Trait-based climate vulnerability of native rodents in southwestern Mexico.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Incorporate species' trait information together with climate projections for associated habitat to assess the potential vulnerability of rodent taxa to climate change.

Location

Oaxaca State, Mexico.

Methods

We used a trait-based approach together with climate exposure models to evaluate the vulnerability of rodent species to projected climate conditions in the study region. Vulnerability was estimated based on three factors: (a) Level of climatic exposure that species are projected to experience across their current statewide range; (b) inherent species-specific sensitivity to stochastic events; and (c) species' capacity to cope with climate change effects. We defined species as inherently sensitive if they had any of the following: restricted geographic distribut

SUBMITTER: Ramirez-Bautista A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7319118 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature