Climate and topography explain range sizes of terrestrial vertebrates

Yiming Li (), Xianping Li, Brody Sandel, David Blank, Zetian Liu, Xuan Liu and Shaofei Yan
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Yiming Li: Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xianping Li: Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Brody Sandel: Section for Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity, Aarhus University
David Blank: Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zetian Liu: Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xuan Liu: Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shaofei Yan: Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Nature Climate Change, 2016, vol. 6, issue 5, 498-502

Abstract: Climate, evolutionary age, topography, land area and several species traits all influence range size. Research quantifying these influences on terrestrial vertebrates suggests that small-range species may be most vulnerable to climate change.

Date: 2016
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