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{"title":"Recent Abundance Changes at Species' Range Limits in the North and Central American Avifaunas","authors":"Benjamin G. Freeman,&nbsp;Eliot T. Miller,&nbsp;Matthew Strimas-Mackey","doi":"10.1111/geb.70059","DOIUrl":"10.1111/geb.70059","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Species are often expected to track climate change via changes in their abundances and distributions. This climate tracking hypothesis generates the prediction that warming temperatures should cause species to show population increases at their poleward range limits and population decreases at their equatorward range limits. We tested these predictions for 516 species of North and Central American birds.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>North and Central America.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Time Period</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>2012–2022.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Major Taxa Studied</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Birds.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We used data on bird species' recent abundance changes within their breeding or year-round distributions from eBird Status and Trends models, and temperature data from a global temperature dataset. We defined species' northern and southern range limits, then used regression models to test whether recent abundance changes at species' range limits were predicted by temperature change and a set of ecological traits.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Abundance changes at species' range edges are not associated with temperature change. There is a latitudinal gradient in recent abundance changes: lower-latitude species have increased in abundance at both northern and southern range limits, whereas higher-latitude species have declined in abundance at both range limits.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Patterns of abundance change at species' northern and southern range limits are not consistent with the climate tracking hypothesis for North and Central American birds. This result casts doubt on the accuracy of long-term biological forecasts that assume tight temperature tracking for these avifaunas. Our finding of a latitudinal gradient in recent abundance change suggests lower-latitude species may generally be benefiting from climate change, with consequences for local and regional communities across latitudinal gradients.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.70059","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143933367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Variations in Soil Available Nitrogen Rather Than Nitrogen Functional Gene Abundances Dominate Terrestrial Soil N2O Emissions Under Mineral Nitrogen Addition and Warming","authors":"Weiming Yan,&nbsp;Wenjing Wang,&nbsp;Weiguang Chen,&nbsp;Ke Cui,&nbsp;Xiaoshan Zhang,&nbsp;Zhouping Shangguan,&nbsp;Yangquanwei Zhong","doi":"10.1111/geb.70058","DOIUrl":"10.1111/geb.70058","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Aim&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Nitrogen (N) deposition and climate warming are the two most important factors driving soil N&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;O emissions in terrestrial ecosystems. Both biotic and abiotic factors impact N cycling processes and functional gene abundances, but their global responses and patterns to mineral N addition and warming and the regulatory factors affecting N&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;O emissions remain unclear.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Location&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Global.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Time Period&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;1986–2022.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Major Taxa Studied&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Soil N&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;O emission, N functional gene abundances and edaphic factors.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Methods&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;We synthesised 5299 observations of soil N cycling processes, functional gene abundances and edaphic factors under mineral N addition and warming from 357 peer-reviewed publications worldwide.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Results&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;We showed that mineral N addition and warming increased soil N&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;O emissions by 199.9% and 32.4%, respectively. N functional gene abundances, potential nitrification and denitrification rates were less sensitive to warming, and the responses of N&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;O emissions and N functional gene abundances were independent of biome, N form and warming method. Changes in N cycling processes and functional gene abundances are related to climates, edaphic factors and experimental manipulations, and spatial heterogeneity in the response of N&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;O emissions and N functional gene abundances to N addition and warming has been observed across the world. There was no clear relationship between changes in soil N&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;O emissions and N functional gene abundances despite the positive correlation between N functional gene abundances and potential nitrification and denitrification rates, but soil N&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;O emissions increased with increasing soil available N under both N addition and warming. Our results suggest that abiotic factors are the key reason for N-induced changes in N&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;O emissions.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Main Conclusions&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Our findings indicate that N addition and warming substantially affect soil N&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;O emissions and highlight the urgent need to incorporate key abiotic factors and temperature-driven microbial kinetics of soil N&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;O emissions into theoretical and modelling research for predictin","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143933211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"TadpoleTraits: A Global Database on Morphological Traits of Tadpoles of Anura","authors":"Yanfang Song,&nbsp;Rui Tian,&nbsp;Yongle Wang,&nbsp;Pingfan Wei,&nbsp;Tao Zhang,&nbsp;Shuaiwei Luo,&nbsp;Zhiyong Yuan,&nbsp;Weiwei Zhou","doi":"10.1111/geb.70055","DOIUrl":"10.1111/geb.70055","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Motivation</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Functional diversity is an important dimension of biodiversity. In animals, most species have complex life cycles, such that the same species can display great differences in traits and ecological roles across different life history stages. Consequently, the patterns and driving factors of functional diversity can vary considerably among the different life stages. However, research on stages other than adults is rare, with data scarcity being a potential reason. The order Anura of Amphibia is a highly diverse group of terrestrial vertebrates, comprising more than 7800 species. Anurans have complex life cycles, and our knowledge about functional traits of the larval stage is extremely limited. To fill this gap, we collected morphological traits of tadpoles globally and compiled a database covering 1993 species to facilitate future studies. This database can help us gain a more comprehensive understanding of anuran biodiversity. Additionally, it offers a valuable tool for testing ecological and evolutionary hypotheses related to complex life cycles in animals.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Types of Variables Contained</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Twenty-three traits collected from literature and 11 traits obtained by image measuring.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Spatial Location and Grain</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Global.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Major Taxa and Level of Measurement</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Anura, species.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Software Format</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>xlsx.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143933028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Natural Disturbances and Connectivity Drive Seasonal Taxonomic and Trait Patterns of Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Communities Across Europe","authors":"Loïc Chalmandrier,&nbsp;David Cunillera-Montcusí,&nbsp;Naiara López-Rojo,&nbsp;Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles,&nbsp;Zoltán Csabai,&nbsp;Maria Soria,&nbsp;Arnaud Foulquier,&nbsp;Franck Jabot,&nbsp;Marko Miliša,&nbsp;Heikki Mykrä,&nbsp;Petr Pařil,&nbsp;Bálint Pernecker,&nbsp;Luka Polović,&nbsp;Romain Sarremejane,&nbsp;Henna Snåre,&nbsp;Thibault Datry,&nbsp;Núria Bonada,&nbsp;François Munoz","doi":"10.1111/geb.70047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70047","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Aim&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Understanding the joint influence of natural disturbance regime, connectivity and biogeography on the seasonal variation of community structure.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Location&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Drying river networks (DRN) in Europe.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Time Period&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Present.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Major Taxa Studied&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Aquatic macroinvertebrates.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Methods&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;We analyse the taxonomic and trait structure of 638 macroinvertebrate communities sampled across 125 reaches with perennial and intermittent streamflow, surveyed in six DRNs across Europe, up to six times over 1 year.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Results&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Richness and trait diversity of macroinvertebrate communities decreased with increasing drying frequency, but increased with spatio-temporal connectivity in reaches with long drying events. Communities experiencing frequent drying events had higher relative abundance of taxa with a long lifecycle and drying resistance traits. Communities experiencing long drying events compensated by high spatio-temporal connectivity, and had more taxa with high fecundity and high dispersal ability. Taxa richness peaked in summer but that pattern was more prominent when drying frequency was high. Trait diversity decreased throughout the year, showing increasing abiotic stress as the year progressed. Communities changed from communities of mobile, fecund, short-lived taxa in spring and autumn to communities of long-lived taxa in summer. However, when drying frequency increased, autumn communities shifted towards communities of long-lived taxa. Macroinvertebrate community trait structure changed across Europe. It opposed communities from Mediterranean and/or upland DRNs (with more fecund and mobile taxa) to lowland DRNs (with more long-lived taxa).&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Main Conclusions&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Frequency and duration of drying events and spatio-temporal connectivity drive divergent macroinvertebrate community structures, suggesting the presence of an ecological threshold that explains the variability of disturbed ecosystems across broad spatial scales. These factors also influence seasonal variations, with macroinvertebrate communities shaped by distinct ","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.70047","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143930381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effects, Patterns and Predictors of Phosphorus Addition on Terrestrial Litter Decomposition","authors":"Yujie Wu,&nbsp;Liehua Tie,&nbsp;Congde Huang,&nbsp;Jordi Sardans,&nbsp;Javier de la Casa,&nbsp;Arun K. Bose,&nbsp;Shengnan Ouyang,&nbsp;Honglang Duan,&nbsp;Jie Wang,&nbsp;Josep Peñuelas","doi":"10.1111/geb.70057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70057","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Aim&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Anthropogenic phosphorus (P) input profoundly affects carbon (C) and nutrient dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems, which poses a threat to soil health and nutrient sustainability. Litter decomposition is crucial for maintaining soil C and nutrient pools, yet there is a significant knowledge gap regarding the effects of anthropogenic P input on terrestrial litter decomposition.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Location&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Terrestrial ecosystems.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Time Period&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;1985–2024.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Major Taxa Studied&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Litter decomposition.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Methods&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;We conducted a meta-analysis based on 731 observations from 40 peer-reviewed articles to determine the overall effects, patterns and primary predictors of P addition on litter decomposition.