@Article{MesquitaPinhPiet:2013:ArCoSp,
               author = "Mesquita, Paulo Cesar Mattos Dourado and Pinheiro-Mesquita, 
                         Sherida Ferreira and Pietczak, Carolina",
          affiliation = "Univ Fed Santa Maria, Lab Herpetol, Dept Zool, BR-97105900 Santa 
                         Maria, RS, Brazil. and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais 
                         (INPE)} and Univ Fed Santa Maria, Lab Herpetol, Dept Zool, 
                         BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.",
                title = "Are common species endangered by climate change? Habitat 
                         suitability projections for the royal ground snake, Liophis 
                         reginae (Serpentes, Dipsadidae)",
              journal = "North-Western Journal of Zoology",
                 year = "2013",
               volume = "9",
               number = "1",
                pages = "51--56",
                month = "June",
             keywords = "Global warming, reptile, distribution, niche model, Maxent.",
             abstract = "Climate change may affect the distribution of many species 
                         regardless of their rareness or commonness. This scenario includes 
                         most reptiles: being ectotherms they are consequently highly 
                         dependent of some environmental conditions. Herein we present a 
                         distribution map for a common snake, widely distributed in South 
                         America, Liophis reginae, based on literature records and 
                         ecological niche models to project possible changes in its 
                         distribution caused by climate change based on ten climatic 
                         conditions projected for the present, 2020, 2050 and 2080. Our 
                         results predict increasing fragmentation and loss of suitable 
                         areas for Liophis regime despite of its commonness. We suggest 
                         that conservation efforts should consider both the maintenance of 
                         rare and imminently threatened species and the prevention of 
                         population depletion of common species, because, in comparison 
                         with rare species, common species are often more important in the 
                         structure and dynamics of communities.",
                 issn = "1584-9074",
                label = "isi 2013-11",
             language = "en",
        urlaccessdate = "08 maio 2024"
}