Effects of Climate Change on the Distribution of Threatened Fishing Bat Myotis pilosus in China.

ABSTRACT: Climate change and biodiversity loss are two severe challenges that the world is facing. Studying the distribution shifts of species in response to climate change could provide insights into long-term conservation and biodiversity maintenance. Myotis pilosus is the only known fishing bat in East Asia, whereas its population has been decreasing in recent years and it is listed as a "Vulnerable" species. To assess the impact of climate change on the distribution of M. pilosus, we obtained 33 M. pilosus occurrence records within China where they are mainly distributed, and extracted 30 environmental variables. MaxEnt was applied to assess the habitat suitability, recognize the important environmental variables, predict future distribution changes, and identify the potenti

SUBMITTER: Guo W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10251902 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature