Energy, water and large-scale patterns of reptile and amphibian species richness in Europe

By M. Rodríguez, J. Belmontes, B. Hawkins. 2005

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Food resources and vegetation structure mediate climatic effects on species richness of birds (2014, background): “Correspondingly, energy-related variables like temperature and potential evapotranspiration explain richness patterns of ectothermic animals such as invertebrates or reptiles (Rodríguez et al., 2005; Menéndez et al., 2007).”
Broad‐scale patterns of body size in squamate reptiles of Europe and North America (2006, unknown): “Therefore, it has been widely used as a proxy for plant productivity or standing crop (Hurlbert & Haskell, 2003; Hawkins, 2004; Rodrı́guez et al., 2005).”
Energy and interspecific body size patterns of amphibian faunas in Europe and North America: anurans follow Bergmann's rule, urodeles its converse (2007, methodology): “Whereas annual precipitation reflects the limits of water stress to amphibian body size, AET indicates the need for animals to have access to water as well as to tolerable temperatures (Rodriguez et al ., 2005).”
Towards a biogeographic regionalization of the European biota (2010, background): “The three climatic variables selected are closely associated with species richness patterns of both plants and animals (O’Brien, 1993; Hawkins et al., 2003a,b; Rodrı́guez et al., 2005, 2006).”
Humidity levels drive reproductive modes and phylogenetic diversity of amphibians in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (2012, background): “Studies on species richness gradients encompassing broader spatial scales are expected to fit the water–energy conjecture especially well because they use data from regions with contrasting moisture conditions, such as rain forests and arid biomes (see Hawkins et al., 2003; Rodrı́guez et al., 2005; ”
Mesozoic and Cenozoic squamates of Europe (2013, background): “members of the reptilian grade), they are sensitive to temperature and they are more specifically solar ectotherms (Rodriguez et al. 2005).”