Williams, S.E., VanDerWal, J., Isaac, J., Shoo, L., Storlie, C., Fox, S., Bolitho, E.E., Moritz, C., Hoskin, C.J., and Williams, Y.M. (2010) Distributions, life-history specialization, and phylogeny of the rain forest vertebrates in the Australian Wet Tropics: Ecological Archives E091-181. Ecology, 91 (8). p. 2493.

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Abstract

The purpose of this data set was to compile distributional, general life-history characteristics and phylogenies for Australian tropical rain forest vertebrates to inform a wide range of comparative studies on the determinants of biodiversity patterns and to assess the impacts of global climate change. We provide three distinct data sets: (1) a table of species-specific distributional and life-history traits for 242 vertebrate species found in the rain forests of the Australian Wet Tropics; (2) species distribution maps (GIS raster files) for 202 of the species displaying both the realized and potential distributions; and (3) phylogenies for these species. These species represent 93 birds, 31 amphibians, 31 mammals (including one monotreme), and 47 reptiles. Where information exists, the distributional and life-history data compiled here present information on: indices of environmental specialization (ENFA), habitat specialization, average body mass and size, sexual dimorphism, reproductive characteristics such as age at first reproduction, clutch/litter size, number of reproductive bouts per year and breeding seasonality, longevity, time of day when most active, and dispersal ability; distributional characteristics such as range size (potential and realized for both total and core ranges) and observed ranges in temperature, precipitation, and elevation; and niche attributes such as environmental marginality and specialization.

Item ID:	65560
Item Type:	Article (Scholarly Work)
ISSN:	1939-9170
Copyright Information:	© 2010 by the Ecological Society of America
Date Deposited:	11 Sep 2025 02:33
FoR Codes:	31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3109 Zoology > 310914 Vertebrate biology @ 100%
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