The impact of climate change on western Plethodon salamanders' distribution.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Given that salamanders have experienced large shifts in their distributions over time, we determined how each species of Plethodon in the Pacific Northwest would respond to climate change. We incorporated several greenhouse scenarios both on a species-by-species basis, and also using phylogenetic groups, with the aim to determine the best course of action in managing land area to conserve diversity in this group.

Location

Pacific Northwest of the United States (northern CA, OR, WA, ID, and MT).

Major taxa studied

Western Plethodon salamanders.

Methods

Species distribution models were estimated using MaxEnt for the current time period and for several future climate scenarios using bioclimatic data layers. We used several methods to quantify the

SUBMITTER: Nottingham S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8293714 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature