Continental vs. Global Niche-Based Modelling of Freshwater Species’ Distributions: How Big Are the Differences in the Estimated Climate Change Effects?
Thermal response curves that depict the probability of occurrence along a thermal gradient are used to derive various species’ thermal properties and abilities to cope with warming. However, different thermal responses can be expected for different portions of a species range. We focus on difference...
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| description | Thermal response curves that depict the probability of occurrence along a thermal gradient are used to derive various species’ thermal properties and abilities to cope with warming. However, different thermal responses can be expected for different portions of a species range. We focus on differences in thermal response curves (TRCs) and thermal niche requirements for four freshwater fishes (<i>Coregonus sardinella</i>, <i>Pungitius pungitius</i>, <i>Rutilus rutilus</i>, <i>Salvelinus alpinus</i>) native to Europe at (1) the global and (2) European continental scale. European ranges captured only a portion of the global thermal range with major differences in the minimum (T<sub>min</sub>), maximum (T<sub>max</sub>) and average temperature (T<sub>av</sub>) of the respective distributions. Further investigations of the model-derived preferred temperature (T<sub>pref</sub>), warming tolerance (WT = T<sub>max</sub> − T<sub>pref</sub>), safety margin (SM = T<sub>pref</sub> − T<sub>av</sub>) and the future climatic impact showed substantially differing results. All considered thermal properties either were under- or overestimated at the European level. Our results highlight that, although continental analyses have an impressive spatial extent, they might deliver misleading estimates of species thermal niches and future climate change impacts, if they do not cover the full species ranges. Studies and management actions should therefore favor whole global range distribution data for analyzing species responses to environmental gradients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-830251b87c7d41038ec3a5d2562cebb32023-11-21T10:44:51ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412021-03-0113681610.3390/w13060816Continental vs. Global Niche-Based Modelling of Freshwater Species’ Distributions: How Big Are the Differences in the Estimated Climate Change Effects?Danijela Markovic0Jörg Freyhof1Oskar Kärcher2Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences, Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Caprivistr. 30A, 49076 Osnabrück, GermanyMuseum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, GermanyFaculty of Business Management and Social Sciences, Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Caprivistr. 30A, 49076 Osnabrück, GermanyThermal response curves that depict the probability of occurrence along a thermal gradient are used to derive various species’ thermal properties and abilities to cope with warming. However, different thermal responses can be expected for different portions of a species range. We focus on differences in thermal response curves (TRCs) and thermal niche requirements for four freshwater fishes (<i>Coregonus sardinella</i>, <i>Pungitius pungitius</i>, <i>Rutilus rutilus</i>, <i>Salvelinus alpinus</i>) native to Europe at (1) the global and (2) European continental scale. European ranges captured only a portion of the global thermal range with major differences in the minimum (T<sub>min</sub>), maximum (T<sub>max</sub>) and average temperature (T<sub>av</sub>) of the respective distributions. Further investigations of the model-derived preferred temperature (T<sub>pref</sub>), warming tolerance (WT = T<sub>max</sub> − T<sub>pref</sub>), safety margin (SM = T<sub>pref</sub> − T<sub>av</sub>) and the future climatic impact showed substantially differing results. All considered thermal properties either were under- or overestimated at the European level. Our results highlight that, although continental analyses have an impressive spatial extent, they might deliver misleading estimates of species thermal niches and future climate change impacts, if they do not cover the full species ranges. Studies and management actions should therefore favor whole global range distribution data for analyzing species responses to environmental gradients.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/6/816freshwaterpreferred temperatureclimate changesafety marginthermal response curveswarming tolerance |
| spellingShingle | Danijela Markovic Jörg Freyhof Oskar Kärcher Continental vs. Global Niche-Based Modelling of Freshwater Species’ Distributions: How Big Are the Differences in the Estimated Climate Change Effects? Water freshwater preferred temperature climate change safety margin thermal response curves warming tolerance |
| title | Continental vs. Global Niche-Based Modelling of Freshwater Species’ Distributions: How Big Are the Differences in the Estimated Climate Change Effects? |
| title_full | Continental vs. Global Niche-Based Modelling of Freshwater Species’ Distributions: How Big Are the Differences in the Estimated Climate Change Effects? |
| title_fullStr | Continental vs. Global Niche-Based Modelling of Freshwater Species’ Distributions: How Big Are the Differences in the Estimated Climate Change Effects? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Continental vs. Global Niche-Based Modelling of Freshwater Species’ Distributions: How Big Are the Differences in the Estimated Climate Change Effects? |
| title_short | Continental vs. Global Niche-Based Modelling of Freshwater Species’ Distributions: How Big Are the Differences in the Estimated Climate Change Effects? |
| title_sort | continental vs global niche based modelling of freshwater species distributions how big are the differences in the estimated climate change effects |
| topic | freshwater preferred temperature climate change safety margin thermal response curves warming tolerance |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/6/816 |
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