Climate change differentially alters distribution of two marten species in a hybrid zone.

ABSTRACT: Species' ranges are shifting rapidly with climate change, altering the composition of biological communities and interactions within and among species. Hybridization is among the species interactions that may change markedly with climate change, yet it is understudied relative to others. We used non-invasive genetic detections to build a maximum entropy species distribution model and investigate the factors that delimit the present and future ranges of American marten (Martes americana) and Pacific marten (Martes caurina) in a contact zone in the Northern Rockies. We found that climate change will decrease the suitable habitat predicted for both species, as well as the amount of overlap in predicted suitable habitat between the species. Interestingly, predicted suitable habit

SUBMITTER: Chmura HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11333536 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature