Fundamental niche unfilling and potential invasion risk of the slider turtle Trachemys scripta.

ABSTRACT:

Background

How species colonize new environments is still a fundamental question in ecology and evolution, assessable by evaluating range characteristics of invasive species. Here we propose a model approach to evaluate environmental conditions and species features to predict niche changes in non-equilibrium contexts. It incorporates potentially range-limiting processes (fundamental niche), hence allowing for better predictions of range shifts, differentiation of analog and non-analog conditions between the native and non-native (invaded) ranges, and identification of environmental conditions not currently available but likely in the future. We apply our approach with the worldwide invasive slider-turtle Trachemys scripta.

Methods

We estimated the native and non-nativ

SUBMITTER: Espindola S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6800977 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature