Journal Article
Rivers as islands: determinants of the distribution of Andean astroblepid catfishes
Schaefer, S.A. and Arroyave, J.
Record Number:
4085
Year:
2010
Journal:
Journal of Fish Biology
Pages:
2373–2390
Volume:
77
Abstract:
The distribution of astroblepids was examined using predictive niche modelling techniques to explore the physical and environmental factors responsible for determining the limits to their geographic distribution in the tropical Andes. Astroblepids occur in streams across a wide range of elevations (100–4600 m) and ecosystems from Panama to Bolivia, with most occurrences between 500 and 2000 m and associated with a narrow range of mean temperatures (17–24◦ C). The Maxent-predicted distribution was 83% accurate, statistically significant (AUC = 0·965), and closely matched the known distribution, with few notable exceptions. Four environmental variables contributed a cumulative 84% to the prediction, with elevation the most important, followed by temperature seasonality, isothermality and maximum temperature of the warmest month. The greatest discrepancy between the predicted and known distributions involved areas of predicted habitat suitability where there are no associated occurrence records. A jackknife test of variable contribution
to the model showed that elevation contributed to the predicted distribution in ways not
simply accounted for by temperature. Contrary to expectations, land cover type and vegetation characteristics contributed relatively little to the model prediction.
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