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Potential effects of climate change on the Chinese Bulbul (Pycnontus sinensis) in China

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The Chinese Bulbul (Pycnontus sinensis) has an extensive distribution throughout southern China. Investigators have reported that the species has expanded its distribution range northward since 1995. We performed a literature review and analysis to examine the relationships between the range expansion of the species and the changes of climate and habitat. We found that the northward range expansion was associated with the increased temperature and human created habitat. We believe that the combination of the increased temperature and the ability to utilize human created habitat while maintaining genetic diversity resulted in the population increase and range expansion of the species. We suggest that increased temperature and human disturbance could lead to evolutionary and distributional changes of some species such as the Chinese Bulbul, therefore possibly making these species indicators of climate change.

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  1. College of Life Sciences, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, 614004, Sichuan, China

    Longying Wen

  2. Key Laboratory of Colleges and Universities in Sichuan Province for Protecting Endangered Birds in the Southwest Mountains, Leshan, 614004, Sichuan, China

    Longying Wen

  3. Chongqing Climate Center, Chongqing, 401147, China

    Huigen He

  4. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL, 35762, USA

    Yong Wang

  5. Faculty of English, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, 614004, Sichuan, China

    Jimmy Gorimar

  6. Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA

    Mark Liu

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Wen, L., He, H., Wang, Y. et al. Potential effects of climate change on the Chinese Bulbul (Pycnontus sinensis) in China. Biologia 69, 1625–1630 (2014). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-014-0452-y

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