Thermal niche traits of high alpine plant species and communities across the tropical Andes and their vulnerability to global warming

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Cuesta, Francisco; Tovar Ingar, Carolina; Llambí, Luis D.; Gosling, William D.; Halloy, Stephan; Carilla, Julieta; Muriel, Priscilla; Meneses, Rosa I.; Beck, Stephan G.; Ulloa Ulloa, Carmen; Yager, Karina; Aguirre, Nikolay; Viñas, Paul; Jácome, Jorge; Suárez Duque, David; Buytaert, Wouter; Pauli, Harald
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2020
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Aim: The climate variability hypothesis (CVH) predicts that locations with reduced seasonal temperature variation select for species with narrower thermal ranges. Here we (a) test the CVH by assessing the effect of latitude and elevation on the thermal ranges of Andean vascular plant species and communities, and (b) assess tropical alpine plants vulnerability to warming based on their thermal traits. Location: High tropical Andes. Taxon: Vascular plants. Methods: Temperature data for 505 vascular plant species from alpine communities on 49 summits, were extracted from 29,627 georeferenced occurrences. Species thermal niche traits (TNTs) were estimated using bootstrapping for: minimum temperature, optimum (mean) temperature and breadth (maximum-minimum). Plant community-weighted scores were estimated using the TNTs of their constituent species. CVH was tested for species, biogeographical species groups and communities. Vulnerability to global warming was assessed for species, biogeographical species groups and communities. Results: Species restricted to the equator showed narrower thermal niche breadth than species whose ranges stretch far from the equator, however, no difference in niche breadth was found across summits’ elevation. Biogeographical species groups distributed close to the equator and restricted to alpine regions showed narrower niche breadth than those with broader ranges. Community-weighted scores of thermal niche breadth were positively related to distance from equator but not to elevation. Based on their TNTs, species restricted to equatorial latitudes and plant communities dominated by these species were identified as the most vulnerable to the projected 1.5°C warming, due to a potentially higher risk of losing thermal niche space. Main conclusions: Our study confirms that the CVH applies to high tropical Andean plant species and communities, where latitude has a strong effect on the thermal niche breadth. TNTs are identified as suitable indicators of species’ vulnerability to warming and are suggested to be included in long-term biodiversity monitoring in the Andes.
Fil: Cuesta, Francisco. Universidad de Las Américas; Ecuador. University of Amsterdam; Países Bajos. Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecorregión Andina. Biodiversity Department; Ecuador
Fil: Tovar Ingar, Carolina. Royal Botanic Gardens; Reino Unido
Fil: Llambí, Luis D.. Universidad de Los Andes; Venezuela
Fil: Gosling, William D.. University of Amsterdam; Países Bajos
Fil: Halloy, Stephan. Ministry for Primary Industries; Nueva Zelanda
Fil: Carilla, Julieta. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina
Fil: Muriel, Priscilla. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador; Ecuador
Fil: Meneses, Rosa I.. Universidad Católica del Norte; Chile. Universidad Mayor de San Andrés; Bolivia
Fil: Beck, Stephan G.. Universidad Mayor de San Andrés; Bolivia
Fil: Ulloa Ulloa, Carmen. Missouri Botanical Garden; Estados Unidos
Fil: Yager, Karina. NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center; Estados Unidos
Fil: Aguirre, Nikolay. Universidad Nacional de Loja; Ecuador
Fil: Viñas, Paul. Naturaleza y Cultura Internacional; Perú
Fil: Jácome, Jorge. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Colombia
Fil: Suárez Duque, David. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Ecuador
Fil: Buytaert, Wouter. Imperial College London; Reino Unido
Fil: Pauli, Harald. University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences; Austria
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CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE SEASONALITY
ENDEMICS
MOUNTAINS
NICHE BREADTH
THERMAL OPTIMUM
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spelling Thermal niche traits of high alpine plant species and communities across the tropical Andes and their vulnerability to global warmingCuesta, FranciscoTovar Ingar, CarolinaLlambí, Luis D.Gosling, William D.Halloy, StephanCarilla, JulietaMuriel, PriscillaMeneses, Rosa I.Beck, Stephan G.Ulloa Ulloa, CarmenYager, KarinaAguirre, NikolayViñas, PaulJácome, JorgeSuárez Duque, DavidBuytaert, WouterPauli, HaraldCLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE SEASONALITYENDEMICSMOUNTAINSNICHE BREADTHTHERMAL OPTIMUMhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Aim: The climate variability hypothesis (CVH) predicts that locations with reduced seasonal temperature variation select for species with narrower thermal ranges. Here we (a) test the CVH by assessing the effect of latitude and elevation on the thermal ranges of Andean vascular plant species and communities, and (b) assess tropical alpine plants vulnerability to warming based on their thermal traits. Location: High tropical Andes. Taxon: Vascular plants. Methods: Temperature data for 505 vascular plant species from alpine communities on 49 summits, were extracted from 29,627 georeferenced occurrences. Species thermal niche traits (TNTs) were estimated using bootstrapping for: minimum temperature, optimum (mean) temperature and breadth (maximum-minimum). Plant community-weighted scores were estimated using the TNTs of their constituent species. CVH was tested for species, biogeographical species groups and communities. Vulnerability to global warming was assessed for species, biogeographical species groups and communities. Results: Species restricted to the equator showed narrower thermal niche breadth than species whose ranges stretch far from the equator, however, no difference in niche breadth was found across summits’ elevation. Biogeographical species groups distributed close to the equator and restricted to alpine regions showed narrower niche breadth than those with broader ranges. Community-weighted scores of thermal niche breadth were positively related to distance from equator but not to elevation. Based on their TNTs, species restricted to equatorial latitudes and plant communities dominated by these species were identified as the most vulnerable to the projected 1.5°C warming, due to a potentially higher risk of losing thermal niche space. Main conclusions: Our study confirms that the CVH applies to high tropical Andean plant species and communities, where latitude has a strong effect on the thermal niche breadth. TNTs are identified as suitable indicators of species’ vulnerability to warming and are suggested to be included in long-term biodiversity monitoring in the Andes.Fil: Cuesta, Francisco. Universidad de Las Américas; Ecuador. University of Amsterdam; Países Bajos. Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecorregión Andina. Biodiversity Department; EcuadorFil: Tovar Ingar, Carolina. Royal Botanic Gardens; Reino UnidoFil: Llambí, Luis D.. Universidad de Los Andes; VenezuelaFil: Gosling, William D.. University of Amsterdam; Países BajosFil: Halloy, Stephan. Ministry for Primary Industries; Nueva ZelandaFil: Carilla, Julieta. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional; ArgentinaFil: Muriel, Priscilla. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador; EcuadorFil: Meneses, Rosa I.. Universidad Católica del Norte; Chile. Universidad Mayor de San Andrés; BoliviaFil: Beck, Stephan G.. Universidad Mayor de San Andrés; BoliviaFil: Ulloa Ulloa, Carmen. Missouri Botanical Garden; Estados UnidosFil: Yager, Karina. NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center; Estados UnidosFil: Aguirre, Nikolay. Universidad Nacional de Loja; EcuadorFil: Viñas, Paul. Naturaleza y Cultura Internacional; PerúFil: Jácome, Jorge. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; ColombiaFil: Suárez Duque, David. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; EcuadorFil: Buytaert, Wouter. Imperial College London; Reino UnidoFil: Pauli, Harald. University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences; AustriaWiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc2020-02-19info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/148376Cuesta, Francisco; Tovar Ingar, Carolina; Llambí, Luis D.; Gosling, William D.; Halloy, Stephan; et al.; Thermal niche traits of high alpine plant species and communities across the tropical Andes and their vulnerability to global warming; Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc; Journal of Biogeography; 47; 2; 19-2-2020; 408-4200305-0270CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jbi.13759info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/jbi.13759info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:06:15Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/148376instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:06:15.781CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Thermal niche traits of high alpine plant species and communities across the tropical Andes and their vulnerability to global warming
title Thermal niche traits of high alpine plant species and communities across the tropical Andes and their vulnerability to global warming
spellingShingle Thermal niche traits of high alpine plant species and communities across the tropical Andes and their vulnerability to global warming
Cuesta, Francisco
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE SEASONALITY
ENDEMICS
MOUNTAINS
NICHE BREADTH
THERMAL OPTIMUM
title_short Thermal niche traits of high alpine plant species and communities across the tropical Andes and their vulnerability to global warming
title_full Thermal niche traits of high alpine plant species and communities across the tropical Andes and their vulnerability to global warming
title_fullStr Thermal niche traits of high alpine plant species and communities across the tropical Andes and their vulnerability to global warming
title_full_unstemmed Thermal niche traits of high alpine plant species and communities across the tropical Andes and their vulnerability to global warming
title_sort Thermal niche traits of high alpine plant species and communities across the tropical Andes and their vulnerability to global warming
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cuesta, Francisco
Tovar Ingar, Carolina
Llambí, Luis D.
Gosling, William D.
Halloy, Stephan
Carilla, Julieta
Muriel, Priscilla
Meneses, Rosa I.
Beck, Stephan G.
Ulloa Ulloa, Carmen
Yager, Karina
Aguirre, Nikolay
Viñas, Paul
Jácome, Jorge
Suárez Duque, David
Buytaert, Wouter
Pauli, Harald
author Cuesta, Francisco
author_facet Cuesta, Francisco
Tovar Ingar, Carolina
Llambí, Luis D.
Gosling, William D.
Halloy, Stephan
Carilla, Julieta
Muriel, Priscilla
Meneses, Rosa I.
Beck, Stephan G.
Ulloa Ulloa, Carmen
Yager, Karina
Aguirre, Nikolay
Viñas, Paul
Jácome, Jorge
Suárez Duque, David
Buytaert, Wouter
Pauli, Harald
author_role author
author2 Tovar Ingar, Carolina
Llambí, Luis D.
Gosling, William D.
Halloy, Stephan
Carilla, Julieta
Muriel, Priscilla
Meneses, Rosa I.
Beck, Stephan G.