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Results&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;The results showed that P addition increased the activities of β-1,4-glucosidase (BG) and β-1,4-N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAG) during decomposition and accelerated the degradation of lignin and cellulose and the release of litter C. This resulted in a 6.63% increase in litter mass loss. The positive effect of P addition on litter mass loss was further amplified when combined with N addition. In addition, the patterns varied depending on P fertiliser type (e.g., Ca(H&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;PO&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;)&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;, NaH&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;PO&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;, and KH&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;PO&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;), P addition level (e.g., &lt; 5, 5–10 and &gt; 10 g P m&lt;sup&gt;−2&lt;/sup&gt; year&lt;sup&gt;−1&lt;/sup&gt;), experimental duration (e.g., &lt; 12, 12–24 and &gt; 24 months), litterbag mesh size (e.g., &lt; 0.5, 0.5–2 and &gt; 2 mm), litter type (e.g., leaf, stem and root), climate zone (e.g., tropical and temperate), and ecosystem type (e.g., forest, grassland and wetland). Model selection analysis showed that background soil pH was the primary predictor driving litter decomposition in response to P addition.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Main Conclusions&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Our results highlighted that P addition promoted the degradation of organic C, lignin, and cellulose and accelerated the process of litter decomposition. Moreover, the patterns and primary predictors (e.g., backgroud soil pH) are critical for accurately und","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.70057","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143925852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Heat Deficit for Vegetation Leaf Senescence and Its Key Accumulation Process and Determinants at Northern Middle and High Latitudes During 2001–2022","authors":"Zhihui Yuan,&nbsp;Gang Bao,&nbsp;Fei Li,&nbsp;Jiquan Chen,&nbsp;Jingfeng Xiao,&nbsp;Qier Mu,&nbsp;Enliang Guo,&nbsp;Siqin Tong,&nbsp;Sainbuyan Bayarsaikhan","doi":"10.1111/geb.70051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70051","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Cold degree days (CDD) represent the heat deficit for vegetation leaf senescence in autumn and serve as a critical parameter in modelling leaf senescence. This study aimed to quantify the spatiotemporal patterns of CDD and its key accumulation processes and determinants.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>At northern middle and high latitudes (&gt; 30° N).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Period</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>2001–2022.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Major Taxa Studied</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Vegetation.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We estimate CDD as the cumulative sum of the difference between the daily mean temperature and a threshold temperature (12.75°C) during the period from midsummer to the end of the growing season. To identify its crucial metric, we employ a combination of grey relational analysis, random forest model and partial correlation analysis.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The average CDD increases linearly with latitude at a rate of 5.9°C-days per degree. Higher latitudes exhibit larger CDD (&gt; 300.0°C-days), longer accumulation periods (&gt; 70 days) and faster accumulation rates (&gt; 6.0°C/day), whereas lower latitudes show smaller CDD (&lt; 60.0°C-days), shorter accumulation periods (&lt; 30 days) and slower accumulation rates (&lt; 1.0°C/day). Temporally, CDD tended to decrease from 2001 to 2022 with −1.3°C ± 4.0°C-days/year, largely attributed to climate warming. Precipitation frequency emerged as a significant climatic variable influencing CDD variations across &gt; 46% of the study area, especially at high latitudes and on the Tibetan Plateau. While climate warming generally reduces CDD, an increase in precipitation frequency can counteract this trend and shape the relationship between precipitation amount and CDD. The effects of radiation and wind speed on CDD were less pronounced than those of precipitation frequency, with wind exerting a positive (cooling) effect that increases CDD accumulation and radiation producing a negative (heating) effect that decreases CDD accumulation.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study highlights the critical aspects of the CDD accumulation process and emphasises the importance of incorporating precipitation frequency into CDD-based autumn phenology models across northern latitudes.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143919805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Continental Connections: Changing Temperature, Wind and Precipitation Advance the Postbreeding Roosting Phenology of Avian Aerial Insectivores","authors":"Yuting Deng,&nbsp;Birgen Haest,&nbsp;Maria C. T. D. Belotti,&nbsp;Wenlong Zhao,&nbsp;Gustavo Perez,&nbsp;Elske K. Tielens,&nbsp;Daniel R. Sheldon,&nbsp;Subhransu Maji,&nbsp;Jeffrey F. Kelly,&nbsp;Kyle G. Horton","doi":"10.1111/geb.70052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70052","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Aim&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Migratory birds are under threat by climate change. Successfully conserving them requires knowing which climatic factors drive changes in their migratory behaviour. Weather conditions may directly or indirectly affect the temporally disjointed life history stages of migratory birds, including the breeding, roosting and nonbreeding stages. However, the influences of these broad-scale patterns are often not studied together. Coupling migratory bird movements estimated using weather radar (NEXRAD) with long-term and large-scale environmental data allows us to overcome these spatiotemporal uncertainties. Here, we assess environmental drivers of the phenology of postbreeding roosting of aerial insectivores in the Great Lakes region (USA) by evaluating predictors during the months leading up to roosting across species' ranges.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Location&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Northern United States and Canada.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Time Period&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;21-year (2000–2020).&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Major Taxa Studied&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Avian aerial insectivores.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Methods&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;We conducted a spatially explicit time-window analysis to examine the effects of 17 gridded weather and vegetation variables on swallow peak roosting phenology in the Great Lakes, making minimal ecological assumptions.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Results&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;We found that peak roosting timing is paced by both local conditions (headwind at 850 hPa) at the Great Lakes and distant conditions (minimum temperature, precipitation rate and specific humidity) at the likely breeding and stopover sites, with warmer temperatures advancing, headwind delaying and high precipitation advancing the phenophases. Time windows selected for the possible breeding and stopover sites are mostly before or around the time of roosting, with one exception during wintertime.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Main Conclusions&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Although climatic shifts play a significant role in driving variation in phenology, for migratory species, the proximate driver can originate hundreds to thousands of kilometres away, and potentially months prior. Our study illuminates these far-reaching patterns in aerial insectivores, enhancing our grasp of migration","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.70052","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143919807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correction to EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant–Pollinator Networks","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/geb.70054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70054","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Lanuza, J. B., Knight, T. M., Montes-Perez, N., Glenny, W., Acuña, P., Albrecht, M., … &amp; Bartomeus, I. (2025). EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks. <i>Global Ecology and Biogeography</i>, <i>34</i>(2), e70000.</p><p>In the originally published article, an error in the code resulted in duplicated interactions per study. After correcting this issue, the authors have updated several numerical values reported in the main text. The updated text is shown below. The authors have also updated the link to the dataset on Zenodo to reflect the new version.</p><p>Additionally, one of the figures used was incorrect. The correct figured is included below.</p><p>\u0000 <b>Abstract:</b>\u0000 </p><p><b>Main Types of Variables Included:</b> EuPPollNet contains 623,476 interactions between plants and pollinators from 1864distinct networks, which belong to 52 different studies distributed across 23 European countries. Information about sampling methodology, habitat type, biogeographic region and additional taxonomic rank information (i.e. order, family, genus and species) is also provided.</p><p><b>Major Taxa and Level of Measurement:</b> The database contains interaction data at the species level for 91% of the records, including a total of 1411 plant and 2223 pollinator species. The database includes data on 6% of the European species of floweringplants, 34% of bees, 26% of butterflies and 33% of syrphid species at the European level.</p><p><b>Software Format:</b> The database was built with R and is stored in ‘.rds’ and ‘.csv’ formats. Its construction is fully reproducibleand can be accessed at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15183272.</p><p>\u0000 <b>2 | Methods</b>\u0000 </p><p>\u0000 <b>2.2 | Dataset Description</b>\u0000 </p><p>All the studies documented interactions with Hymenopterans (with 51% considering all Hymenopterans, 44% only wild bees and 3% only bumblebees), 92% documented interactions with Dipterans (with 46% considering all Dipterans, 44% only syrphids and 5% recorded syrphids plus bombylids or tachinid flies), 64% with Lepidopterans, and 33% with Coleopterans. The database includes a total of 623,476 distinct interactions.</p><p>However, the majority of plant-pollinator interactions are from Hymenoptera species (90%; Figure 1c). Notably, the western honey bee, Apis mellifera, represents 69% of the total interaction records from the database and an average of 30% of the total interactions per network.</p><p>\u0000 <b>3 | Results</b>\u0000 </p><p>Bees (i.e., Anthophila) constitute 86% of the interactions in EuPPollNet, and 75% of the interactions when excluding honey bees.</p><p>\u0000 <b>4 | Discussion</b>\u0000 </p><p>The database contains 1411 plant and 2223 pollinator species with over half a million interaction records.</p><p>We apologize for these errors.</p>","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.70054","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143919806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Worldwide Soundscapes: A Synthesis of Passive Acoustic Monitoring Across Realms","authors":"Kevin F. A. Darras,&nbsp;Rodney A. Rountree,&nbsp;Steven L. Van Wilgenburg,&nbsp;Anna F. Cord,&nbsp;Frederik Pitz,&nbsp;Youfang Chen,&nbsp;Lijun Dong,&nbsp;Agnès Rocquencourt,&nbsp;Camille Desjonquères,&nbsp;Patrick Mauritz Diaz,&nbsp;Tzu-Hao Lin,&nbsp;Théophile Turco,&nbsp;Louise Emmerson,&nbsp;Tom Bradfer-Lawrence,&nbsp;Amandine Gasc,&nbsp;Sarah Marley,&nbsp;Marcus Salton,&nbsp;Laura Schillé,&nbsp;Paul J. Wensveen,&nbsp;Shih-Hung Wu,&nbsp;Adriana C. Acero-Murcia,&nbsp;Orlando Acevedo-Charry,&nbsp;Matyáš Adam,&nbsp;Jacopo Aguzzi,&nbsp;Irmak Akoglu,&nbsp;M. Clara P. Amorim,&nbsp;Mina Anders,&nbsp;Michel André,&nbsp;Alexandre Antonelli,&nbsp;Leandro Aparecido Do Nascimento,&nbsp;Giulliana Appel,&nbsp;Stephanie Archer,&nbsp;Christos Astaras,&nbsp;Andrey Atemasov,&nbsp;Jamieson Atkinson,&nbsp;Joël Attia,&nbsp;Emanuel Baltag,&nbsp;Luc Barbaro,&nbsp;Fritjof Basan,&nbsp;Carly Batist,&nbsp;Julio Ernesto Baumgarten,&nbsp;Just T. Bayle Sempere,&nbsp;Kristen Bellisario,&nbsp;Asaf Ben David,&nbsp;Oded Berger-Tal,&nbsp;Frédéric Bertucci,&nbsp;Matthew G. Betts,&nbsp;Iqbal S. Bhalla,&nbsp;Thiago Bicudo,&nbsp;Marta Bolgan,&nbsp;Sara Bombaci,&nbsp;Gerard Bota,&nbsp;Martin Boullhesen,&nbsp;Robert A. Briers,&nbsp;Susannah Buchan,&nbsp;Michal Budka,&nbsp;Katie Burchard,&nbsp;Giuseppa Buscaino,&nbsp;Alice Calvente,&nbsp;Marconi Campos-Cerqueira,&nbsp;Maria Isabel Carvalho Gonçalves,&nbsp;Maria Ceraulo,&nbsp;Maite Cerezo-Araujo,&nbsp;Gunnar Cerwén,&nbsp;Adams A. Chaskda,&nbsp;Maria Chistopolova,&nbsp;Christopher W. Clark,&nbsp;Kieran D. Cox,&nbsp;Benjamin Cretois,&nbsp;Chapin Czarnecki,&nbsp;Luis P. da Silva,&nbsp;Wigna da Silva,&nbsp;Laurence H. De Clippele,&nbsp;David de la Haye,&nbsp;Ana Silvia de Oliveira Tissiani,&nbsp;Devin de Zwaan,&nbsp;M. Eugenia Degano,&nbsp;Jessica Deichmann,&nbsp;Joaquin del Rio,&nbsp;Christian Devenish,&nbsp;Ricardo Díaz-Delgado,&nbsp;Pedro Diniz,&nbsp;Dorgival Diógenes Oliveira-Júnior,&nbsp;Thiago Dorigo,&nbsp;Saskia Dröge,&nbsp;Marina Duarte,&nbsp;Adam Duarte,&nbsp;Kerry Dunleavy,&nbsp;Robert Dziak,&nbsp;Simon Elise,&nbsp;Hiroto Enari,&nbsp;Haruka S. Enari,&nbsp;Florence Erbs,&nbsp;Britas Klemens Eriksson,&nbsp;Pınar Ertör-Akyazi,&nbsp;Nina C. Ferrari,&nbsp;Luane Ferreira,&nbsp;Abram B. Fleishman,&nbsp;Paulo J. Fonseca,&nbsp;Bárbara