Quantifying climatic suitability for tourism in Southwest Indian Ocean Tropical Islands: Applying the Holiday Climate Index to Réunion Island
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DOI: 10.1007/s00484-024-02700-x
Abstract: Climate is a key resource for tourists and tourism providers. Varied approaches to quantifying climate resources for tourism have been developed in the last 40 years, computing indices from a range of meteorological variables to… read more here.
Keywords: tourism; climatic suitability; climate index; suitability ... See more keywords
Species Climatic Suitability Explains Insect–Host Dynamics in the Southern Rocky Mountains, USA
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DOI: 10.1007/s10021-021-00643-7
Abstract: Recent extreme events of drought and heat have been associated with insect-driven tree mortality. However, there is substantial uncertainty about the impact of climate variability and extreme climatic episodes on insect–host dynamics, especially over species… read more here.
Keywords: southern rocky; suitability; climatic suitability; insect host ... See more keywords
Modelling potential Pleistocene habitat corridors between Afromontane forest regions
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DOI: 10.1007/s10531-021-02198-4
Abstract: The unusually high floral and faunal similarity between the different regions of the Afromontane archipelago has been noted by biogeographers since the late 1800s. A possible explanation for this similarity is the spread of montane… read more here.
Keywords: habitat; mid holocene; climatic suitability; modelling potential ... See more keywords
An assessment of the climatic suitability of Afriski Mountain Resort for outdoor tourism using the Tourism Climate Index (TCI)
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DOI: 10.1007/s11629-019-5725-z
Abstract: Tourism Climatic Indices (TCIs) are widely used in the global North to quantify the climatic suitability of a destination for tourism. Only one such study has been conducted in southern Africa to date. It is… read more here.
Keywords: tourism; tci; climatic suitability; climatic conditions ... See more keywords
Have crops already reached peak suitability: assessing global climatic suitability decreases for crop cultivation
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DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/adacfe
Abstract: Crop yield and the availability of arable land are impacted by climate change, leading to effects on global patterns of production and trading. To gain more precise insights in how future climate change might lead… read more here.
Keywords: climatic suitability; arable land; suitability; area ... See more keywords
Contribution of local rarity and climatic suitability to local extinction and colonization varies with species traits
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DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12881
Abstract: Changes in species distributions through local extinction and colonization events are a major consequence of climate change. The mechanisms underlying these processes, however, are yet to be fully understood. We investigate the effects of climatic… read more here.
Keywords: extinction; local extinction; extinction colonization; climatic suitability ... See more keywords
Idiosyncratic responses to climate‐driven forest fragmentation and marine incursions in reed frogs from Central Africa and the Gulf of Guinea Islands
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.14260
Abstract: Organismal traits interact with environmental variation to mediate how species respond to shared landscapes. Thus, differences in traits related to dispersal ability or physiological tolerance may result in phylogeographic discordance among co‐distributed taxa, even when… read more here.
Keywords: central africa; gulf guinea; climatic suitability; species complexes ... See more keywords
DDRP: Real-time phenology and climatic suitability modeling of invasive insects
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244005
Abstract: Rapidly detecting and responding to new invasive species and the spread of those that are already established is essential for reducing their potential threat to food production, the economy, and the environment. We describe a… read more here.
Keywords: insects; time; climatic suitability; phenology ... See more keywords
Assessing Changes in Climatic Suitability for Sesame Cultivation in China (1978–2019) Based on Fuzzy Mathematics
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DOI: 10.3390/agronomy14030631
Abstract: Sesame is one of the important oil seed crops grown for the high-quality oil. Its growth, development, and yield are significantly affected by the changing climate conditions. Evaluating the sesame climatic suitability is crucial to… read more here.
Keywords: climatic suitability; suitability; area; mathematics ... See more keywords
Modeling the Climatic Suitability of COVID-19 Cases in Brazil
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DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed8040198
Abstract: Studies have shown that climate may affect the distribution of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and its incidence and fatality rates. Here, we applied an ensemble niche modeling approach to project the climatic suitability of COVID-19 cases… read more here.
Keywords: cases brazil; suitability covid; suitability; covid cases ... See more keywords
Modelling the climatic suitability of Chagas disease vectors on a global scale
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DOI: 10.7554/elife.52072
Abstract: The Triatominae are vectors for Trypanosoma cruzi, the aetiological agent of the neglected tropical Chagas disease. Their distribution stretches across Latin America, with some species occurring outside of the Americas. In particular, the cosmopolitan vector,… read more here.
Keywords: global scale; chagas disease; climatic suitability; suitability ... See more keywords