Projected Effects of Climate Change on Species Range of Pantala flavescens, a Wandering Glider Dragonfly.

ABSTRACT: Dragonflies are sensitive to climate change due to their special habitat in aquatic and terrestrial environments, especially Pantala flavescens, which have extraordinary migratory abilities in response to climate change on spatio-temporal scales. At present, there are major gaps in the documentation of insects and the effects of climatic changes on the habitat and species it supports. In this study, we model the global distribution of a wandering glider dragonfly, P. flavescens, and detected the important environmental factors shaping its range, as well as habitat shifts under historical and future warming scenarios. The results showed a global map of species ranges of P. flavescens currently, including southern North America, most of South America, south-central Afric

SUBMITTER: Liao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9953429 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature