Long-term altitudinal change in bird richness in a Mediterranean mountain range: habitat shifts explain the trends

Tellería, José Luis

doi:10.1007/s10113-020-01657-y

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“…With global climate change, it is expected that some species will move close to the poles or high elevations [ 89 , 90 ] whereas other species might adapt to these changes [ 91 ]. However, in our study, when looking at the changes between current and future species potential distributions, we did not register statistically significant results.…”

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Environmental Niche Modelling Predicts a Contraction in the Potential Distribution of Two Boreal Owl Species under Different Climate Scenarios

Floigl

Rajković²,

Topić³

et al. 2022

Animals

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Studying current and future geographic distribution is essential for conserving endangered species such as the Boreal Owl and Eurasian Pygmy Owl. The main aim of this study was to determine the potential distribution of both species in the Balkan Peninsula by using spatial distribution models (SDMs) in MaxEnt. We used data from field surveys, the scientific and grey literature, and an online database. We considered the current time and two future periods, 2041–2060 and 2061–2080. For future periods, we included different climate scenarios (SSP 126, 245, 370, and 585) in studying the potential geographic distribution of both species. We identified two types of potential future refugia for species: in situ and ex situ. Our study shows the highly suitable area for the Boreal Owl increased during the 2041–2060 period compared with the current area in all scenarios, except in SSP 585. However, during the 2061–2080 period, the highly suitable areas contracted. For the Eurasian Pygmy Owl, highly suitable areas decreased during 2041–2060, but during the 2061–2080 period, it was larger than the current area. Our study is of importance for conservation and preserving areas of potential distribution and refugia for Boreal and Eurasian Pygmy Owls in the face of climate change.

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Environmental Niche Modelling Predicts a Contraction in the Potential Distribution of Two Boreal Owl Species under Different Climate Scenarios

Floigl

Rajković²,

Topić³

et al. 2022

Animals

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“…There was little evidence for geographic variation in changes to TAOc, suggesting a widespread trend. Faunal changes towards insects and birds using more closed vegetation have been observed in several parts of Mediterranean Europe (Clavero et al ., 2011; Barnagaud et al ., 2013; Herrando et al ., 2016; Dantas de Miranda et al ., 2019; Wölfling et al ., 2019; Tellería, 2019, 2020), and their consequences for functional and taxonomic diversity merit research.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Over recent decades, Mediterranean butterfly communities have responded to climatic warming (Zografou et al ., 2014; Nieto‐Sánchez et al ., 2015) and drying (Herrando et al ., 2019), as well as vegetation encroachment (Ubach et al ., 2020) and changing agricultural practices (Lee et al ., 2020). Some evidence from these regional studies suggests that topographic variation or vegetation cover may counteract effects of climate change on insects (Nieto‐Sánchez et al ., 2015; Herrando et al ., 2019), as has been observed for Mediterranean bird communities (Clavero et al ., 2011; Barnagaud et al ., 2013; Tellería, 2019, 2020). However, wider geographic tests of the scope for topography or vegetation to offset the impacts of climate change are limited by availability of longer‐term or larger‐scale evidence of changes to Mediterranean insect communities (Lobo et al ., 2018).…”

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Butterfly communities track climatic variation over space but not time in the Iberian Peninsula

Mingarro

Cancela

BurÓn‐Ugarte

et al. 2021

Insect Conserv Diversity

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Indices of environmental associations such as the Community Temperature Index (CTI) and Community Precipitation Index (CPI) can be derived from occurrence data to extend the geographic scope or time frame of evidence for responses of insect diversity to global change. We tested whether occurrence records from 1901 to 2016 from the Iberian Peninsula could shed light on butterfly community responses to changes over space and time in the climate; and whether local climatic variation caused by topographic heterogeneity could buffer communities against the effects of climate change. CTI and CPI were closely related to variation in temperature and precipitation across 115 well‐sampled 10 km grid squares. However, whereas temperature and precipitation changed systematically from 1901–1979 to 1980–2016, and these changes were positively related to changes in CTI and CPI, community climatic associations did not change significantly over time. Butterfly communities became more associated with closed vegetation, suggesting that land cover changes overshadowed the effects of climate change. Local (1 km) climatic variation generally exceeded change over time at 10 km resolution, and heterogeneity in elevation slowed rates of warming. In turn, spatial variation in climatic conditions dampened butterfly community responses to heating and drying. Occurrence data are limited by their spatial resolution but can inform understanding of insect community responses to global change for regions lacking long‐term monitoring data. Our results suggest that local climatic variation accompanying topographic heterogeneity can shield regional butterfly faunas from the impacts of climate change.

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“…However, the decline in bird richness was also explained by productivity as suggested by Harrower et al (2017) via indirect energy action. In our study, the absence of maximum productivity at intermediate elevations suggests that the Ventania System is composed of mountains with wet bases ( McCain, 2007 ; McCain, 2009 ; Tellería, 2020 ). This may indicate that water availability was not a limiting factor, while energy could have a differential magnitude of effect depending on the taxon, generating different richness patterns.…”

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Taxon-dependent diversity response along a temperate elevation gradient covered by grassland

Santoandré,

Ramos,

Picca

et al. 2024

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Elevational gradients constitute excellent systems for understanding the mechanisms that generate and maintain global biodiversity patterns. Climatic gradients associated with elevation show strong influence on species distribution in mountains. The study of mountains covered by the same habitat type is an ideal scenario to compare alternatives to the energy hypotheses. Our aim was to investigate how changes in climatic conditions along the elevational gradient drive α- and β-diversity of four taxa in a mountain system located within a grassland biome. We sampled ants, spiders, birds and plants, and measured climatic variables at six elevational bands (with 10 sampling sites each) established between 470 and 1,000 masl on a mountain from the Ventania Mountain System, Argentina. Species richness per site and β-diversity (turnover and nestedness) between the lowest band and upper sites were estimated. For most taxa, species richness declined at high elevations and energy, through temperature, was the major driver of species richness for ants, plants and birds, prevailing over productivity and water availability. The major β-diversity component was turnover for plants, spiders and birds, and nestedness for ants. The unique environmental conditions of the upper bands could favour the occurrence of specialist and endemic species.

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Long-term altitudinal change in bird richness in a Mediterranean mountain range: habitat shifts explain the trends

Cited by 9 publications

References 52 publications

Environmental Niche Modelling Predicts a Contraction in the Potential Distribution of Two Boreal Owl Species under Different Climate Scenarios

Environmental Niche Modelling Predicts a Contraction in the Potential Distribution of Two Boreal Owl Species under Different Climate Scenarios

Butterfly communities track climatic variation over space but not time in the Iberian Peninsula

Taxon-dependent diversity response along a temperate elevation gradient covered by grassland

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