Past, present, and future climate space of the only endemic vertebrate genus of the Italian peninsula

Abstract 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, incl...

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Autores principales:	Loredana Macaluso, Andrea Villa, Giorgio Carnevale, Massimo Delfino
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5f81d32db70549819aa9154e3b239aa92021-11-14T12:19:59ZPast, present, and future climate space of the only endemic vertebrate genus of the Italian peninsula10.1038/s41598-021-01492-z2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/5f81d32db70549819aa9154e3b239aa92021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01492-zhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract 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 influence 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 different potential to effectively become glacial refugia for this salamander, and possibly for other species as well. Future projections using different 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.Loredana MacalusoAndrea VillaGiorgio CarnevaleMassimo DelfinoNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
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description	Abstract 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 influence 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 different potential to effectively become glacial refugia for this salamander, and possibly for other species as well. Future projections using different 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.
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title	Past, present, and future climate space of the only endemic vertebrate genus of the Italian peninsula
title_short	Past, present, and future climate space of the only endemic vertebrate genus of the Italian peninsula
title_full	Past, present, and future climate space of the only endemic vertebrate genus of the Italian peninsula
title_fullStr	Past, present, and future climate space of the only endemic vertebrate genus of the Italian peninsula
title_full_unstemmed	Past, present, and future climate space of the only endemic vertebrate genus of the Italian peninsula
title_sort	past, present, and future climate space of the only endemic vertebrate genus of the italian peninsula
publisher	Nature Portfolio
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Past, present, and future climate space of the only endemic vertebrate genus of the Italian peninsula

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