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RE SE ARCH PAPER
Distributions o f mammals in So utheast A sia : The role o f the
lega c y o f cli ma te and spec ies body mas s
Vik toriia Radchuk 1   | S tephan ie Kramer‐ Sch adt 1, 2   | Joerns Fi ck el 1,3   |
An dreas Wilting 1
1 Le ib n iz In s t it ut e fo r Zo o an d W il dl if e
Re se a rc h (IZ W ), B e r li n, G e r ma ny
2 D ep ar t me nt o f Eco lo g y, T ech n is ch e
Un iv er s it ä t Be r li n, B e r li n, G e r ma ny
3 In s ti t ute f or B i oc he m is t r y a n d
Bi ol o g y , Un i ver s it y of Pot s da m ,
Pot sd a m‐ G ol m , G er m any
Correspondence
V ik to ri ia R a dc hu k , L ei bn iz I ns t it ut e fo r
Zo o an d W il dl if e Re se a rc h (IZ W ) , Al f re d‐
Kow al ke‐St ra ß e 17 , 10315 B e rl in , G e rm a ny .
Email: radchuk@iz w‐berlin.de
F unding information
Le ib n iz‐A ss o cia ti o n , G ra nt / Aw ar d Nu m be r :
S AW ‐2 0 1 3 ‐ I Z W‐2
Ha n dl in g Ed ito r : D r . J ud it h M as t er s
Abstr act
Ai m: Cu rr ent sp e cie s dis tr ib ut ion s a re sh ap ed by p re sen t a nd p as t biot ic an d ab ioti c
f ac to rs . H er e, we ass es sed wh et her abi otic f ac to rs (ha bit at avail abi lit y) in co mbi na‐
tio n wit h pa st co nne c t iv it y a nd a biot ic f ac to r (b od y mass) c an ex pl ain t he uni qu e
dis t rib ut ion pat ter n of So ut he as t A s ian mam mal s, whi ch a re sep ar ate d by th e e n‐
igm ati c bi ogeo gr ap hic t ra nsi tio n zon e, th e Is th mus of K ra (I oK ), fo r w hic h n o s t ron g
geo physi c al b ar rie r ex is t s.
Location: S ou th ea st A sia .
Ta x o n : Mammals.
Methods: W e p roje c te d habi t at suit a bil it y fo r 125 mam mal s pe cie s usin g clima te dat a
for t he p re se nt pe ri od an d fo r t wo his to ric p er io ds: mi d‐Ho lo cen e ( 6 ka) an d las t gl a‐
cia l max imu m (L G M 21 k a). Nex t , we emp loyed a phyl ogen et ic lin ea r mod el to asse ss
how pr es ent sp eci es dis t rib ut ion s we re af fe c ted by th e su it a bili t y of ar ea s i n t he se
dif fe rent p er io ds , hab it at co nne c t ivi t y d ur ing LGM a nd s pe cie s bo dy m ass .
Res ul t s: O ur r es ult s show t hat cool er clim ate du rin g LGM p rovi de d sui t ab le h abi t at
so ut h of I oK fo r sp eci es p re sen tl y dis tr ib ute d nor t h of IoK ( in mai nla nd I ndo ch ina).
Howeve r , t he p otent iall y sui t ab le hab it at fo r the se I nd och ine se s pe cie s did not
s tre tch v er y fa r so ut hwar ds o nto t he exp os ed Sun da S he lf . I ns tea d, we fo und that
th e e mer ge d lan dm ass es co nn ec t in g Bo rn eo an d Su mat ra prov ide d su it ab le habi t at
f o r f o r e s t d e p e n d e n t S u n d a i c s p e c i e s . W e s h o w t h a t f o r s p e c i e s w h o s e c u r r e n t d i s t r i ‐
bu ti on r an ges a re ma inl y l oc ate d in I nd oc hin a, t he a re a of th e dis t ri bu tio n r an ge th at
is lo c ated s ou th of Io K is ex pl ain ed by t he su it ab ilit y of hab it at in t he p as t an d pre se nt
in com bi nati on wi th t he s pe cie s bo d y mas s.
Main c onclusions: We d e m o n s t r a t e t h a t a s t r o n g g e o p h y s i c a l b a r r i e r m a y n o t b e n e c ‐
es sa r y for ma int ai ning a biogeo gr ap hic tr a nsit ion zone for mam mal s, but th at ins tea d
a com bin atio n of abi otic a nd b ioti c fa c tor s m ay suf f i ce.
KE Y WOR DS
ha bi t at su it a bil it y , Is t hm us o f Kr a , l ea st ‐ co st p at h , Pa n THER I A , phy l oge ne ti c reg re ss io n,
speci es d istributi on m odel
© 2019 The Authors. Journal of Biogeography published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
T his i s an o p en a cc es s a r t ic le u n de r t he t er m s of t he C re at i ve C om mo n s At t ri b ut io n L ice n se , wh i ch p er m it s u s e, d is t ri b ut io n a nd r ep r od u c ti o n in a ny me d iu m ,
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1  |  INTROD UC TI ON
It i s wi de l y a ccep te d t hat sp ec ie s di s tr ib ut io ns an d t hu s bi od ive r ‐
sit y p at t er ns res ul t f ro m t he i nte r pl ay of b ot h bi ot ic a nd ab iot ic
f ac t or s (So be ró n , 2 0 07 ), not on ly t ho se cu rr en tl y a c t ive , bu t a ls o
th os e exp e ri en ce d i n t h e p as t (Du ll ing er et al. , 2 012; Svenn in g,
Eiserhardt, Normand, Ordonez, & Sandel, 201 5; S venni ng &
Skov , 20 07 a). Howeve r , th e maj or it y of b ioge o gr ap hi c tr an sit io n
zon es , i.e. zon es se pa r ati ng th e r egi on s t hat en co mp ass th e d is ‐
tribut ion r anges of distin ct groups of biot a, are usually ex plained
by t h e p re se n ce of a s tr on g g eo lo gic a l o r g eo gr ap h ic b a rr ie r t o
sp e cie s move m ent (e. g. Is t hm us of Pa na ma; B ac on et al ., 2 015).
O n e p r o m i n e n t b i o g e o g r a p h i c t r a n s i t i o n zo n e , h o w e v e r, c a n n o t b e
ex pl ai ne d b y p re se n ce of su ch a ge op hys ic a l b ar r ier —th e I st h mu s
of Kr a (Io K ) on th e Mal ay Peni ns ula (F ig ur e 1 a), w hi ch se pa r ate s
mainland Indochina from Sundala nd (Hughe s, S atasoo k, Bates,
Bumrun gsri, & Jone s, 20 1 1; W oodruff & T urner , 20 09 ). The IoK is
l o c a t e d a t 10 ° 3 0 ′ N a n d at i t s n a r r o we s t p o i nt i s t o d ay o n l y 4 4 k m
wi de (Pa r ne ll , 201 3). De p en di ng on th e t a xa st u die d (i.e . bat s:
Hu gh es et a l. , 2011; bir ds: Hu gh es , Ro un d , & Woo dr u f f, 20 03;
bu t te r f li es : C or be t & Pe n dl eb ur y , 1 992; a m ph ibi an s: I nge r , 1 999;
ma mm al s: Woo dr u f f & T ur ne r , 2 0 0 9), t he ex ac t lo c at io n of thi s
zoo geo gr a ph ic tr a nsi ti on zon e w as r ep o r te d to b e b et we en 5 a nd
13° N . U n de r st a n din g wh at f a c to r s s ha pe spe ci es di st r ib ut io ns
ar ou nd t hi s bio geo gr a ph ic t ra ns it ion zo ne is e sp e cia ll y imp o r t ‐
an t i n a wo rl d fa ci ng a p e ri od of unp re ce de nte d env iro nm e nt al
ch an ge. In de e d, su ch k now le dg e coul d she d lig ht on po ssi bl e
future changes in sp ecies distribut ions and assist in for mulating
mo re ef f ici ent m ana ge me nt pl ans .
T o ex p la in how I oK h as be co me s uc h a p ro min e nt b io geo ‐
gr a ph ic tr a nsi ti on zon e it has b ee n sug ge s te d th at ra pi d sea ‐le vel
ri se s du r ing t h e las t 5 M y r have su bm e rge d t he n ar ro w cent r al a n d
no r t h er n l an d st re tch e s, c au sin g l o c al f a un al ex t in c t io ns a n d co m ‐
pr es si ng sp e cie s di st r ib ut io ns to re gi ons n or t h an d so ut h of Io K
( Woo dr uf f & T ur n er , 20 0 9). H oweve r , low se a le vels d ur in g g la ci al
pe r io ds in t h e l as t 2 My r u n cover ed la nd br id ge s t ha t co nn e c te d
Su n dai c an d I nd oc hi ne s e la nd ma ss es (L o hm an e t al ., 2 01 1). S u ch
la nd b r idg es co ul d al low f or sp e ci es m ovem e nt ac ro ss I oK o nl y if
t h e y w e r e c o v e r e d b y s u i t a b l e h a b i t a t . S o m e s t u d i e s t h a t f o c u s e d o n
t h e r e c o n s t r u c t i o n of t h e ve g e t a t i o n c o ve r in S o u t h e a s t A s i a d u r i n g
th e las t gla cia l m a xi mu m ( LGM , ~ 21 ,0 0 0 ye a rs ago) s ug ge s t tha t
cen tr a l S un da la nd was c over ed by hu mi d t ro pic a l f or es t t h at co n ‐
ne c te d t he S un d a isl an ds i n we st ‐ e as t di re c ti on (C an no n , Mo rl ey ,
& B us h, 2 0 0 9; R a es et al ., 2 01 4), w h er ea s s ava nn a‐li ke con di ti on s
p e r s i s t e d o n t h e e m e r g e d l a n d s n o r t h o f S u n d a l a n d . H o w e v e r, o t h e r
s tu di es p rov id e su pp o r t f or a m uc h la rg er s pr ea d of o pe n s ava nn a‐
lik e veg etation, which probably formed a transequatorial corridor
th at c ros se d S un da la n d fr om n or t h to s ou t h (Bi rd , T ayl or , & Hunt ,
20 05; G at h or n e‐H ar dy, S y auk a ni , Dav ie s , E g gl eto n , & J on e s, 20 02;
Me ija ar d, 20 03 ). T h is wo ul d h ave res t ri c te d t he tro pi c al ra in fore s t s
to sm al le r ref ug ia ma in ly i n Su mat r a an d Bo r ne o. Th e re is t hu s no
con se ns us a b ou t w hat h ab it a t pr ev ail e d on Su nd al an d d ur in g t he
LGM ( Lo hm an e t al ., 2011 ).
Me ija ar d (20 0 9) h as su g ge st ed t ha t even in t h e abs e nce of a
strong geoph ysical barri er , the distinction bet ween the Sundai c and
In do ch in e se biot a coul d have be en ma int a in ed by th e ecol og y of t he
sp e cie s i n com bi nat io n w it h ava ila bi li t y of s ui t ab le h ab it at . Mo re
gen e ra ll y , a c on cep tu al fr am ewo r k su gg es te d by S o be ró n (20 07 )
dis t in gu is he s t hr e e s et s of f ac tor s th at a f fe c t sp ec ie s d is tr ib u ti ons :
abiotic fac tors (represented by habit at suitabilit y , often inferre d
fr om cli ma ti c da t a), bi oti c fa c to rs (ref le c te d by int er a c ti on s wit h
ot he r s p ec ie s, of te n s um ma ri zed by co mp et it ive a bi lit y of a s p ec ie s
FIG U RE 1  (a) Map of t he s t u dy a re a sh owi ng t h e cur r ent l an dm as se s wi t h bl ac k so lid l in e an d la n dm ass e s du ri ng LGM i n li ght g rey. The
ab b rev iat io ns of t he c ou nt ri es a re as f ol low s: V N— V i et na m, C AM —C am bo d ia , TH A— Th ai lan d , MY A—M ya nm ar , L A—L a os , M AL —Ma lay sia ,
IN D— In do ne si a. T h e ho ri zont a l da sh ed l in e in di c ate s th e la ti tu de of t h e Is t hm us of K r a ( 10° 3 0′ N ); (b) T he p hy log eny of 12 5 no n‐vo la nt
ma mm al s pe ci e s use d i n ou r st u dy , sh owi ng t h eir d is t ri bu ti on g ro up ( speciali z ed Indochinese , g eneral Indochine se , s pecializ ed Sundaic, general
Sundaic ), th e nu mb e r of sp ec ie s in e ac h di s tr ib ut io n gr ou p, an d t he t a xo no mi c or de r s th ey b el on g to

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in con sid er at io n) a nd con ne c t iv it y (re fl ec ti ng th e a cce ssi bi lit y of th e
suitab le abiotic conditions). Thus, the current dist ribution ranges
ar e sh ap ed b y th e se f ac tor s a c t in g du ri ng co ns ec ut iv e p e ri od s fr om
th e pa s t t o t h e p re s ent (Sven ni ng et a l. , 2 015). A lt h ou gh t he f ac t or s
af f ec t in g s pe ci es dis t r ib ut io ns p re se nt ly re cei ve d a f ai r s ha re of at ‐
te n t i on , t he “l e g a c y ” ef f e c t s l o o k in g at t h e i mp a c t s of f a c to r s in pr e ‐
vi ou s pe ri od s have mai nl y be en s tu di ed in pl an t spe ci es (D ul lin ge r
et a l. , 2012; N o rm an d et a l. , 2011 ; Sven ni ng & S kov , 20 07 a , 20 07b).
We a d dre s se d th e qu e st io n of ho w abi oti c an d bi oti c f ac t or s
as wel l a s con ne c t iv it y sh ap e bio ge ogr a ph ic t ra ns it ion zon e s ove r
ti me in the ab se nc e of a ge op hys ic al ba rr ie r , by fo cu si ng on I oK .
In par t ic ula r , we as se ss ed how th e p re se nt dis t ri bu ti on ra nge s of
non‐ volan t mammals inhabi ting the areas around IoK are a f fected
by (a) a bi oti c f a c tor s ac ti ng du ri ng th e p as t (LGM , c. 2 1 ka an d mi d ‐
Ho lo ce ne , 6 k a) a nd p re s ent , (b) co nn e c ti v it y of ava ila b le h ab it at s
du ri ng th e LGM , and (c) b iot ic f ac to r s . B as e d o n th ei r p re s ent di s‐
tr i bu ti ons , we cl ass if ie d 1 25 m am ma l s p ec ie s in to t wo l ar ge d is t ri‐
butio n groups (Ind ochina an d Sunda land), eac h with t wo subgrou ps,
distinguishing the more specialized spe cies ( speci aliz ed Indochinese :
r an ges excl usi vel y no r th of 12 ° N ; specialized Sundaic speci es: rang es
ex clus ively south of 5 ° N) from the ones with more general requi re ‐
ments ( gener al Indochinese : r anges p redominantly in In dochina, but
re ac hi ng i nto the tr an sit io n zo ne fro m 5 t o 12 ° N ; general Sun daic :
r an ges m ai nl y in S un da la nd , bu t pr ot ru di ng i nto t he t r an sit io n zon e).
We not e t hat t he te r m “sp e cia lize d” is u se d h er e t o re fe r to ge ne r al
cl ima ti c (h ab it at ) re qu ir em ent s of a sp e cie s , an d n ot to it s di et .
T o un de r s t an d h ow I oK ha d b ec om e su ch a s t ron g t r an sit io n
zone, we combined species di st ribution modelling (SDM), which
allows hindc asting habitat suitabilit y during the L GM and mid ‐
Holocene, with comparative methods (phylogeneti c linear model),
which enable c ompar ison of species‐speci fic characteristic s
among rela ted speci es , and tested the follo wing t wo h ypotheses
(F igu re 2):
H1 —W e hy pot h es ized tha t t h e lan d em e rge d du ri ng L G M af ‐
fe c te d t he ha bi t at av ai lab il it y fo r p re do mi na nt ly gener al Indochinese
an d general Sun daic species, bec ause they are less specia liz ed and
sh ou ld be ab le to i nva d e n ewl y avai la bl e h ab it at s m or e r ea di ly . We
de r ive d t wo pre di c t io ns bas e d on H 1: P1 (reg a rdi ng t he tot a l hab it at
ar ea in th e pas t )— We p re d ic t th at for gener al Indochinese species the
tot a l ar ea of p ote nti al ly s ui t ab le ha bit at w as h igh e r du ri ng t h e LGM
FIG U RE 2  A sc he mat ic r ep r es en t ati on of t h e con ce pt ua l fr a mew or k , hyp ot he s es , re s pe c t ive p re di c t ion s an d f in di ng s (i nd ic a ted a s ei th er
su pp or t fo r or r ej ec ti on of t he hy p ot he se s), an d me t ho ds u se d to te s t sp e cif i c hyp ot he s es . T he co n cep tu al f r am ewo rk f ol lowe d t he o ne
de s cr ib ed i n t he te x t (S ob e rón , 2 0 07 ). T he n um be r in g of hyp ot he s es ( i.e . H1, H2) an d pr e dic ti on s (P1 , P2) co r re sp on ds t o th e on e us e d in
th e ma in t ex t . Fo r pr e dic ti on s th e sp e cie s di s tr ib ut io n gr ou ps a re a bb re via te d as fo ll ows: I S — speciali ze d Indochinese , I G — gener al Indochinese ,
S S — specializ ed Sundaic , a nd S G — gener al Sundaic sp e cie s . ‘ T ot sui t ab l e so ut h’ ref le c t s th e su m of pr ed ic t ed s ui t ab ili t y v al ue s so ut h of I oK
Method

SDM
Least cost pat h ,
Ph yl ogeneti c regression
Abioti c Biotic
Connectivity
Concept

H1: Emerged lands during LGM af fected
the habitat availabilit yo f
mainly general Indochinese an d genera l
Sundai c specie s
Hy pothesi s

P1:T otal habita ta rea wa s larger during
LG M
P2: Increas ei n habita ta re ad urin gL GM
mostly due to th ee xtensio ns outh wa rd
P1a: To tal habitat area wa s larger during
LGM (equatorial rainforest bridge )
P1b: To tal habitat area wa s smaller during
LGM (transequatorial savannah corridor)
P2a: Habitat area south of IoK wa s larger
durin gL GM
P2b: Habitat area sout ho fI oK wa s
smaller during LG M
H2: Current distribution ranges ar e
shaped by past and presen ta biotic an d
biotic factors and connectivity in th ep as t
Predictions / Findings
Specie s

Indochines e
Sundai c
To ta l ar ea
LG M Pr esen t
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I
S
I
G
Ar ea sout h
0
1
I
S
I
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P1 P2
To ta l ar ea
0
S
S
S
G
Ar ea sout h
0
1
S
S
S
G
P1 b P2 b
To ta l ar ea
0
S
S
S
G
Ar ea sout h
0
1
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S
S
G
P1 a P2 a
Ar ea sout h
Connecvity Body mass
Ar ea sout h
To t suit able
sout h

Ar ea sout h
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c o m p a r e d t o p r e s e n t d ay co n d i t i o n s , b e c a u s e t h e e m e r g e d l a n d p r o ‐
vided addit ional habitat more similar to that of current Indochina,
ir re sp e c t ive of w he th er a t r an se qu ato r ial s av an na co rr id o r w as
cr oss in g S un d ala n d o r t h e S un d a is la nd s wer e co nn e c te d by t he
tr op ic a l r a in fo re s t (i n t hi s c a se s av an nas wo ul d s ti ll cove r e m er ge d
areas nor th o f Sundaland ). For gener al Sundaic sp ec ie s , h oweve r , we
pre dic t (a) an in cre ase in t he tot al h abit at a rea d uri ng t he LGM com ‐
pa re d to nowa day s i f t he e me rg ed la nd conn e c ti ng t he S u nd a is la nd s
wa s cov er ed by t ro pic a l r ain f ore s t s (P 1a); an d (b) a d e cre as e in t he
ha bi t at ar ea i f r ai n for es t h ab it at s we re re s t ri c te d to re fu gia ( P1b).
O ur s ec on d pr ed ic t io n (P 2) de r ive d f rom H 1 s t ate s t hat t h e
ch an ge i n t h e av ail ab le ha bit a t w as dir ec t io na l, i.e . n ew ly avai la bl e
ha bi t at was lo c at ed ma in ly so ut h of IoK (as op p os ed to th e new ly
ava ila b le ha bi t at l oc at ed i n m ai nl an d In do ch in a, n or t h of Io K ). T hu s ,
fo r general Indochinese s pe ci es t he ar ea of th e ha bit a t s o ut h o f I oK
wou ld h ave be e n lar ge r du ri ng t he LGM co m pa re d to pr es en t day
con d it ion s (P 2), b e c au se s av an na‐l ike co nd it io ns wou ld b e fo un d at
le as t on t h e e me r ged lan ds no r t h of Su nd al an d ( in ca se of a wes t ‐
ea s t r ai n fo re s t b r idg e), an d p ote nt ia ll y , t h ey wo ul d s pr ea d t h e w ho le
way s ou th wa rds t o Java ( in c as e of a tr a ns‐e q uat or ial s av an na co r ‐
ri do r). Fo r gener al Sundaic s pe ci es , t h e ar ea of t h e ha bi t at so u th of
Io K is p re di c te d to be hi gh er dur in g the LGM comp ar ed to no wa day s
(P 2a) i f t ro pi c al ra in f or es t s cove re d t h e e me rge d are as con ne c t in g
Su n dai c is la nd s . H oweve r , if a t r an s‐eq ua tor ia l s ava nn a co r ri do r h ad
cr oss e d S un da la n d in no r t h‐ so ut h d ir ec t io n , t h en th e a re a of th e
ha bi t at sou t h of I oK wou ld have b ee n sma ll er du ri ng LGM com pa re d
to present day (P2 b ), resultin g in the con finement of Sundaic species
to re fu gi a (Fi gu re 2).
H2 ( fac to rs affecting speci es distrib ution ranges )— W e hypo the ‐
size d t ha t fo r Indo chinese s pe ci es , th e a re a of th e h ab it at pr es en tl y
lo c ate d so ut h of I oK d ep en ds o n (a) s ui t ab ili t y of ha bi t at s ou th of
Io K n ow a nd in t he pas t (a bio ti c f ac t or s), (b) c on ne c t iv it y be t we en
ha bi t at s no r t h of I oK an d s ou t h of Io K , an d (c) c om pe ti ti ve a bi lit y of
sp e cie s ref le c t in g th eir a bil it y to c ol on ize t h e n ew ly av ail ab le ha bi‐
t at s ( bi oti c f ac to r , as a p r ox y of w hi ch we u se d bo d y ma ss).
T es t ing t he se hyp ot he s es ab o ut how pr es en t a nd pa s t f a c to rs
have inf lu en ce d m am ma l s p ec ie s d is tr ib ut io ns ar ou nd Io K p rov id e s
an al te rn at ive ex p la nat io n for t he p er si s ten ce of a biog eo gr ap hi c
tr a nsi ti on zo ne i n th e ab se n ce of a s tr on g ge op hysi c al b ar r ie r .
