Climatic niche shifts in introduced species

OK Bates, C Bertelsmeier - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Predictions of future biological invasions often rely on the assumption that introduced
species establish only under climatic conditions similar to those in their native range. To …

Scale-sensitivity in the measurement and interpretation of environmental niches

M Lu, W Jetz - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - cell.com
Species environmental niches are central to ecology, evolution, and global change
research, but their characterization and interpretation depend on the spatial scale …

ecospat: an R package to support spatial analyses and modeling of species niches and distributions

V Di Cola, O Broennimann, B Petitpierre… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of the ecospat package is to make available novel tools and methods to support
spatial analyses and modeling of species niches and distributions in a coherent workflow …

Most invasive species largely conserve their climatic niche

C Liu, C Wolter, W Xian… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The ecological niche is a key concept for elucidating patterns of species distributions and
developing strategies for conserving biodiversity. However, recent times are seeing a …

Meta-analysis reveals less sensitivity of non-native animals than natives to extreme weather worldwide

S Gu, T Qi, JR Rohr, X Liu - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - nature.com
Extreme weather events (EWEs; for example, heatwaves, cold spells, storms, floods and
droughts) and non-native species invasions are two major threats to global biodiversity and …

Selecting predictors to maximize the transferability of species distribution models: Lessons from cross‐continental plant invasions

B Petitpierre, O Broennimann, C Kueffer… - Global Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Niche‐based species distribution models (SDMs) are commonly used to predict impacts
of global change on biodiversity, but the reliability of these predictions in space and time …

Climatic niche shifts are common in introduced plants

DZ Atwater, C Ervine, JN Barney - Nature ecology & evolution, 2018 - nature.com
Our understanding of how climate influences species distributions and our ability to assess
the risk of introduced species depend on the assumption that species' climatic niches remain …

Biological invasions reveal how niche change affects the transferability of species distribution models

C Liu, C Wolter, F Courchamp, N Roura‐Pascual… - Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models (SDMs) have been widely applied to predict geographic ranges
of species across space and time under the assumption of niche conservatism (ie, species …

Animal invaders threaten protected areas worldwide

X Liu, TM Blackburn, T Song, X Wang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Protected areas are the cornerstone of biodiversity conservation. However, alien species
invasion is an increasing threat to biodiversity, and the extent to which protected areas …

Niche shifts and environmental non-equilibrium undermine the usefulness of ecological niche models for invasion risk assessments

AN Pili, R Tingley, EY Sy, MLL Diesmos… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Niche shifts and environmental non-equilibrium in invading alien species undermine niche-
based predictions of alien species' potential distributions and, consequently, their …