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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2021.35.5.480

Distribution Prediction of Korean Clawed Salamander (Onychodactylus koreanus) according to the Climate Change  

Lee, Su-Yeon (Division of Life Sciences, Incheon National University)
Choi, Seo-yun (Animal Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources)
Bae, Yang-Seop (Division of Life Sciences, Incheon National University)
Suh, Jae-Hwa (Animal Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources)
Jang, Hoan-Jin (Invasive Alien Species Research Team, National Institute of Ecology)
Do, Min-Seock (Animal Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.35, no.5, 2021 , pp. 480-489 More about this Journal
Abstract
Climate change poses great threats to wildlife populations by decreasing their number and destroying their habitats, jeopardizing biodiversity conservation. Asiatic salamander (Hynobiidae) species are particularly vulnerable to climate change due to their small home range and limited dispersal ability. Thus, this study used one salamander species, the Korean clawed salamander (Onychodactylus koreanus), as a model species and examined their habitat characteristics and current distribution in South Korea to predict its spatial distribution under climate change. As a result, we found that altitude was the most important environmental factor for their spatial distribution and that they showed a dense distribution in high-altitude forest regions such as Gangwon and Gyeongsanbuk provinces. The spatial distribution range and habitat characteristics predicted in the species distribution models were sufficiently in accordance with previous studies on the species. By modeling their distribution changes under two different climate change scenarios, we predicted that the distribution range of the Korean clawed salamander population would decrease by 62.96% under the RCP4.5 scenario and by 98.52% under the RCP8.5 scenario, indicating a sharp reduction due to climate change. The model's AUC value was the highest in the present (0.837), followed by RCP4.5 (0.832) and RCP8.5 (0.807). Our study provides a basic reference for implementing conservation plans for amphibians under climate change. Additional research using various analysis techniques reflecting habitat characteristics and minute habitat factors for the whole life cycle of Korean-tailed salamanders help identify major environmental factors that affect species reduction.
Keywords
AMPHIBIANS; URODELA; HYNOBIIDAE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING;
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