https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/510465
Title: | Seasonal and daily climate variation have opposite effects on species elevational range size | Authors: | Chan, W.-P. Chen, I.-C. Colwell, R.K. Liu, W.-C. Huang, C.-Y. CHO-YING HUANG SHENG-FENG SHEN |
Issue Date: | 2016 | Journal Volume: | 351 | Journal Issue: | 6280 | Start page/Pages: | 1437-1439 | Source: | Science | Abstract: | The climatic variability hypothesis posits that the magnitude of climatic variability increases with latitude, elevation, or both, and that greater variability selects for organisms with broader temperature tolerances, enabling them to be geographically widespread. We tested this classical hypothesis for the elevational range sizes of more than 16,500 terrestrial vertebrates on 180 montane gradients. In support of the hypothesis, mean elevational range size was positively correlated with the scope of seasonal temperature variation, whereas elevational range size was negatively correlated with daily temperature variation among gradients. In accordance with a previous life history model and our extended versions of it, our findings indicate that physiological specialization may be favored under shorter-term climatic variability. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/510465 | DOI: | 10.1126/science.aab4119 | SDG/Keyword: | climate change; climate variation; elevation; geographical distribution; hypothesis testing; life history; range size; seasonal variation; specialization; temperature anomaly; temperature tolerance; terrestrial ecosystem; vertebrate; Article; climate change; environmental factor; environmental impact; geographic elevation; greenhouse effect; heat tolerance; latitude; molecular evolution; nonhuman; priority journal; seasonal variation; tropics; water availability; animal; climate; greenhouse effect; physiology; season; temperature; vertebrate; Vertebrata; Animals; Climate; Global Warming; Seasons; Temperature; Vertebrates [SDGs]SDG13 [SDGs]SDG15 |
Appears in Collections: | 地理環境資源學系 |
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