Diversity and Distributions

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Using molecular tools to guide management of invasive alien species: assessing the genetic impact of a recently introduced island bird population

J. Crommenacker, Y. X. C. Bourgeois, B. H. Warren, H. Jackson, more

Diversity and Distributions > 21 > 12 > 1414 - 1427

AimBiological invasions are a major threat to island biodiversity and are responsible for a large proportion of species declines and extinctions worldwide. The process of hybridization between invasive and native species is a major factor that contributes to the loss of endemic genetic diversity. The issue of hybridization is often overlooked in the management of introduced species because morphological...

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Environmental favourability as a cost‐efficient tool to estimate carrying capacity

Antonio‐Román Muñoz, Alberto Jiménez‐Valverde, Ana Luz Márquez, Marcos Moleón, more

Diversity and Distributions > 21 > 12 > 1388 - 1400

AimThe way in which environmental conditions determine the distribution and abundance of species is a crucial topic in ecology, biogeography and conservation. It is especially important to understand the nature of this relationship regarding threatened species. The ability to forecast local densities over the geographic range of species provides a way to link population ecology and biogeography. Particularly,...

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Modelling the effect of habitat fragmentation on climate‐driven migration of European forest understorey plants

Stefan Dullinger, Nicolas Dendoncker, Andreas Gattringer, Michael Leitner, more

Diversity and Distributions > 21 > 12 > 1375 - 1387

AimThe rate of climate change might exceed the migration capacity of plants, particularly where habitats became fragmented by human land use. Except for some tree species, the extent to which habitat fragmentation decreases migration rates has nevertheless been little evaluated. Here, we compare simulated migration rates of understorey herbs, which comprise the big part of temperate forest plant diversity,...

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Gains and losses of plant species and phylogenetic diversity for a northern high‐latitude region

Jian Zhang, Scott E. Nielsen, Jessica Stolar, Youhua Chen, more

Diversity and Distributions > 21 > 12 > 1441 - 1454

AimForecasting potential patterns in species’ distributions and diversity under climate change is crucial for biodiversity conservation. Although high‐latitude regions are expected to experience some of the greatest increases in temperature due to global warming, little is known on how individual responses in species will affect patterns in phylogenetic diversity (PD). LocationAlberta, Canada. MethodsWe...

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Establishing conservation baselines with dynamic distribution models for bat populations facing imminent decline

Thomas J. Rodhouse, Patricia C. Ormsbee, Kathryn M. Irvine, Lee A. Vierling, more

Diversity and Distributions > 21 > 12 > 1401 - 1413

AimBat mortality rates from white‐nose syndrome and wind power development are unprecedented. Cryptic and wide‐ranging behaviours of bats make them difficult to survey, and population estimation is often intractable. We advance a model‐based framework for making spatially explicit predictions about summertime distributions of bats from capture and acoustic surveys. Motivated by species‐energy and...

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Conservation in Brazil needs to include non‐forest ecosystems

Gerhard E. Overbeck, Eduardo Vélez‐Martin, Fabio R. Scarano, Thomas M. Lewinsohn, more

Diversity and Distributions > 21 > 12 > 1455 - 1460

In the past decades, Brazil made important progress in the conservation of forest ecosystems. Non‐forest ecosystems (NFE), in contrast, have been neglected, even though they cover large parts of the country and have biodiversity levels comparable to forests. To avoid losing much of its biodiversity and ecosystem services, conservation and sustainable land use policies in Brazil need to be extended...

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Predicting consequences of climate change for ecosystem functioning: variation across trophic levels, species and individuals

Rebecca J. Best, Michelle N. Stone, John J. Stachowicz, Linda Beaumont

Diversity and Distributions > 21 > 12 > 1364 - 1374

AimMaintenance of ecosystem function under climate change may depend on variation in the way species within functional guilds and individuals within species respond to changes in temperature. What level of variation among and within species do we need to understand, and is it predictable from distribution and trait data? LocationNorthern California, USA. MethodsWe used a mesocosm experiment and...

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Application of species distribution models to explain and predict the distribution, abundance and assemblage structure of nearshore temperate reef fishes

Mary Young, Mark H. Carr, Mark Robertson

Diversity and Distributions > 21 > 12 > 1428 - 1440

AimThe purpose of this study was to create predictive species distribution models (SDMs) for temperate reef‐associated fish species densities and fish assemblage diversity and richness to aid in marine conservation and spatial planning. LocationCalifornia, USA. MethodsUsing generalized additive models, we associated fish species densities and assemblage characteristics with seafloor structure, giant...

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Diversity and Distributions

Using molecular tools to guide management of invasive alien species: assessing the genetic impact of a recently introduced island bird population

Environmental favourability as a cost‐efficient tool to estimate carrying capacity

Modelling the effect of habitat fragmentation on climate‐driven migration of European forest understorey plants

Gains and losses of plant species and phylogenetic diversity for a northern high‐latitude region

Establishing conservation baselines with dynamic distribution models for bat populations facing imminent decline

Conservation in Brazil needs to include non‐forest ecosystems

Predicting consequences of climate change for ecosystem functioning: variation across trophic levels, species and individuals

Application of species distribution models to explain and predict the distribution, abundance and assemblage structure of nearshore temperate reef fishes

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