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dc.contributor.authorSánchez-Fernández, D
dc.contributor.authorAragón, P
dc.contributor.authorBilton, David
dc.contributor.authorLobo, JM
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-24T18:07:27Z
dc.date.available2017-03-24T18:07:27Z
dc.date.issued2012-10-25
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.otherARTN e48163
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/8686
dc.description.abstract

A basic aim of ecology is to understand the determinants of organismal distribution, the niche concept and species distribution models providing key frameworks to approach the problem. As temperature is one of the most important factors affecting species distribution, the estimation of thermal limits is crucially important for inferring range constraints. It is expectable that thermal physiology data derived from laboratory experiments and species' occurrences may express different aspects of the species' niche. However, there is no study systematically testing this prediction in a given taxonomic group while controlling by potential phylogenetic inertia. We estimate the thermal niches of twelve Palaearctic diving beetles species using physiological data derived from experimental analyses in order to examine the extent to which these coincided with those estimated from distribution models based on observed occurrences. We found that thermal niche estimates derived from both approaches lack general congruence, and these results were similar before and after controlling by phylogeny. The congruence between potential distributions obtained from the two different procedures was also explored, and we found again that the percentage of agreement were not very high (~60%). We confirm that both thermal niche estimates derived from geographical and physiological data are likely to misrepresent the true range of climatic variation that these diving beetles are able to tolerate, and so these procedures could be considered as incomplete but complementary estimations of an inaccessible reality.

dc.format.extente48163-e48163
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science (PLoS)
dc.subjectAnimals
dc.subjectBiodiversity
dc.subjectClimate
dc.subjectCold Temperature
dc.subjectColeoptera
dc.subjectEcology
dc.subjectEcosystem
dc.subjectGeography
dc.subjectHot Temperature
dc.subjectModels, Biological
dc.subjectPhylogeny
dc.subjectTemperature
dc.titleAssessing the Congruence of Thermal Niche Estimations Derived from Distribution and Physiological Data. A Test Using Diving Beetles
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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plymouth.issue10
plymouth.volume7
plymouth.publication-statusPublished online
plymouth.journalPLoS ONE
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0048163
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Biological and Marine Sciences
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plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups/Marine Institute
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dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dcterms.dateAccepted2012-09-20
dc.identifier.eissn1932-6203
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rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2012
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