Clearing up the crystal ball: Understanding uncertainty in future climate suitability projections for amphibians

AJ Zellmer, P Slezak, TS Katz - Herpetologica, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
Amphibian populations are threatened globally, and one of the hypotheses for these
declines is climate change. Species distribution models are frequently used to predict …

Thermal physiology and species distribution models reveal climate vulnerability of temperate amphibians

AA Gerick, RG Munshaw, WJ Palen… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim High‐latitude ectotherms are predicted to be less physiologically vulnerable to climate
warming than tropical species based on their larger thermal safety margins, the distance …

Projected climate impacts for the amphibians of the Western Hemisphere

JJ Lawler, SL Shafer, BA Bancroft… - Conservation …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Given their physiological requirements, limited dispersal abilities, and hydrologically
sensitive habitats, amphibians are likely to be highly sensitive to future climatic changes. We …

[PDF][PDF] Projected future bioclimate-envelope suitability for reptile and amphibian species of concern in South Central USA

EAL Salas, VA Seamster, NM Harings… - Herpetol Conserv …, 2017 - herpconbio.org
Future climate change has impacts on the distribution of species. Using species distribution
models (SDM), we modeled the bioclimatic envelopes of four herpetofauna species in the …

Distribution and richness of amphibians under different climate change scenarios in a subtropical region of South America

F Schivo, V Bauni, P Krug, RD Quintana - Applied Geography, 2019 - Elsevier
Amphibians are a valuable indicator group to study potential impacts of climate change (CC)
because reproduction is closely linked to the availability of freshwater. Climate projections …

Predicted suitable habitat declines for midwestern United States amphibians under future climate and land-use change scenarios

B Struecker, J Milanovich - Herpetological Conservation and …, 2017 - ecommons.luc.edu
With current declines of vertebrate taxa meeting or exceeding those of historic mass
extinction events, there is a growing need to investigate the main drivers of losses. Two of …

A quantitative climate-match score for risk-assessment screening of reptile and amphibian introductions

NJ van Wilgen, N Roura-Pascual… - Environmental …, 2009 - Springer
Assessing climatic suitability provides a good preliminary estimate of the invasive potential
of a species to inform risk assessment. We examined two approaches for bioclimatic …

Forecasting Climate Change Effects on Salamander Distribution in the Highlands of Central Mexico1

G Parra‐Olea, E Martínez‐Meyer… - … : The Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A generalized decline of amphibian populations is occurring worldwide. The
causes for such a decline are not completely understood; however, climate change has …

Climate change-based models predict range shifts in the distribution of the only Asian plethodontid salamander: Karsenia koreana

A Borzée, D Andersen, J Groffen, HT Kim, Y Bae… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Populations see their range fluctuate in relation to environmental variations, including
climate change, and their survival is linked to the maintenance of large enough populations …

Potential climate-driven impacts on the distribution of generalist treefrogs in South America

TS Vasconcelos, BTM Do Nascimento - Herpetologica, 2016 - meridian.allenpress.com
Climate change is considered a serious threat to biodiversity. If populations no longer have
physiological, morphological, or behavioral adaptations to withstand novel climatic …