Climate, food and humans predict communities of mammals in the United States
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· Diversity and Distributions
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- Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina USA, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Raleigh North Carolina USA
- Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina USA
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Raleigh North Carolina USA
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Raleigh North Carolina USA, Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation Clemson University Clemson South Carolina USA
- Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Front Royal Virginia USA
- Illinois Natural History Survey Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois Champaign Illinois USA
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- Environmental Studies Department, Center for Integrated Spatial Research University of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz California USA
- Science Research Initiative University of Utah Salt Lake City Utah USA, Sageland Collaborative Salt Lake City Utah USA
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- National Climate Adaptation Science Center, United States Geological Survey Reston Virginia USA
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- Wildlife Biology Program, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences University of Montana Missoula Montana USA, Department of Forest and Environmental Biology, SUNY‐ESF Syracuse New York USA
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- Department of Vertebrate Zoology Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History Washington District of Columbia USA
- Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&,M University‐Kingsville Kingsville Texas USA, Wildlife Health Laboratory, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Rancho Cordova California USA
- Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&,M University‐Kingsville Kingsville Texas USA, Warner College of Natural Resources Colorado State University Fort Collins Colorado USA
- Department of Biological Sciences Bridgewater State University Bridgewater Massachusetts USA
- Natural Resource Ecology and Management Iowa State University Ames Iowa USA
- Mianus River Gorge Bedford New York USA
- Department of Biology Appalachian State University Boone North Carolina USA
- School of Science and Mathematics Pittsburg State University Pittsburg Kansas USA
- USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station Corvallis Oregon USA, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Oregon State University Corvallis Oregon USA
- Department of Biology The Pennsylvania State University University Park Pennsylvania USA
- Center for Conservation Medicine Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University North Grafton Massachusetts USA
- School of Natural Resources and the Environment University of Arizona Tucson Arizona USA
- Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling, School of Mathematics and Statistics St Andrews University St Andrews UK
- Division of Forestry and Natural Resources West Virginia University Morgantown West Virginia USA
- Edmonds Community College Lynnwood Washington USA
- Department of Biology Abilene Christian University Abilene Texas USA
- Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation Biology University of Maine Orono Maine USA, Department of Life Sciences University of Trieste Trieste Italy
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- Environmental Sciences and Studies Department Stonehill College Easton Massachusetts USA
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- School of Natural Resources University of Nebraska‐Lincoln Lincoln Nebraska USA, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan USA
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- Bat Conservation International Austin Texas USA, Department of Biology Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond Louisiana USA, Department of Migration Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Radolfzell Germany
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- New College of Interdisciplinary Arts &, Sciences Arizona State University Glendale Arizona USA, Arizona Center for Nature Conservation, Phoenix Zoo Phoenix Arizona USA
- School of Life Sciences Arizona State University Tempe Arizona USA
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- School of Biological Sciences University of Utah Salt Lake City Utah USA, Koç University Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Istanbul Turkey
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- USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station Nacogdoches Texas USA
- College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Auburn University Auburn Alabama USA
- Black Rock Forest Cornwall New York USA
- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences University of Illinois Urbana Illinois USA
- McDowell Sonoran Conservancy Scottsdale Arizona USA, School of Earth and Sustainability Northern Arizona University Flagstaff Arizona USA
- Utah's Hogle Zoo Salt Lake City Utah USA
- Huston‐Brumbaugh Nature Center University of Mount Union Alliance Ohio USA
- Cumberland Mountain Research Center, Department of Biology Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate Tennessee USA
- Rutgers University Ecological Preserve Piscataway New Jersey USA
- Department of Biology University of North Texas Denton Texas USA
- Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation Juneau Alaska USA
- Nicholas School of the Environment Duke University Durham North Carolina USA
- Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina USA, Alexander Center for Applied Population Biology, Lincoln Park Zoo Chicago Illinois USA
Abstract Aim The assembly of species into communities and ecoregions is the result of interacting factors that affect plant and animal distribution and abundance at biogeographic scales. Here, we empirically derive ecoregions for mammals to test whether human disturbance has become more important than climate and habitat resources in structuring communities. Location Conterminous United States. Time Period 2010–2021. Major Taxa Studied Twenty‐five species of mammals. Methods We analysed data from 25 mammal species recorded by camera traps at 6645 locations across the conterminous United States in a joint modelling framework to estimate relative abundance of each species. We then used a clustering analysis to describe 8 broad and 16 narrow mammal communities. Results Climate was the most important predictor of mammal abundance overall, while human population density and agriculture were less important, with mixed effects across species. Seed production by forests also predicted mammal abundance, especially hard‐mast tree species. The mammal community maps are similar to those of plants, with an east–west split driven by different dominant species of deer and squirrels. Communities vary along gradients of temperature in the east and precipitation in the west. Most fine‐scale mammal community boundaries aligned with established plant ecoregions and were distinguished by the presence of regional specialists or shifts in relative abundance of widespread species. Maps of potential ecosystem services provided by these communities suggest high herbivory in the Rocky Mountains and eastern forests, high invertebrate predation in the subtropical south and greater predation pressure on large vertebrates in the west. Main Conclusions Our results highlight the importance of climate to modern mammals and suggest that climate change will have strong impacts on these communities. Our new empirical approach to recognizing ecoregions has potential to be applied to expanded communities of mammals or other taxa.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NONE; EM0005228
- OSTI ID:
- 2377829
- Journal Information:
- Diversity and Distributions, Journal Name: Diversity and Distributions Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 30; ISSN 1366-9516
- Publisher:
- Wiley-BlackwellCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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