Water availability as a major climatic driver of taxonomic and functional diversity in a desert reptile community

Abstract The impact of climate change is considered to be particularly important in arid environments where ectotherm species constitute the majority of vertebrates. Surprisingly, most studies dealing with the response of reptiles to climate change focus only on a few species. Here, we used a 30‐yr...

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Main Authors: Michele Chiacchio, Annegret Grimm‐Seyfarth, Klaus Henle, Jean‐Baptiste Mihoub
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-07-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3190