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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-07-01
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Series: | Ecosphere |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3190 |