Authors
Sara Varela, Jesús Rodríguez, Jorge M Lobo
Publication date
2009/9
Journal
Journal of Biogeography
Volume
36
Issue
9
Pages
1645-1655
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Description
Aim The transferability of species distribution models requires that species show climatic equilibrium throughout their entire distribution area. We test this assumption for the case of the spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta, a large carnivore that has shifted its distribution over the last 100,000 years from a widespread Eurasian and African range to its current geographical distribution, restricted to the Sub‐Saharan areas of the African continent.
Location Western Eurasia and Africa.
Methods The current realized distribution of C. crocuta was estimated using presences and reliable absences as well as climatic, land‐cover and anthropic variables as predictors. The potential distribution was estimated using presences and a set of pseudo‐absences selected from localities outside climatically suitable localities, with only climatic variables serving as predictors. The current potential distribution was transferred to the Last …
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S Varela, J Rodríguez, JM Lobo - Journal of Biogeography, 2009