Dynamic refugia and species persistence: tracking spatial shifts in habitat through time

摘要: Historical climate is known to influence contemporary patterns of biological diversity. Species distribution modeling methods, combined with paleoclimatic surfaces, have been used identify regions that were likely stable across long periods time. To date, this approach has produced a static representation refugia by identifying suitable series time-slices. However, habitat for given species (or suite species) may shifted contiguously in response changing climates through geologic We develop new takes into consideration habitat connectivity use the Australian Wet Tropics as case study demonstrate how our method works and suggest additional insights might give understanding determinants