Does daily climate variation have an effect on species' elevational range size?

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	Does daily climate variation have an effect on species' elevational range size?
	Qian, H; Field, R; Zhang, J; Zhang, YJ
刊名	JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
	2017
卷号	44 期号:10 页码:2432-2436
关键词	diurnal temperature range Gilchrist's hypothesis seasonal temperature range species elevational range vertebrates
ISSN号	0305-0270
英文摘要	In their recent paper published in Science (2016, 351, 1437-1439), Chan et al. analysed 137 montane gradients, concluding that they found a novel pattern-a negative relationship between mean elevational range size of species and daily temperature variation, which was claimed as empirical evidence for a novel macrophysiological principle (Gilchrist's hypothesis). This intriguing possibility was their key conceptual contribution. Unfortunately, as we show, the empirical evidence was flawed because of errors in the analyses and substantial sampling bias in the data. First, we re-ran their analyses using their data, finding that their model should have been rejected. Second, we performed two additional re-analyses of their data, addressing biases and pseudoreplication in different ways, both times again rejecting the evidence claimed to support Gilchrist's hypothesis. These results overturn the key empirical findings of Chan et al.'s study. Therefore, the macrophysiological principle should be regarded as currently remaining unsupported by empirical evidence.
学科主题	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Physical Geography
语种	英语
出版者	WILEY
WOS记录号	WOS:000412074300026
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/43999]
专题	生态系统网络观测与模拟院重点实验室_生态网络实验室
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Qian, H,Field, R,Zhang, J,et al. Does daily climate variation have an effect on species' elevational range size?[J]. JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY,2017,44(10):2432-2436.
APA	Qian, H,Field, R,Zhang, J,&Zhang, YJ.(2017).Does daily climate variation have an effect on species' elevational range size?.JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY,44(10),2432-2436.
MLA	Qian, H,et al."Does daily climate variation have an effect on species' elevational range size?".JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY 44.10(2017):2432-2436.