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Incorporation of Latitude-adjusted Bioclimatic Variables Increases Accuracy in Species Distribution Models by Desiree Andersen; Spartak N. Litvinchuk; Hoan Jin Jang; Jianping Jiang; Kyo Soung Koo; Irina Maslova; Daemin Kim; Yikweon Jang; Amaël Borzée is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.

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Latitudinal variations in species niche due to factors such as phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation pose fundamental problems for ecological niche modelling at large geographic scales. Species adaptation to varying climates across latitudes thus necessitates the latitudinal adjustment of climatic variables for incorporation into more accurate models of habitat suitability and species distribution. Previous studies have identified changes in species’ elevational distributions across latitudes, however few studies incorporate latitude-adjusted variables into suitability or distribution models. In this study, we utilized generalized additive models (GAMs) to adjust bioclimatic variables by latitude in order to remove latitudinal variation in ecological niche models. We incorporated these latitude-adjusted variables into maximum entropy (MaxEnt) models of two species of toad, Bufo sachalinensis (previously Bufo gargarizans) and Bufo stejnegeri, in northeast Asia. We additionally identified thresholds in bioclimatic and terrain variables that delineate boundaries between the two Bufo species where their ranges overlap. We found that GAM adjustment of bioclimatic variables effectiv

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Author

Desiree Andersen; Spartak N. Litvinchuk; Hoan Jin Jang; Jianping Jiang; Kyo Soung Koo; Irina Maslova; Daemin Kim; Yikweon Jang; Amaël Borzée

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)