Microclimate refugia shape microclimatic niches and predict individual variability in post-breeding migration in a partially migratory species.

ABSTRACT: The characterization of species' environmental niches can help predict biodiversity responses to global environmental change and identify areas where environmental suitability declines as the conditions change. However, environmental niches, that is the full range of conditions a species experiences, are frequently described at coarse spatial and temporal scales, thus are unlikely to capture the across-individual variability in exposure to microclimate conditions. Within species ranges and even within populations, individuals may vary in their ability to access microclimate refugia or may adopt different movement strategies to avoid exposure to unsuitable conditions. This individual variability currently remains unclear but could help us understand species' capacity to adjust to changes in

SUBMITTER: Ramos RF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12673241 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature