Amphibian and Reptilian Chorotypes in the Arid Land of Central Asia and Their Determinants | |
Zhou, Lu1,2,3; Liang, Tao1; Shi, Lei1 | |
刊名 | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS |
2019-07-01 | |
卷号 | 9期号:1页码:13 |
ISSN号 | 2045-2322 |
DOI | 10.1038/s41598-019-45912-7 |
英文摘要 | The analysis of the biogeographic distribution of species is the basis for establishing a strategy for land management and responding to climatic change, but research on the distribution of amphibians and reptiles in the arid land in the middle of Asia is extremely limited. After classifying the chorotypes of amphibians and reptiles in the arid land of Central Asia using a clustering analysis, we delineated their distribution characteristics and discovered the ecological determinants for the chorotypes in terms of feature selection and the Akaike information criterion (AIC). We identified 6 chorotypes at the higher level and 16 sub-chorotypes at the lower level. Compared to small-scale or subjective research, which produces unstable results, research characterized by both large scale and clustering methods yields more consistent and stable results. Our results show that the Mean Altitude (MA), Mean Annual Temperature (MAT), and Mean Temperature in the Wettest Quarter (MTWE) are the critical variables determining the higher-level chorotypes. Furthermore, geographical factors appear to have a stronger influence on chorotypes than climatic factors. Several climatic variables and MA were identified as the best fit in the AIC model at the lower level, while the sub-chorotypes are determined more by multiple climatic factors with complex relationships. The research on amphibian and reptilian distribution patterns will shed light on the overall distribution of other species in the same understudied area. Widespread species in the study area are not clearly distinguished due to the cluster analysis computing process. This problem however, appears in studies of the distribution of other organisms thus warrants further research. Our methodology based on the selection of multiple models is effective to explore how the environment determines the distributions of different animal groups. |
资助项目 | National Natural Science Foundation of China[31660613] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[31260511] ; International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of China[2010DFA92720] |
WOS关键词 | SPECIES RICHNESS PATTERNS ; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION ; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS ; TRANSITIONAL ZONE ; FEATURE-SELECTION ; TIBETAN PLATEAU ; SMALL MAMMALS ; DIVERSITY ; REGIONALIZATION ; REGIONS |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
语种 | 英语 |
出版者 | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000473294100040 |
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内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://ir.ihb.ac.cn/handle/342005/31704] |
专题 | 水生生物研究所_其他_期刊论文 |
通讯作者 | Shi, Lei |
作者单位 | 1.Xinjiang Agr Univ, Coll Anim Sci, 311 Nongda East Rd, Urumqi 830052, Xinjiang, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, 7 South Donghu Rd, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, 19Yuquan Rd, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhou, Lu,Liang, Tao,Shi, Lei. Amphibian and Reptilian Chorotypes in the Arid Land of Central Asia and Their Determinants[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2019,9(1):13. |
APA | Zhou, Lu,Liang, Tao,&Shi, Lei.(2019).Amphibian and Reptilian Chorotypes in the Arid Land of Central Asia and Their Determinants.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,9(1),13. |
MLA | Zhou, Lu,et al."Amphibian and Reptilian Chorotypes in the Arid Land of Central Asia and Their Determinants".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 9.1(2019):13. |
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