Does size matter? An analysis of the niche width and vulnerability to climate change of fourteen species of the genus Crotalus from North America
The niche comprises the set of abiotic and biotic environmental conditions in which a species can live. Consequently, those species that present broader niches are expected to be more tolerant to changes in climatic variations than those species that present reduced niches. In this study, we estimat...
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| author | Jorge Luis Becerra-López Raciel Cruz-Elizalde Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista Itzel Magno-Benítez Claudia Ballesteros-Barrera Javier Alvarado-Díaz Robert W. Bryson Jr Uriel Hernández-Salinas César A. Díaz-Marín Christian Berriozabal-Islas Karen Fraire-Galindo Juan Tello-Ruiz Alexander Czaja María Guadalupe Torres-Delgado |
| author_facet | Jorge Luis Becerra-López Raciel Cruz-Elizalde Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista Itzel Magno-Benítez Claudia Ballesteros-Barrera Javier Alvarado-Díaz Robert W. Bryson Jr Uriel Hernández-Salinas César A. Díaz-Marín Christian Berriozabal-Islas Karen Fraire-Galindo Juan Tello-Ruiz Alexander Czaja María Guadalupe Torres-Delgado |
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| description | The niche comprises the set of abiotic and biotic environmental conditions in which a species can live. Consequently, those species that present broader niches are expected to be more tolerant to changes in climatic variations than those species that present reduced niches. In this study, we estimate the amplitude of the climatic niche of fourteen species of rattlesnakes of the genus Crotalus to evaluate whether those species that present broader niches are less susceptible to the loss of climatically suitable zones due to the projected climate change for the time period 2021–2040. Our results suggest that for the species under study, the breadth of the niche is not a factor that determines their vulnerability to climatic variations. However, 71.4% of the species will experience increasingly inadequate habitat conditions, mainly due to the increase in temperature and the contribution that this variable has in the creation of climatically suitable zones for most of these species. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b0285f4e08b445eca4f92ac82a0fb4322023-12-03T13:34:46ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592022-04-0110e1315410.7717/peerj.13154Does size matter? An analysis of the niche width and vulnerability to climate change of fourteen species of the genus Crotalus from North AmericaJorge Luis Becerra-López0Raciel Cruz-Elizalde1Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista2Itzel Magno-Benítez3Claudia Ballesteros-Barrera4Javier Alvarado-Díaz5Robert W. Bryson Jr6Uriel Hernández-Salinas7César A. Díaz-Marín8Christian Berriozabal-Islas9Karen Fraire-Galindo10Juan Tello-Ruiz11Alexander Czaja12María Guadalupe Torres-Delgado13Laboratorio de Cambio Climático y Conservación de Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Gómez Palacio, Durango, MexicoLaboratorio de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, Querétaro, MexicoLaboratorio de Ecología de Poblaciones, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Mineral de La Reforma, Hidalgo, MexicoLaboratorio de Ecología de Poblaciones, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Mineral de La Reforma, Hidalgo, MexicoUnidad Iztapalapa, División de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, MexicoInstituto de Investigaciones sobre los Recursos Naturales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan, MexicoSierra Madre Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States of AmericaCIIDIR Unidad Durango, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Durango, Durango, MexicoLaboratorio de Ecología de Poblaciones, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Mineral de La Reforma, Hidalgo, MexicoUniversidad Tecnológica de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla No. 5, Fraccionamiento Los Héroes, Tizayuca, Hidalgo, MéxicoLaboratorio de Cambio Climático y Conservación de Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Gómez Palacio, Durango, MexicoLaboratorio de Cambio Climático y Conservación de Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Gómez Palacio, Durango, MexicoLaboratorio de Cambio Climático y Conservación de Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Gómez Palacio, Durango, MexicoLaboratorio de Cambio Climático y Conservación de Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Gómez Palacio, Durango, MexicoThe niche comprises the set of abiotic and biotic environmental conditions in which a species can live. Consequently, those species that present broader niches are expected to be more tolerant to changes in climatic variations than those species that present reduced niches. In this study, we estimate the amplitude of the climatic niche of fourteen species of rattlesnakes of the genus Crotalus to evaluate whether those species that present broader niches are less susceptible to the loss of climatically suitable zones due to the projected climate change for the time period 2021–2040. Our results suggest that for the species under study, the breadth of the niche is not a factor that determines their vulnerability to climatic variations. However, 71.4% of the species will experience increasingly inadequate habitat conditions, mainly due to the increase in temperature and the contribution that this variable has in the creation of climatically suitable zones for most of these species.https://peerj.com/articles/13154.pdfEnvironmental factorsNiche modellingSnakesViperidae |
| spellingShingle | Jorge Luis Becerra-López Raciel Cruz-Elizalde Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista Itzel Magno-Benítez Claudia Ballesteros-Barrera Javier Alvarado-Díaz Robert W. Bryson Jr Uriel Hernández-Salinas César A. Díaz-Marín Christian Berriozabal-Islas Karen Fraire-Galindo Juan Tello-Ruiz Alexander Czaja María Guadalupe Torres-Delgado Does size matter? An analysis of the niche width and vulnerability to climate change of fourteen species of the genus Crotalus from North America PeerJ Environmental factors Niche modelling Snakes Viperidae |
| title | Does size matter? An analysis of the niche width and vulnerability to climate change of fourteen species of the genus Crotalus from North America |
| title_full | Does size matter? An analysis of the niche width and vulnerability to climate change of fourteen species of the genus Crotalus from North America |
| title_fullStr | Does size matter? An analysis of the niche width and vulnerability to climate change of fourteen species of the genus Crotalus from North America |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does size matter? An analysis of the niche width and vulnerability to climate change of fourteen species of the genus Crotalus from North America |
| title_short | Does size matter? An analysis of the niche width and vulnerability to climate change of fourteen species of the genus Crotalus from North America |
| title_sort | does size matter an analysis of the niche width and vulnerability to climate change of fourteen species of the genus crotalus from north america |
| topic | Environmental factors Niche modelling Snakes Viperidae |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/13154.pdf |
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