| RRC ID |
58220
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| 著者 |
Bender IMA, Kissling WD, Böhning-Gaese K, Hensen I, Kühn I, Nowak L, Töpfer T, Wiegand T, Dehling DM, Schleuning M.
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| タイトル |
Projected impacts of climate change on functional diversity of frugivorous birds along a tropical elevational gradient.
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| ジャーナル |
Sci Rep
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| Abstract |
Climate change forces many species to move their ranges to higher latitudes or elevations. Resulting immigration or emigration of species might lead to functional changes, e.g., in the trait distribution and composition of ecological assemblages. Here, we combined approaches from biogeography (species distribution models; SDMs) and community ecology (functional diversity) to investigate potential effects of climate-driven range changes on frugivorous bird assemblages along a 3000 m elevational gradient in the tropical Andes. We used SDMs to model current and projected future occurrence probabilities of frugivorous bird species from the lowlands to the tree line. SDM-derived probabilities of occurrence were combined with traits relevant for seed dispersal of fleshy-fruited plants to calculate functional dispersion (FDis; a measure of functional diversity) for current and future bird assemblages. Comparisons of FDis between current and projected future assemblages showed consistent results across four dispersal scenarios, five climate models and two representative concentration pathways. Projections indicated a decrease of FDis in the lowlands, an increase of FDis at lower mid-elevations and little changes at high elevations. This suggests that functional dispersion responds differently to global warming at different elevational levels, likely modifying avian seed dispersal functions and plant regeneration in forest ecosystems along tropical mountains.
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| 巻・号 |
9(1)
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| ページ |
17708
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| 公開日 |
2019-11-27
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| DOI |
10.1038/s41598-019-53409-6
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| PII |
10.1038/s41598-019-53409-6
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| PMID |
31776351
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| PMC |
PMC6881284
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| MeSH |
Altitude
Animals
Biodiversity*
Birds / physiology*
Climate Change*
Herbivory
Magnoliopsida / physiology
Seed Dispersal
Tropical Climate
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| IF |
3.998
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| 引用数 |
2
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| リソース情報 |
| GBIF |
Bird Specimens in the Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, Japan
Birds collection of Abiko City Museum of Birds |
