Combined climate change and dispersal capacity positively affect Hoplobatrachus chinensis occupancy of agricultural wetlands.

ABSTRACT: Global warming significantly impacts amphibian populations globally, and modeling helps understand these effects. Here, we used MaxEnt and MigClim models to predict the impact of climate change on habitat suitability for Hoplobatrachus chinensis. Our results indicate that temperature is a key factor affecting H. chinensis distribution. Increasing temperatures positively correlated with habitat suitability, with suitable habitat expanding northward by 2060 while maintaining suitability in the southern parts of the range. We found a 25.18% overlap between the current potential suitable habitat of H. chinensis and agricultural wetlands. Our model indicated that H. chinensis might be able to track shifts in suitable habitats under climate change given a 15 km disper

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11414709 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature