Distance to native climatic niche margins explains establishment success of alien mammals

Whether invasive species must first establish in conditions within their native climatic niche before spreading remains largely untested. This study presents the Niche Margin Index for estimating climatic niche-matching of alien mammal species to a particular site, which could be used to help predic...

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Main Authors: Olivier Broennimann, Blaise Petitpierre, Mathieu Chevalier, Manuela González-Suárez, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Jonathan Rolland, Sarah M. Gray, Sven Bacher, Antoine Guisan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22693-0