Interannual climate variability improves niche estimates for ectothermic but not endothermic species

Abstract Climate is an important limiting factor of species’ niches and it is therefore regularly included in ecological applications such as species distribution models (SDMs). Climate predictors are often used in the form of long-term mean values, yet many species experience wide climatic variatio...

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Main Authors: Dirk Nikolaus Karger, Bianca Saladin, Rafael O. Wüest, Catherine H. Graham, Damaris Zurell, Lidong Mo, Niklaus E. Zimmermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39637-x