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dc.contributor.authorScridel, Davide
dc.contributor.authorBogliani, Giuseppe
dc.contributor.authorPedrini, Paolo
dc.contributor.authorIemma, Aaron
dc.contributor.authorvon Hardenberg, Achaz
dc.contributor.authorBrambilla, Mattia
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-03T11:52:07Z
dc.date.available2018-04-03T11:52:07Z
dc.date.issued2017-08-30
dc.identifier.citationScridel, D., Bogliani, G., Pedrini, P., Iemma, A., von Hardenberg, A. & Brambilla, M. (2017). Thermal niche predicts recent changes in range size for bird species. Climate Research, 73, 207-216
dc.identifier.issn0936-577X
dc.identifier.doi10.3354/cr01477
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/621063
dc.description.abstractSpecies’ distributions are strongly affected by climate, and climate change is affecting species and populations. Thermal niches are widely used as proxies for estimating thermal sensitivity of species, and have been frequently related to community composition, population trends and latitudinal/elevational shifts in distribution. To our knowledge, no work has yet explored the relationship between thermal niche and change in range size (changes in the number of occupied spatial units over time) in birds. In this study, we related a 30 yr change in range size to species thermal index (STI: average temperature at occurrence sites) and to other factors (i.e. birds’ associated habitats, body mass, hunting status) potentially affecting bird populations/range size. We analysed trends of breeding bird range in Italy for a suite of poorly studied cold-adapted animals potentially sensitive to global warming, and for a related group of control species taxonomically similar and with comparable mass but mainly occurring at lower/warmer sites. We found a strong positive correlation between change in range size and STI, confirming that recent climatic warming has favoured species of warmer climates and adversely affected species occupying colder areas. A model including STI and birds’ associated habitats was not so strongly supported, with forest species performing better than alpine open habitat and agricultural ones. In line with previous works highlighting effects of recent climate change on community composition, species’ population trends and poleward/upward distributional shifts, we found STI to be the most important predictor of change in range size variation in breeding birds.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherInter Research
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.int-res.com/abstracts/cr/v73/n3/p207-216/en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectClimate changeen
dc.subjectMountainen
dc.subjectAlpsen
dc.subjectBirdsen
dc.titleThermal niche predicts recent changes in range size for bird speciesen
dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.eissn1616-1572
dc.contributor.departmentMuseo delle Scienze, Trento; University of Pavia, University of Chester, Fondzione Lombardia per l'Ambiente
dc.identifier.journalClimate Researchen
dc.date.accepted2017-06-06
or.grant.openaccessYesen
rioxxterms.funderunfundeden
rioxxterms.identifier.projectunfundeden
rioxxterms.versionAMen
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2018-08-30
html.description.abstractSpecies’ distributions are strongly affected by climate, and climate change is affecting species and populations. Thermal niches are widely used as proxies for estimating thermal sensitivity of species, and have been frequently related to community composition, population trends and latitudinal/elevational shifts in distribution. To our knowledge, no work has yet explored the relationship between thermal niche and change in range size (changes in the number of occupied spatial units over time) in birds. In this study, we related a 30 yr change in range size to species thermal index (STI: average temperature at occurrence sites) and to other factors (i.e. birds’ associated habitats, body mass, hunting status) potentially affecting bird populations/range size. We analysed trends of breeding bird range in Italy for a suite of poorly studied cold-adapted animals potentially sensitive to global warming, and for a related group of control species taxonomically similar and with comparable mass but mainly occurring at lower/warmer sites. We found a strong positive correlation between change in range size and STI, confirming that recent climatic warming has favoured species of warmer climates and adversely affected species occupying colder areas. A model including STI and birds’ associated habitats was not so strongly supported, with forest species performing better than alpine open habitat and agricultural ones. In line with previous works highlighting effects of recent climate change on community composition, species’ population trends and poleward/upward distributional shifts, we found STI to be the most important predictor of change in range size variation in breeding birds.


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