Changes in distribution of Ilex aquifolium

External Data Reference Published 02 Nov 2011

Reanalysis of both biogeographic and bioclimatic data of equal spatiotemporal resolution, covering a time span of more than 50 years. In this paper, we compare both detailed historic climatic and biogeographic records with updates of the same parameters at the same localities in the northern fringe area of the distribution of Ilex aquifolium, applying the same methodology as used in the original study ( Iversen 1944 ). We also compare our field data to predictions from simulations of Ilex distributions using a purely climate-driven bioclimatic model. Our aim is, therefore, to verify whether a potential shift in the local and regional distribution of a species is in synchrony with concurrent changes in climatic data on the same spatio-temporal resolution. Mean temperature values for the warmest and coldest month for a subset of climate stations used by Iversen (1944) and updated for the period 1971 – 2000.

Provider:: University of Bayreuth
Dataset URL:: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/272/1571/1427
Dataset path:: Main paper doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3119 22 July 2005 vol. 272 no. 1571 1427-1432

Data annex for the paper is located at: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/suppl/2009/02/12/272.1571.1427.DC1/PB051427Supp.pdf