Past, present, and future climate space of the only endemic vertebrate genus of the Italian peninsula
Macaluso, Loredana (Università degli Studi di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra)
Villa, Andrea (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
Carnevale, Giorgio (Università degli Studi di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra)
Delfino, Massimo (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)

Fecha:	2021
Resumen:	The two extant Salamandrina species represent a unique case of morphology, ecology, and ethology among urodeles. The range of this genus is currently limited to Italy, where it represents the only endemic vertebrate genus, but its past range extended over a much broader area of Europe, including the Iberian and Balkan peninsulas. ENM analyses using modern occurrences of Salamandrina demonstrate that the current climate of the majority of Europe, and especially areas where fossils of this genus were found, is currently not suitable for this genus, neither was it suitable during the last 3. 3 million years. This result allows possible assumptions about the climatic infuence on the former extirpation of this salamander from several areas of Europe. Furthermore, it shows that, during Pliocene-Pleistocene climatic oscillations, Mediterranean peninsulas, despite being generally considered together because of similar latitude, had diferent potential to efectively become glacial refugia for this salamander, and possibly for other species as well. Future projections using diferent CO2 emission scenarios predict that climatic suitability will be even more drastically reduced during the next 50 years, underlining once more the importance of conservation strategies and emission-reducing policies.
Ayudas:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación FCI2019-039443-I Agencia Estatal de Investigación CGL2016-76431-P
Nota:	Altres ajuts: CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Materia:	Biogeography ; Climate-change ecology ; Ecological modelling ; Evolutionary ecology ; Palaeoecology ; Palaeontology
Publicado en:	Scientific reports, Vol. 11 (November 2021) , art. 22139, ISSN 2045-2322

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01492-z
PMID: 34772984

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