Ulloa Ulloa, Carmen
Yager, Karina
Aguirre, Nikolay
Viñas, Paul
Jácome, Jorge
Suárez Duque, David
Buytaert, Wouter
Pauli, Harald
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE SEASONALITY
ENDEMICS
MOUNTAINS
NICHE BREADTH
THERMAL OPTIMUM
topic CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE SEASONALITY
ENDEMICS
MOUNTAINS
NICHE BREADTH
THERMAL OPTIMUM
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Aim: The climate variability hypothesis (CVH) predicts that locations with reduced seasonal temperature variation select for species with narrower thermal ranges. Here we (a) test the CVH by assessing the effect of latitude and elevation on the thermal ranges of Andean vascular plant species and communities, and (b) assess tropical alpine plants vulnerability to warming based on their thermal traits. Location: High tropical Andes. Taxon: Vascular plants. Methods: Temperature data for 505 vascular plant species from alpine communities on 49 summits, were extracted from 29,627 georeferenced occurrences. Species thermal niche traits (TNTs) were estimated using bootstrapping for: minimum temperature, optimum (mean) temperature and breadth (maximum-minimum). Plant community-weighted scores were estimated using the TNTs of their constituent species. CVH was tested for species, biogeographical species groups and communities. Vulnerability to global warming was assessed for species, biogeographical species groups and communities. Results: Species restricted to the equator showed narrower thermal niche breadth than species whose ranges stretch far from the equator, however, no difference in niche breadth was found across summits’ elevation. Biogeographical species groups distributed close to the equator and restricted to alpine regions showed narrower niche breadth than those with broader ranges. Community-weighted scores of thermal niche breadth were positively related to distance from equator but not to elevation. Based on their TNTs, species restricted to equatorial latitudes and plant communities dominated by these species were identified as the most vulnerable to the projected 1.5°C warming, due to a potentially higher risk of losing thermal niche space. Main conclusions: Our study confirms that the CVH applies to high tropical Andean plant species and communities, where latitude has a strong effect on the thermal niche breadth. TNTs are identified as suitable indicators of species’ vulnerability to warming and are suggested to be included in long-term biodiversity monitoring in the Andes.
Fil: Cuesta, Francisco. Universidad de Las Américas; Ecuador. University of Amsterdam; Países Bajos. Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecorregión Andina. Biodiversity Department; Ecuador
Fil: Tovar Ingar, Carolina. Royal Botanic Gardens; Reino Unido
Fil: Llambí, Luis D.. Universidad de Los Andes; Venezuela
Fil: Gosling, William D.. University of Amsterdam; Países Bajos
Fil: Halloy, Stephan. Ministry for Primary Industries; Nueva Zelanda
Fil: Carilla, Julieta. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina
Fil: Muriel, Priscilla. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador; Ecuador
Fil: Meneses, Rosa I.. Universidad Católica del Norte; Chile. Universidad Mayor de San Andrés; Bolivia
Fil: Beck, Stephan G.. Universidad Mayor de San Andrés; Bolivia
Fil: Ulloa Ulloa, Carmen. Missouri Botanical Garden; Estados Unidos
Fil: Yager, Karina. NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center; Estados Unidos
Fil: Aguirre, Nikolay. Universidad Nacional de Loja; Ecuador
Fil: Viñas, Paul. Naturaleza y Cultura Internacional; Perú
Fil: Jácome, Jorge. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Colombia
Fil: Suárez Duque, David. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Ecuador
Fil: Buytaert, Wouter. Imperial College London; Reino Unido
Fil: Pauli, Harald. University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences; Austria
description Aim: The climate variability hypothesis (CVH) predicts that locations with reduced seasonal temperature variation select for species with narrower thermal ranges. Here we (a) test the CVH by assessing the effect of latitude and elevation on the thermal ranges of Andean vascular plant species and communities, and (b) assess tropical alpine plants vulnerability to warming based on their thermal traits. Location: High tropical Andes. Taxon: Vascular plants. Methods: Temperature data for 505 vascular plant species from alpine communities on 49 summits, were extracted from 29,627 georeferenced occurrences. Species thermal niche traits (TNTs) were estimated using bootstrapping for: minimum temperature, optimum (mean) temperature and breadth (maximum-minimum). Plant community-weighted scores were estimated using the TNTs of their constituent species. CVH was tested for species, biogeographical species groups and communities. Vulnerability to global warming was assessed for species, biogeographical species groups and communities. Results: Species restricted to the equator showed narrower thermal niche breadth than species whose ranges stretch far from the equator, however, no difference in niche breadth was found across summits’ elevation. Biogeographical species groups distributed close to the equator and restricted to alpine regions showed narrower niche breadth than those with broader ranges. Community-weighted scores of thermal niche breadth were positively related to distance from equator but not to elevation. Based on their TNTs, species restricted to equatorial latitudes and plant communities dominated by these species were identified as the most vulnerable to the projected 1.5°C warming, due to a potentially higher risk of losing thermal niche space. Main conclusions: Our study confirms that the CVH applies to high tropical Andean plant species and communities, where latitude has a strong effect on the thermal niche breadth. TNTs are identified as suitable indicators of species’ vulnerability to warming and are suggested to be included in long-term biodiversity monitoring in the Andes.
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