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DOI	10.1080/03949370.2019.1621390
	Landscape and niche specialisation of two brush-tailed mice species Calomyscus elburzensis and C. hotsoni in Iran: a case of the role of ecological niche modelling in finding area(s) of contact
	Hamidi, Kordiyeh 1; Matin, Maryam M.1,2; Kilpatrick, C. William 3; Eskandarzadeh, Naeimeh 4
通讯作者	Hamidi, Kordiyeh
来源期刊	ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
ISSN	0394-9370
EISSN	1828-7131
出版年	2019
卷号	31 期号:5 页码:435-456
英文摘要	Brush-tailed mice (family Calomyscidae) are small rodents found on the Iranian plateau and surrounding areas. To date, little discussion of the ecological aspects, habitat suitability and niche differentiation has been provided for members of this family. Herein, to model the potential distributions and describe habitat preferences of Calomyscus elburzensis and C. hotsoni, the maximum entropy modelling (MaxEnt) approach was used based on data collected through field expeditions, review of the literature and various databases. Species distribution modelling showed that minimal temperature of the coldest month and precipitation of the coldest quarter were the most important factors in predicting the distribution of C. elburzensis. However, occurrence of C. hotsoni was affected greatly by isothermality and annual precipitation. The mountainous regions in northeastern Iran, the central portions of the Elburz Mts, and the eastern hillsides of the Zagros Mts were identified as the most suitable habitats for C. elburzensis, whereas the western parts of South Khorasan province, the forest steppes in the southeast of Iran, and the southwestern extension of the Jebal Barez Mts in central Iran were highly suitable for C. hotsoni. Measurement of ecological niche overlaps showed low similarity between the niches of these two species. Nevertheless, the modelling identified areas of suitable habitat in the north centre parts of both South Khorasan and Kerman provinces where both or either of these species could occur. Moreover, C. elburzensis inhabited cold mountains, Mediterranean, and cold semi-desert climatic conditions, whereas C. hotsoni was generally showed high level of habitat suitability to hot dry desert and hot semi-desert climatic conditions. C. elburzensis mainly inhabits forest steppe and semi-desert biotopes, whereas C. hotsoni occupies desert lowlands in addition to forest steppe and semi-desert biotopes. Further studies are needed to resolve the distribution of each species and to follow their interactions in potential contact zones.
英文关键词	niche differentiation habitat suitability ecological niche modelling contact zone Rodentia Calomyscidae
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Iran ; USA
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000472805700001
WOS关键词	MOUSE-LIKE HAMSTERS ; SMALL MAMMALS ; BODY-SIZE ; RODENTIA CALOMYSCIDAE ; DESERT RODENTS ; HOME-RANGE ; DISTRIBUTIONS ; PRODUCTIVITY ; CRICETIDAE ; BIOLOGY
WOS类目	Behavioral Sciences ; Zoology
WOS研究方向	Behavioral Sciences ; Zoology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/215568
作者单位	1.Ferdowsi Univ Mashhad, Dept Biol, Fac Sci, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran; 2.Ferdowsi Univ Mashhad, Novel Diagnost & Therapeut Res Grp, Inst Biotechnol, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran; 3.Univ Vermont, Dept Biol, Burlington, VT USA; 4.Islamic Azad Univ, Young Researchers & Elite Club, Shirvan Branch, Shirvan, Iran
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hamidi, Kordiyeh,Matin, Maryam M.,Kilpatrick, C. William,et al. Landscape and niche specialisation of two brush-tailed mice species Calomyscus elburzensis and C. hotsoni in Iran: a case of the role of ecological niche modelling in finding area(s) of contact[J],2019,31(5):435-456.
APA	Hamidi, Kordiyeh,Matin, Maryam M.,Kilpatrick, C. William,&Eskandarzadeh, Naeimeh.(2019).Landscape and niche specialisation of two brush-tailed mice species Calomyscus elburzensis and C. hotsoni in Iran: a case of the role of ecological niche modelling in finding area(s) of contact.ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION,31(5),435-456.
MLA	Hamidi, Kordiyeh,et al."Landscape and niche specialisation of two brush-tailed mice species Calomyscus elburzensis and C. hotsoni in Iran: a case of the role of ecological niche modelling in finding area(s) of contact".ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION 31.5(2019):435-456.