Climate change is leading to geographic expansion of tropical birds—range expansion and niche modeling in the White-browed Crake (Pololimnas cinereus)
The WbC photographed in Motuo County is a new distribution record of this species on the Tibetan Plateau, with Motuo County in Xizang being the northernmost boundary of the current WbC range. The wettest seasonal precipitation, and the human footprint index were the main environmental factors affecting the distribution of the WbC. Under future climate change scenarios, the WbC's range is expanding rapidly, and tends to dispersal in a northwesterly direction.
Authors
- Yuan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1309-4355)
- FAN Liqing
- Tianxiang Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7461-3109)
- Susan Q. Lang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0873-6082)
- Ting Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6800-242X)
- Le Yang
- Zhang Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6600-2055)
- Wang Xingxing
- Zhao Wanglin
Institutions
- Tibet University (CN)
- University of Kinshasa (CD)
- RetiVue (United States) (US)
- Chinese Academy of Forestry (CN)
- Institute of Process Engineering (CN)
- Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital (CN)
- Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (CN)
- Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences (CN)
- Jiangxi Province Forestry Survey Planning Institute (CN)
- Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Ecology and Evolution
- Published
- 2025-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-025-02455-y
- Primary Topic
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00