Egyptian mongoose along ecological gradients: effects of primary productivity and life history traits. Mamm Biol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2017.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ruykys L. Multi-scale habitat associations of the black-footed rock-wallaby in north-western South Australia. WILDLIFE RESEARCH 2017. [DOI: 10.1071/wr17025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
Context
Research on species’ habitat associations is strengthened if it combines coarse-grained landscape data with finer-scale parameters. However, due to the effort required to measure fine-scale parameters, studies on threatened species that unite these two scales remain relatively rare.
Aim
This study aimed to undertake a multi-scale analysis of the habitat association of the threatened Petrogale lateralis (MacDonnell Ranges race) in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, South Australia.
Method
Analyses were conducted at four spatial scales: (1) across the Central Ranges IBRA Region (regional scale); (2) on hills in the APY Lands at which P. lateralis is extant and extinct (site scale); (3) at ‘core’ and ‘non-core’ areas within those hills (hillside scale); and (4) at rocky refuges. The maximum entropy approach through the software MaxEnt was used for the analysis at the regional scale. At the remaining scales, fieldwork was used to collect, and regression modelling to analyse, data.
Key results
At the regional scale, presence was associated with slope and geology. At the site scale, aspect, rock abundance and habitat type are likely to have facilitated animal persistence at extant sites. At the hillside scale, the aspect, vegetation type and rock complexity of core areas are likely to have contributed to their higher use. Size, exposure and accessibility were significant predictors of the use of rocky refuges.
Conclusions
All four spatial scales yielded novel information on the habitat associations of P. lateralis, supporting previous researchers’ suggestions that habitat modelling should be conducted at multiple spatial scales.
Implications
The study exemplifies the utility of combining MaxEnt modelling with fieldwork-derived data. The results may have conservation implications for this threatened race, and may also provide a model for other studies of faunal habitat associations.
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Geographic variation and sexual dimorphism in body size of the Egyptian mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon in the western limit of its European distribution. ZOOL ANZ 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2016.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Angelici FM. Fate of the Mongooses and the Genet (Carnivora) in Mediterranean Europe: None Native, All Invasive? PROBLEMATIC WILDLIFE 2016. [PMCID: PMC7123068 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22246-2_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
The Mediterranean Basin (MB), connected by cultural exchanges since prehistoric times, provides an outstanding framework to study species introductions, notably in mammals. Carnivores are among the most successful mammalian invaders. As such, a number of middle-sized representatives (“mesocarnivores”) such as the domestic cat and mongooses have been pinpointed for their deleterious impact on the native fauna. In the MB, three species of mongooses (Herpestidae) and one genet (Viverridae) are or have recently been recorded and none of them has been considered native: the Indian grey mongoose Herpestes edwardsii, the small Indian mongoose H. auropunctatus, the Egyptian mongoose H. ichneumon, and the common genet Genetta genetta. In order to clarify the history of introduction and status of the mongooses and genet in Europe, I review various bodies of evidence including (1) their natural history and relationships with humans in their native ranges, (2) their history of introduction in Europe, (3) the enlightenments—and sometimes contradictions—brought by recent genetic analyses on their dispersal histories, and (4) their range dynamics and ecological interactions with the European fauna. The species of herpestids and viverrids present in Europe fall into three categories: (1) introduced and spreading (G. genetta, H. auropunctatus), (2) introduced and extinct (H. edwardsii), and (3) natural disperser and spreading (H. ichneumon). In view of the reviewed evidence, there is weak support for a deleterious impact of the mongooses and genet on the European fauna (except possibly on the herpetofauna of small Adriatic islands in the case of H. auropunctatus), notably in comparison with genuine invasive species such as the black rat and the domestic cat. Rather than inefficient control programs such as those targeting H. ichneumon in Portugal and H. auropunctatus in Croatia, we suggest that a greater attention is focused on the restoration of large Carnivores (the natural regulators of mesocarnivore populations), mesocarnivore communities and natural habitats, to contribute to a more sustainable way of “managing” the mongooses and genet in Europe.
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Martínez B, Arenas F, Trilla A, Viejo RM, Carreño F. Combining physiological threshold knowledge to species distribution models is key to improving forecasts of the future niche for macroalgae. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2015; 21:1422-33. [PMID: 24917488 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Revised: 05/20/2014] [Accepted: 05/20/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Species distribution models (SDM) are a useful tool for predicting species range shifts in response to global warming. However, they do not explore the mechanisms underlying biological processes, making it difficult to predict shifts outside the environmental gradient where the model was trained. In this study, we combine correlative SDMs and knowledge on physiological limits to provide more robust predictions. The thermal thresholds obtained in growth and survival experiments were used as proxies of the fundamental niches of two foundational marine macrophytes. The geographic projections of these species' distributions obtained using these thresholds and existing SDMs were similar in areas where the species are either absent-rare or frequent and where their potential and realized niches match, reaching consensus predictions. The cold-temperate foundational seaweed Himanthalia elongata was predicted to become extinct at its southern limit in northern Spain in response to global warming, whereas the occupancy of southern-lusitanic Bifurcaria bifurcata was expected to increase. Combined approaches such as this one may also highlight geographic areas where models disagree potentially due to biotic factors. Physiological thresholds alone tended to over-predict species prevalence, as they cannot identify absences in climatic conditions within the species' range of physiological tolerance or at the optima. Although SDMs tended to have higher sensitivity than threshold models, they may include regressions that do not reflect causal mechanisms, constraining their predictive power. We present a simple example of how combining correlative and mechanistic knowledge provides a rapid way to gain insight into a species' niche resulting in consistent predictions and highlighting potential sources of uncertainty in forecasted responses to climate change.
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- Brezo Martínez
- Biology and Geology Department, Rey Juan Carlos University, Tulipán sn., Móstoles, 28933, Spain
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Papeş M, Cuzin F, Gaubert P. Niche dynamics in the European ranges of two African carnivores reflect their dispersal and demographic histories. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Monica Papeş
- Department of Zoology; Oklahoma State University; 501 Life Sciences West Stillwater OK 74078 USA
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (ISEM) - UM2-CNRS-IRD; Université Montpellier 2; Place Eugène Bataillon - CC 64 34095 Montpellier, Cedex 05 France
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Martínez-Abraín A, Crespo J, Berdugo M, Gutiérrez L, Lafuente A, Mañas A, de Miguel JM. Causes of human impact to protected vertebrate wildlife parallel long-term socio-economical changes in Spain. Anim Conserv 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00599.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Centro de Recuperación de Fauna ‘La Granja’; Conselleria de Infraestructuras, Territorio y Medio Ambiente; Valencia; Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología; Facultad de Biología; Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Madrid; Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología; Facultad de Biología; Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Madrid; Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología; Facultad de Biología; Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Madrid; Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología; Facultad de Biología; Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Madrid; Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología; Facultad de Biología; Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Madrid; Spain
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