Articolo in rivista, 2017, ENG, 10.1111/jbi.13087

Rapid poleward distributional shifts in the European cave-dwelling Meta spiders under the influence of competition dynamics

Mammola, Stefano; Isaia, Marco

Univ Torino; IUCN SSC Spider & Scorp Specialist Grp

AimTo describe the distribution of two congeneric species of cave-dwelling spiders under current climatic conditions and future warming scenarios, keeping into account their bioclimatic requirements, dispersal capacity and competition dynamics.

Journal of biogeography (Print) 44 (12), pp. 2789–2797

Keywords

competition, ecological niche modelling, global warming, Hutchinsonian hypervolume, Maxent, range shift, species distribution models, subterranean habitats, troglodytes

CNR authors

Mammola Stefano

CNR institutes