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dc.contributor.authorSuwal, Madan Krishna
dc.contributor.authorHuettmann, Falk
dc.contributor.authorRegmi, Ganga Ram
dc.contributor.authorVetaas, Ole Reidar
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-30T10:42:59Z
dc.date.available2017-11-30T10:42:59Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/16960
dc.descriptionThe repository contains distribution prediction maps of the species.eng
dc.description.abstractPhylogenetic niche conservatism implies that sister taxa will have similar niches, although the niches of disjunct subspecies may evolve differently. This study uses Macaca assamensis, subspecies assamensis and pelops, to investigate the similarities of realised climatic niches of two disjunct subspecies (separated by the Brahmaputra River) along with a similarity analysis of their respective regions’ climate. Modelled distributions were used to quantify their potential distribution under current and future climate scenarios. The climatic similarity between regions of each subspecies was tested with principle components analysis (PCA) and the realised climatic niche overlap between two subspecies was tested with a multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) on a subset of the least correlated variables out of 24 publicly available topo-bioclimatic variables. Tukey’s honest significance difference (HSD) was used to test the range difference (on all 24 variables) between subspecies. The potential distribution of both taxa in the current climate and projected future climate was model-predicted using MaxEnt and Random Forest. We found significantly different climatic ranges for 21 predictors (HSD; p<0.05) for the two subspecies, significantly different climatic conditions for their regions (using PCA; p<0.001), and significantly different realised climatic niches for the two subspecies (MANOVA; p<0.001). The distribution models generated a larger potential area than the currently known distributions. Although literatures show that the Brahmaputra River is an effective dispersal barrier, we found some of the neighbouring geographic range for both subspecies appears to be potentially suitable for the other taxon. The projected future potential areas indicate that some parts of the currently occupied geography, mostly southern parts, may become climatically unsuitable, while other new geographical areas may become suitable. Most of these new potential areas will be towards the north where higher mountains are located and are suitable areas are fragmented, which has conservation implications.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.titleParapatric subspecies of Macaca assamensis show a marginal overlap in their predicted potential distribution: Some elaborations for modern conservation managementeng
dc.typeData seten_US
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