Climate Change vs. Human Activities: Conflicting Future Impacts on a High-Altitude Endangered Snake (<i>Thermophis baileyi</i>).

ABSTRACT: Endemic ectotherms in high-altitude regions face dual threats from climate change and human activities, yet quantifiable indicators to disentangle these stressors remain limited. We developed a novel multi-scenario framework to disentangle the independent and synergistic impacts of climate change and anthropogenic landscape change on the habitat suitability of the Tibetan hot-spring snake (Thermophis baileyi) across the Tibetan Plateau. Our analysis was based on field survey data and species occurrence records, utilizing the species distribution model and the CA-Markov model. We identified temperature seasonality (41.8% contribution) as the primary environmental factor influencing its distribution, followed by precipitation of the coldest quarter (15.1%) and land cover (13.8%). The

SUBMITTER: Pan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12650207 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature