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Quantifying climate sensitivity and climate-driven change in North American amphibian communities

Miller, David A W; Grant, Evan H Campbell; Muths, Erin; Amburgey, Staci M; Adams, Michael J; Joseph, Maxwell B; Waddle, J Hardin; Johnson, Pieter T J; Ryan, Maureen E; et al; Schmidt, B R; Cruickshank, Sam S (2018). Quantifying climate sensitivity and climate-driven change in North American amphibian communities. Nature Communications, 9:3926.

Abstract

Changing climate will impact species’ ranges only when environmental variability directly impacts the demography of local populations. However, measurement of demographic responses to climate change has largely been limited to single species and locations. Here we show that amphibian communities are responsive to climatic variability, using >500,000 time-series observations for 81 species across 86 North American study areas. The effect of climate on local colonization and persistence probabilities varies among eco-regions and depends on local climate, species life-histories, and taxonomic classification. We found that local species richness is most sensitive to changes in water availability during breeding and changes in winter conditions. Based on the relationships we measure, recent changes in climate cannot explain why local species richness of North American amphibians has rapidly declined. However, changing climate does explain why some populations are declining faster than others. Our results provide important insights into how amphibians respond to climate and a general framework for measuring climate impacts on species richness.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:07 Faculty of Science > Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies
Dewey Decimal Classification:570 Life sciences; biology
590 Animals (Zoology)
Scopus Subject Areas:Physical Sciences > General Chemistry
Life Sciences > General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Physical Sciences > General Physics and Astronomy
Uncontrolled Keywords:amphibian, climate, occupancy, trend
Language:English
Date:1 December 2018
Deposited On:04 Oct 2018 09:21
Last Modified:19 Oct 2024 01:42
Publisher:Nature Publishing Group
ISSN:2041-1723
OA Status:Gold
Free access at:Publisher DOI. An embargo period may apply.
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06157-6
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