A5080947820- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
2019
Queen's University Belfast
2014-2017
University of Nottingham
2013
Climate change during the past five decades has impacted significantly on natural ecosystems, and rate of current climate is great concern among conservation biologists. Species Distribution Models (SDMs) have been used widely to project changes in species’ bioclimatic envelopes under future scenarios. Here, we aimed advance this technique by assessing an entire mammalian order, Lagomorpha, using a novel framework for model validation based jointly subjective expert evaluation objective...
Abstract Aim It is widely acknowledged that species distributions result from a variety of biotic and abiotic factors operating at different spatial scales. Here, we aimed to (1) determine the extent which global climate niche models (CNMs) can be improved by addition fine‐scale regional data; (2) examine climatic environmental influencing range 15 invasive aquatic plant species; (3) provide case study for use such in invasion management on an island. Location Global, with invasions Ireland....
Natural capital assets are currently under pressure globally. This may result in changes the function of ecological systems and associated ecosystem services, resulting benefits derived by people. The loss natural also translates into economic business risk. While advances have been made to understand classify linkages between such services that combine enable service provision less well established. An agreed classification is required standardise their identification, description...
Abstract In addition to abiotic determinants, biotic factors, including competitive, interspecific interactions, limit species' distributions. Environmental changes in human disturbance, land use and climate are predicted have widespread impacts on interactions between species, especially the order L agomorpha due higher latitudes more extreme environmental conditions they occupy. We reviewed published literature compared biogeography, macroecology, phylogeny traits of species known interact...
Niche conservatism is the tendency of related species to retain ancestral tolerances after geographic separation. We used Ecological Modelling and Principal Components Analysis bioclimatic habitat variables describe extent niche, degrees bioclimatic–habitat niche within mountain hare (L. timidus) clade. Mountain space was contrasted with that European europaeus), shed light on interactions in contact zones throughout Europe. All five subspecies had quantifiably distinct niches. Fennoscandian...
A quarter of all lagomorphs (pikas, rabbits, hares and jackrabbits) are threatened with extinction, including several genera that contain only one species. The number species in a genus correlates extinction risk lagomorphs, but not other mammal groups, this is concerning because the non‐random small clades disproportionately threatens genetic diversity phylogenetic history. Here, we use analyses to explore properties lagomorph phylogeny test if variation evolution, biogeography ecology...
Species Distribution Models (SDMs) rarely incorporate biotic interactions, even though the latter may have great impacts on biogeographical patterns, because interactions can be difficult to model in time and space. In addition, resolution of input data dramatic effects results, with coarser resolutions unlikely capture climatic variation at small scales, particularly mountainous regions. Joint SDMs used explore distributions multiple, coexisting species characterize modeled interactions;...
Abstract Climate change during the last five decades has impacted significantly on natural ecosystems and rate of current climate is great concern among conservation biologists. Species Distribution Models (SDMs) have been used widely to project changes in species’ bioclimatic envelopes under future scenarios. Here, we aimed advance this technique by assessing an entire mammalian Order, Lagomorpha, using a novel framework for model validation based jointly subjective expert evaluation...