Distribution of the meadow lizard in Europe and its realized ecological niche model
| Autor: | Miguel A. Carretero, Jelka Crnobrnja-Isailović, Miloš Popović, Jelena Ćorović, Dan Cogălniceanu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0106 biological sciences
Ecological niche biology business.industry Lizard Ecology species distribution model 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Species distribution habitat suitability model Distribution (economics) species range Biodiversity 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Geography Darevskia praticola biology.animal Maxent business Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Taxonomy |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Natural History |
| Popis: | One of the most interesting but elusive members of the European herpetofauna is the meadow lizard (Darevskia praticola). It is a small, ground dwelling, predominantly forest living lacertid, for which many ecological and biological data are still missing. Moreover, at least for the western part of the species range (south-eastern Europe) its distribution and environmental associations are insufficiently known, likely due to difficulties in detection even with intensive field sampling. Here, we complemented the available literature records with our personal observations and explored the effects of environmental factors shaping the species ecological niche and distribution in Europe using the ecological niche modelling approach from Maxent software. The new records of the meadow lizard fill a gap in its known distribution. The most suitable habitats are in central and eastern Serbia, south-western Romania, and central, southern and south-western Bulgaria. Mean temperature of the coldest quarter, veg... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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