List of Studies on the effect of climate change on amphibians and reptiles
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Description- Each row indicates the dependent and independent variables included in a specific study. Studies that investigated several species are represented by as many rows as species included.
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Winter M, Fiedler W, Hochachka W, Koehncke A, Meiri S, De la Riva I (2016) Data from: Patterns and biases in climate change research on amphibians and reptiles: a systematic review. Dryad Digital Repository. http://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.54k37
Keywords Climate change, Linnean shortfall, Wallacean shortfall, Bias, Global effects, climate change, bias
Date Published 08-09-2016
Scientific Names Reptilia, Amphibia
Spatial Coverage Global
Temporal Coverage Anthropocene
Abstract
Climate change likely has severe impacts on animal populations, but demonstrating a causal link can be difficult because of potential influences by additional factors. Assessing global impacts of climate change effects may also be hampered by narrow taxonomic and geographic research foci. We review studies on the effects of climate change on populations of amphibians and reptiles to assess climate change effects and potential biases associated with the body of work that has been conducted within the last decade. We use data from 104 studies regarding the effect of climate on 313 species, from 464 species-study combinations. Climate change effects were reported in 65% of studies. Climate change was identified as causing population declines or range restrictions in half of the cases. The probability of identifying an effect of climate change varied among regions, taxa, and research methods. Climatic effects were equally prevalent in studies exclusively investigating climate factors (>50% of studies) and in studies including additional factors, thus bolstering confidence in the results of studies exclusively examining effects of climate change. Our analyses reveal biases with respect to geography, taxonomy, and research question, making global conclusions impossible. Additional research should focus on underrepresented regions, taxa, and questions. Conservation and climate policy should consider the documented harm climate change causes reptiles and amphibians.
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Amph_Reptile_5312015.csv (207.5 Kb)
Description- Each row indicates the dependent and independent variables included in a specific study. Studies that investigated several species are represented by as many rows as species included.
When using this data, please cite the original publication:
Pease cite the Dryad data package:
Winter M, Fiedler W, Hochachka W, Koehncke A, Meiri S, De la Riva I (2016) Data from: Patterns and biases in climate change research on amphibians and reptiles: a systematic review. Dryad Digital Repository. http://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.54k37
Keywords Climate change, Linnean shortfall, Wallacean shortfall, Bias, Global effects, climate change, bias
Date Published 08-09-2016
Scientific Names Reptilia, Amphibia
Spatial Coverage Global
Temporal Coverage Anthropocene
Abstract
Climate change likely has severe impacts on animal populations, but demonstrating a causal link can be difficult because of potential influences by additional factors. Assessing global impacts of climate change effects may also be hampered by narrow taxonomic and geographic research foci. We review studies on the effects of climate change on populations of amphibians and reptiles to assess climate change effects and potential biases associated with the body of work that has been conducted within the last decade. We use data from 104 studies regarding the effect of climate on 313 species, from 464 species-study combinations. Climate change effects were reported in 65% of studies. Climate change was identified as causing population declines or range restrictions in half of the cases. The probability of identifying an effect of climate change varied among regions, taxa, and research methods. Climatic effects were equally prevalent in studies exclusively investigating climate factors (>50% of studies) and in studies including additional factors, thus bolstering confidence in the results of studies exclusively examining effects of climate change. Our analyses reveal biases with respect to geography, taxonomy, and research question, making global conclusions impossible. Additional research should focus on underrepresented regions, taxa, and questions. Conservation and climate policy should consider the documented harm climate change causes reptiles and amphibians.