Freitas,&nbsp;Nicholas R. Friedman,&nbsp;Jérémy S. P. Froidevaux,&nbsp;Svetlana Gogoleva,&nbsp;Carolina Gonzaga,&nbsp;José Miguel González Correa,&nbsp;Eben Goodale,&nbsp;Benjamin Gottesman,&nbsp;Ingo Grass,&nbsp;Jack Greenhalgh,&nbsp;Jocelyn Gregoire,&nbsp;Samuel Haché,&nbsp;Jonas Hagge,&nbsp;William Halliday,&nbsp;Antonia Hammer,&nbsp;Tara Hanf-Dressler,&nbsp;Sylvain Haupert,&nbsp;Samara Haver,&nbsp;Becky Heath,&nbsp;Daniel Hending,&nbsp;Jose Hernandez-Blanco,&nbsp;Dennis Higgs,&nbsp;Thomas Hiller,&nbsp;Joe Chun-Chia Huang,&nbsp;Katie Lois Hutchinson,&nbsp;Carole Hyacinthe,&nbsp;Christina Ieronymidou,&nbsp;Iniunam A. Iniunam,&nbsp;Janet Jackson,&nbsp;Alain Jacot,&nbsp;Olaf Jahn,&nbsp;Francis Juanes,&nbsp;K. S. Jasper Kanes,&nbsp;Ellen Kenchington,&nbsp;Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas,&nbsp;Justin Kitzes,&nbsp;Tharaka Kusuminda,&nbsp;Yael Lehnardt,&nbsp;Jialin Lei,&nbsp;Paula Leitman,&nbsp;José León,&nbsp;Deng Li,&nbsp;Cicero Simão Lima-Santos,&nbsp;Kyle John Lloyd,&nbsp;Audrey Looby,&nbsp;Adrià López-Baucells,&nbsp;David López-Bosch,&nbsp;Tristan Louth-Robins,&nbsp;Tatiana Maeda,&nbsp;Franck Malige,&nbsp;Christos Mammides,&nbsp;Gabriel Marcacci,&nbsp;Matthias Markolf,&nbsp;Marinez Isaac Marques,&nbsp;Charles W. Martin,&nbsp;Dominic A. Martin,&nbsp;Kathy Martin,&nbsp;Ellen McArthur,&nbsp;Matthew McKown,&nbsp;Logan J. T. McLeod,&nbsp;Vincent Médoc,&nbsp;Oliver Metcalf,&nbsp;Christoph F. J. Meyer,&nbsp;Grzegorz Mikusinski,&nbsp;Brian Miller,&nbsp;João Monteiro,&nbsp;T. Aran Mooney,&nbsp;Sérgio Moreira,&nbsp;Larissa Sayuri Moreira Sugai,&nbsp;Dave Morris,&nbsp;Sandra Müller,&nbsp;Sebastian Muñoz-Duque,&nbsp;Kelsie A. Murchy,&nbsp;Ivan Nagelkerken,&nbsp;Maria Mas,&nbsp;Rym Nouioua,&nbsp;Carolina Ocampo-Ariza,&nbsp;Julian D. Olden,&nbsp;Steffen Oppel,&nbsp;Anna N. Osiecka,&nbsp;Elena Papale,&nbsp;Miles Parsons,&nbsp;Michael Pashkevich,&nbsp;Julie Patris,&nbsp;João Pedro Marques,&nbsp;Cristian Pérez-Granados,&nbsp;Liliana Piatti,&nbsp;Mauro Pichorim,&nbsp;Matthew K. Pine,&nbsp;Thiago Pinheiro,&nbsp;Jean-Nicolas Pradervand,&nbsp;John Quinn,&nbsp;Bernardo Quintella,&nbsp;Craig Radford,&nbsp;Xavier Raick,&nbsp;Ana Rainho,&nbsp;Emiliano Ramalho,&nbsp;Vijay Ramesh,&nbsp;Sylvie Rétaux,&nbsp;Laura K. Reynolds,&nbsp;Klaus Riede,&nbsp;Talen Rimmer,&nbsp;Noelia Ríos,&nbsp;Ricardo Rocha,&nbsp;Luciana Rocha,&nbsp;Paul Roe,&nbsp;Samuel R. P.-J. Ross,&nbsp;Carolyn M. Rosten,&nbsp;John Ryan,&nbsp;Carlos Salustio-Gomes,&nbsp;Filipa I. P. Samarra,&nbsp;Philip Samartzis,&nbsp;José Santos,&nbsp;Thomas Sattler,&nbsp;Kevin Scharffenberg,&nbsp;Renée P. Schoeman,&nbsp;Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann,&nbsp;Esther Sebastián-González,&nbsp;Sebastian Seibold,&nbsp;Sarab Sethi,&nbsp;Fannie W. Shabangu,&nbsp;Taylor Shaw,&nbsp;Xiaoli Shen,&nbsp;David Singer,&nbsp;Ana Širović,&nbsp;Matthew Slater,&nbsp;Brittnie Spriel,&nbsp;Jenni Stanley,&nbsp;Jérôme Sueur,&nbsp;Valeria da Cunha Tavares,&nbsp;Karolin Thomisch,&nbsp;Simon Thorn,&nbsp;Jianfeng Tong,&nbsp;Laura Torrent,&nbsp;Juan Traba,&nbsp;Junior A. Tremblay,&nbsp;Leonardo Trevelin,&nbsp;Sunny Tseng,&nbsp;Mao-Ning Tuanmu,&nbsp;Marisol Valverde,&nbsp;Ben Vernasco,&nbsp;Manuel Vieira,&nbsp;Raiane Vital da Paz,&nbsp;Matthew Ward,&nbsp;Maryann Watson,&nbsp;Matthew J. Weldy,&nbsp;Julia Wiel,&nbsp;Jacob Willie,&nbsp;Heather Wood,&nbsp;Jinshan Xu,&nbsp;Wenyi Zhou,&nbsp;Songhai Li,&nbsp;Renata Sousa-Lima,&nbsp;Thomas Cherico Wanger","doi":"10.1111/geb.70021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70021","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Aim&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;The urgency for remote, reliable and scalable biodiversity monitoring amidst mounting human pressures on ecosystems has sparked worldwide interest in Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), which can track life underwater and on land. However, we lack a unified methodology to report this sampling effort and a comprehensive overview of PAM coverage to gauge its potential as a global research and monitoring tool. To address this gap, we created the Worldwide Soundscapes project, a collaborative network and growing database comprising metadata from 416 datasets across all realms (terrestrial, marine, freshwater and subterranean).&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Location&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Worldwide, 12,343 sites, all ecosystem types.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Time Period&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;1991 to present.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Major Taxa Studied&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;All soniferous taxa.