Acoustic species distribution models ( aSDMs ): A framework to forecast shifts in calling behaviour under climate change
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Species distribution models (SDMs) are a key tool for biogeography and climate change research, although current approaches have some significant drawbacks. The use of species occurrence constrains predictions of correlative models, while there is a general lack of eco‐physiological data to develop mechanistic models. Passive acoustic monitoring is an emerging technique in ecology that may help to overcome these limitations. By remotely tracking animal behaviour across species geographical ranges, researchers can estimate the climatic breadth of species activity and provide a baseline for refined predictive models. However, such integrative approach still remains to be developed. Here, we propose the following: (a) a general and transferable method to build acoustic SDMs, a novel tool combining acoustic and biogeographical information, (b) a detailed comparison with standard correlative and mechanistic models, (c) a step‐by‐step guide to develop aSDMs and (d) a study case to assess their effectiveness and illustrate model outputs, using a year‐round monitoring of calling behaviour of the Iberian tree frog at the thermal extremes of its distribution range. This method aims at forecasting changes in environmental suitability for acoustic communication, a key and climate‐dependent behaviour for a wide variety of animal taxa. aSDMs identified strong associations between calling behaviour and local environmental conditions and showed robust and consistent predictive performance using two alternative models (regression and boundary). Furthermore, these models better captured climatic variation than correlative models as they use observations at higher temporal resolution. These results support aSDMs as efficient tools to model calling behaviour under future climate scenarios. The proposed approach offers a promising basis to explore the capacity of vocal species to deal with climate change, supported by an innovative integration of two disciplines: bioacoustics and biogeography. aSMDs are grounded on ecologically realistic conditions and provide spatially and temporally explicit predictions on calling behaviour, with direct implications in reproduction and survival. This enables to precisely forecast shifts in breeding phenology, geographic distribution or species persistence. Our study demonstrates how acoustic monitoring may represent an increasingly valuable tool for climate change research.
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- Authors
- Desjonquères, C., Villén‐Pérez, S., De Marco, P., Márquez, R., Beltrán, J. F., & Llusia, D.
- Affiliations
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (ES)
- Universidad de Alcalá (ES)
- Theory, Metacommunities and Landscape Ecology lab, ICB‐V Universidade Federal de Goiás Goiânia Brazil
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (ES)
- Universidad de Sevilla (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Desjonquères, Camille
- Llusia, Diego
- ORCID
- Venue
- Methods in Ecology and Evolution
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2022-07-13
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 2275-2288
- ISSN
- 2041-210X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4285394976
- Cited by
- 29
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1
- FWCI
- 9.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
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- Methods in Ecology and Evolution (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Biblos-e Archivo (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
- DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Hispana (submittedVersion)
- Deposito de Investigacion Universidad de Sevilla (University of Seville) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Consejería de Educación e Investigación (2020‐T1/AMB‐20636, 2017‐T2/AMB‐6035)
- European Commission (EAVESTROP‐661408)
- Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital, Gobierno de España (CGL2017‐88764‐R)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecological Modeling › Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Keywords
- calling behavior, climate change, Hyla arborea, bioacoustics, passive acoustic monitoring, vocal communication, environmental suitability, temperature extremes, breeding phenology, boundary model, species distribution modeling
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