Climate defined but not soil-restricted: the distribution of a Neotropical tree through space and time
Climate defined but not soil-restricted: the distribution of a Neotropical tree through space and time
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10.1007/s11104-021-05202-6
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2021-11
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4.9
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F. Alvarez;P. Morandi;B. H. Marimon‐Junior;Reginal Exavier;Igor Araújo;Lucas H. Mariano;A. Muller;T. Feldpausch;B. Marimon
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F. Alvarez;P. Morandi;B. H. Marimon‐Junior;Reginal Exavier;Igor Araújo;Lucas H. Mariano;A. Muller;T. Feldpausch;B. Marimon
Brosimum rubescens,a tree species with Neotropical distribution, can achieve local monodominance in Southern Amazonian forests. Understanding how and why this species varies across space and time is important because the monodominance of some species alters ecosystem complexity. Here we evaluated the fundamental ecological niche ofB. rubescensby species distribution models (SDM), combining predictive environmental variables with occurrence points, and determined the temporal persistence and how the spatial distribution patterns ofthis speciesvary with different environmental predictive variables. To generate the SDMs, we incorporated predictive environmental variables as main components of climatic, hydric and edaphic variables. All algorithms showed higher performance in spatial predictions for hydric variables and for the combination of climatic, hydric and edaphic variables. We identified that the potential niches ofB. rubescensseem to be defined by climatic fluctuations, with the edaphic conditions not limiting the presence of this species in the evaluated spatial scale. From the last glacial maximum to the present, this species seems to have increased its spatial amplitude; however, from the present to the future, predictions suggest thatB. rubescenswill experience a considerable loss of its range. Our findings showed independent and combined effects of different environmental variables, allowing us to identify which are limiting or facilitating the spatial distribution ofB. rubescens. We corroborate the spatial persistence and geographical fidelity of the species’ distribution patterns over time.Graphical abstract