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Methods&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;We synthesise sampling coverage across spatial, temporal and ecological scales using metadata describing sampling locations, deployment schedules, focal taxa and audio recording parameters. We explore global trends in biological, anthropogenic and geophysical sounds based on 168 selected recordings from 12 ecosystems across all realms.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Results&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Terrestrial sampling is spatially denser (46 sites per million square kilometre—Mkm&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;) than aquatic sampling (0.3 and 1.8 sites/Mkm&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; in oceans and fresh water) with only two subterranean datasets. Although diel and lunar cycles are well sampled across realms, only marine datasets (55%) comprehensively sample all seasons. Across the 12 ecosystems selected for exploring global acoustic trends, biological sounds showed contrasting diel patterns across ecosystems, declined with distance from the Equator, and were negatively correlated with anthropogenic sounds.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Main Conclusions&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;PAM can inform macroecological studies as well as global conservation and phenology syntheses, but representation can be improved by expanding terrestrial taxonomic scope, sampling coverage in the high seas and subterranean ecosystems, and spatio-temporal replication in freshwater habitats. Overall, this worldwide P","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.70021","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143909054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sensation Matters: Applying Masking Potential to Assess Noise Effects on Global Bat Species","authors":"Huan Ye,&nbsp;Nina Ma,&nbsp;Aoqiang Li,&nbsp;Qianyu Wang,&nbsp;Jinhong Luo","doi":"10.1111/geb.70053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70053","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Anthropogenic noise is a global pollutant that threatens biodiversity. However, we currently lack effective methods to assess and compare the impacts of anthropogenic noise on extended terrestrial species. This can be critical for the majority of species that lack conservation attention and empirical measurements.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Global.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Time Period</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>1963–2023.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Major Taxa Studied</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Bats.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We leverage the conserved mechanisms of how the vertebrate brain processes sound in noise to propose a simple sensation metric, the masking potential. To illustrate its usage, we assessed the effects of highway traffic noise on bats, which are a species-rich, important, yet under-represented mammalian lineage vulnerable to human disturbances. We first applied masking potential to a global dataset of bats to test whether auditory masking is an important explanation for bats' vulnerability to highway traffic noise. We calculated the impact ranges of highway traffic noise on bat species with audiograms. Then, we compared the predicted impact ranges with empirical measurements reported in the literature.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We show that auditory masking of both target echoes and social communication calls represents an important explanation for bats' sensitivity to highway traffic noise. The masking potential predicted maximum impact ranges (i.e., the distance beyond which animals are not impacted) of a median of 40 m for 71 species of bats, 614 m for the common marmoset, 1118 m for the great tit, and 1430 m for the budgerigar. The maximum impact ranges predicted by masking potential were supported by empirical measurements which yet remain scarce, stressing the value of masking potential for applied wildlife conservation.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We propose that masking potential is a simple sensation metric that can help assess noise effects on diverse terrestrial species. This metric bears implications for real-world conservation practice and can be particularly useful to most wildlife species that lack conservation attention.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143914007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}