Interannual climate variability improves niche estimates for ectothermic but not endothermic species.

ABSTRACT: Climate is an important limiting factor of species' niches and it is therefore regularly included in ecological applications such as species distribution models (SDMs). Climate predictors are often used in the form of long-term mean values, yet many species experience wide climatic variation over their lifespan and within their geographical range which is unlikely captured by long-term means. Further, depending on their physiology, distinct groups of species cope with climate variability differently. Ectothermic species, which are directly dependent on the thermal environment are expected to show a different response to temporal or spatial variability in temperature than endothermic groups that can decouple their internal temperature from that of their surroundings. Here, we explore the de

SUBMITTER: Karger DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10397316 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature