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Climate Change Effects on the Development of Six Pristimantis Frog Species in Ecuador

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Ecuador is regarded as being a mega-diverse country despite its limited land surface; it is home to around 602 amphibian species, of which 256 are endemic. However, Ecuador is also one of the countries that has a large number of endangered species, one of genus Pristimantis. Pristimantipopulation decline is attributed to synergy factors, such as pathogen outbreaks, habitat loss and climate change. The aim of this study is to generate potential distribution models for six Andean species belonging to the Pristimantis genus under different climate change scenarios. Potential distribution models were performed with bioclimatic variables together with each species records based on MaxEnt Entropy Models. The models’ quality was evaluated by AUC values, and the last step was the identification of highly responsive areas resulting in the most relevant to the preservation of the species included in this study. Categorization of MaxEnt research models are as follows: “Satisfactory” or “Excellent”. Predicted areas for the six species comply with suitable requirements for their subsistence. Potential future distribution shows the negative effects of climate change to include RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 environments, except for P. festae, which has a higher distribution area of 5.3% within RCP 4.5 and 6.3% at RCP 8.5. Protected areas partially contribute to species preservation, although 92% of P. cryophilius and 80% of P. festae specimens recorded were found within protected areas.

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Acknowledgements

This study leads to an enormous Biodiversity Conservation research and is part of a thesis titled “Potential Distribution of Six Species of to the Pristimantis Genus under climate change scenarios in Ecuador”.

The authors would like to acknowledge to the “Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad” (INABIO), particularly to M.Sc. Mario Yánez for facilitating access to its biological data collection.

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  1. Agricultural and Environmental Sciencies Engineering Faculty, Av. 17 de Julio 521, Ibarra, Ecuador

    Cheza Jessica, Rosales Oscar, Arias Paúl, Oña Tania & Sania Ortega-Andrade

  2. Science Research Team Network (ECIER), Ibarra, Ecuador

    Sania Ortega-Andrade

  3. Water and Soil Management Team, Ibarra, Ecuador

    Rosales Oscar & Arias Paúl

  4. Environmental and Biotechnology Researtch Team at (GIAB), Universidad Técnica del Norte, Av. 17 de Julio 521, Ibarra, Ecuador

    Oña Tania & Sania Ortega-Andrade

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Jessica, C., Oscar, R., Paúl, A., Tania, O., Ortega-Andrade, S. (2020). Climate Change Effects on the Development of Six Pristimantis Frog Species in Ecuador. In: Basantes-Andrade, A., Naranjo-Toro, M., Zambrano Vizuete, M., Botto-Tobar, M. (eds) Technology, Sustainability and Educational Innovation (TSIE). TSIE 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1110. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37221-7_3

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