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Including biotic interactions in species distribution models improves the understanding of species niche: a case of study with the brown bear in Europe    
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Alper ERTÜRK
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
ABSTRACTBiotic interactions are expected to influence species' responses to climate change, but they are usually not included when predicting future range shifts. We assessed the importance of biotic interactions to understand future consequences of climate and land use change for biodiversity using as a model system the brown bear (Ursus arctos) in Europe. By including biotic interactions using the spatial variation of energy contribution and habitat models of each food species, we showed that the use of biotic factors considerably improves our understanding of the distribution of brown bears. Predicted future range shifts, which included changes in the distribution of food species, varied greatly when considering various scenarios of change in biotic factors, warning about future indirect climate change effects. Our study confirmed that advancing our understanding of ecological networks of species interactions will improve future scenarios of biodiversity change, which is key for conserving biodiversity and ecosystem services.
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Dergi Adı BioRxiv
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 03-2023
Sayfalar 2023 / 0
Doi Numarası 10.1101/2023.03.10.532098
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.10.532098