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Potential effects of climate change on elevational distributions of tropical birds in Southeast Asia

Potential effects of climate change on elevational distributions of tropical birds in Southeast Asia
Potential effects of climate change on elevational distributions of tropical birds in Southeast Asia
An analysis of the elevational distributions of Southeast Asian birds over a 28-year period provides evidence for a potential upward shift for 94 common resident species. These species might have shifted their lower, upper, or both lower and upper boundaries toward a higher elevation in response to climate warming. These upward shifts occurred regardless of habitat specificity, further implicating climate warming, in addition to habitat loss, as a potentially important factor affecting the already imperiled biotas of Southeast Asia.

Resumen

Un análisis de la distribución altitudinal de las aves del sudeste asiático a lo largo de un período de 28 años evidencia un desplazamiento potencial hacia arriba de 94 especies residentes comunes. Estas especies podrían haber desplazado sus límites inferiores, superiores o ambos hacía elevaciones mayores en respuesta al calentamiento climático. Estos desplazamientos hacia arriba se dieron independientemente de la especificidad de hábitat, implicando más aún al calentamiento climático, además de la pérdida de hábitat, como un factor potencialmente importante que afecta a las ya deterioradas biotas del sur de Asia.
disturbance, elevational limit, elevational range, global warming, southeast asia
0010-5422
437-441
Peh, Kelvin S-H.
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Peh, Kelvin S-H.
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Peh, Kelvin S-H. (2007) Potential effects of climate change on elevational distributions of tropical birds in Southeast Asia. The Condor, 109 (2), 437-441. (doi:10.1650/0010-5422(2007)109[437:PEOCCO]2.0.CO;2).

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Abstract

An analysis of the elevational distributions of Southeast Asian birds over a 28-year period provides evidence for a potential upward shift for 94 common resident species. These species might have shifted their lower, upper, or both lower and upper boundaries toward a higher elevation in response to climate warming. These upward shifts occurred regardless of habitat specificity, further implicating climate warming, in addition to habitat loss, as a potentially important factor affecting the already imperiled biotas of Southeast Asia.

Resumen

Un análisis de la distribución altitudinal de las aves del sudeste asiático a lo largo de un período de 28 años evidencia un desplazamiento potencial hacia arriba de 94 especies residentes comunes. Estas especies podrían haber desplazado sus límites inferiores, superiores o ambos hacía elevaciones mayores en respuesta al calentamiento climático. Estos desplazamientos hacia arriba se dieron independientemente de la especificidad de hábitat, implicando más aún al calentamiento climático, además de la pérdida de hábitat, como un factor potencialmente importante que afecta a las ya deterioradas biotas del sur de Asia.

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Published date: 2007
Keywords: disturbance, elevational limit, elevational range, global warming, southeast asia
Organisations: Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 353701
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/353701
ISSN: 0010-5422
PURE UUID: 604e75a8-aa0c-4901-91f9-b45cb9543377
ORCID for Kelvin S-H. Peh: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2921-1341

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Date deposited: 13 Jun 2013 14:17
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:44

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