2  |  MA TER IAL S AND M E THODS
2 .1   |  S tudy area and species selection
We cons t r ai ne d o ur s pe ci e s lis t t o no n‐vo la nt ma m mal s t hat ac ‐
cor di ng to Th e IUC N/ SSC Red List o f Threat ened Species ( h t t p : //
w w w .iu cnr edlist .org /) are distribute d in Sout heast Asia, d efined
as an are a bet we en 9 1 ° W e s t , 1 3 0 ° E as t , − 15° S o ut h an d 33 °
No r t h a n d w ho se dis t ri bu ti on ra nge over la p pe d w it h a t le as t on e
of the followin g coun tries: Myanmar , Thailand, C ambodia, L aos,
Viet nam, Singap ore, Malaysia, Bru nei and Indo nesia. Additionall y ,
b e c au s e w e a i me d to re ve a l a ge ne r a l pa t t er n a cr o ss m ul t ip l e s p e ‐
ci es , we exc lu de d th e sp e cie s wi t h v er y sm al l dis t ri bu ti on r a nge s
( < 1 30,0 0 0 km 2 , ro ug hl y t he size of J ava) b e c au se t h ey ar e li kel y to
be conf i ne d to rat h er s p ec if ic sma ll‐ sc a le c li mat ic con di ti ons (e.g .
t o p m o u n t a i n e n d e m i c s ) t h a t a r e n o t t y p i c a l o f t h e g e n e r a l r e g i o n a l
pat tern. These selec tion criteria resulted in a p reliminar y set of
189 ma mm ali an n o n‐vol ant s p ec ie s (h en cef or th ref er r ed to as
m a m m a l s p e c i e s) , o f w h i c h 6 4 h a d t o b e r e m o ve d b e c a u s e (a) t h e i r
dis t r ib ut io n r a nge s w er e l oc a ted m ain ly o ut sid e o f t he s tu d y a re a
an d ove rl ap p ed <5 % wi t h th e s t ud y ar ea; or (b) t he ir d is t ri bu ti on
ranges c overed the whole s tudy area, rendering assignmen t to one
o f t h e f o u r d i s t r i b u t i o n g r o u p s i m p o s s i b l e ; ( c ) t h e y a r e b e i n g d r i v e n
to e x t in c ti on by hu ma ns (e. g . hu nt in g) or a re eas il y sp r ea d by h u ‐
mans, mea ning their current dist ribution r anges are lik ely to be
determine d pred ominantly by anthropogenic rather than environ ‐
me nt a l f a c tor s . T h e r em ai nin g 1 25 s p ec ie s we re assi gn ed to o ne
o f t h e f o u r d i s t r i b u t i o n g r o u p s ( s e e I n t r o d u c t i o n a n d F i g u r e 1 b ; f o r
more det ails on the selec tio n criter ia se e A ppen dix S 1 and for t he
re su lt in g s pe ci es lis t se e T a bl e S2 .1).
2 . 2  |  Palaeo‐pro jections with SDMs
We f it t ed SD Ms for al l 1 25 spe c ie s i n t h e f ol low in g w ay : f or ea ch
species we obtained its curren t distributi on range from t he Red List
(ma ps dow nl o ad ed o n M ay 1 2t h 2 01 7 ) by u sin g s e le c te d I UC N c a t ‐
ego ri es of p re s en ce, o r igi n an d se as o nal it y , as d et a il ed i n A pp e nd ix
S 1 . We r a s ter ize d t his dis t r ib ut io n r an ge s ha pe fi le wi th a re so lu t ion
of 2 . 5 arc mi nu te s, b ec a us e t his is th e f i ne s t r es ol ut io n a t w hic h t h e
cl ima ti c d at a u se d fo r h in dc a s ti ng we re ava il ab le (s ee b e low). N ex t ,
we r an d om ly s a mp le d 10% of r a st er c ell s as o cc ur re nc es f or m o de l
f it t in g. B y sa mp li ng th e pr es en ce s f r om th e com pl ete d is tr ib ut io n
r an ges fo r ea ch sp e ci es we th us m ad e sur e th at we wer e ca pt ur ‐
in g t he p re se nt cli mat ic ni ch e of ea c h s pe ci es (S ob er ón , 20 07 ). For
the species with >90% of their distribution r ange loc ated within the
s tu dy are a (i n tot a l 1 13 sp e ci es), we u se d th e ex te nt of t he s t ud y
ar ea as a ba ck g ro un d. Fo r the re ma in in g 12 s pe ci e s, we us ed as a
background a s quare en compas sing the whole dist ribution range.
In b ot h c as es we e xcl ud e d th e O cea ni an a nd A us t r ali an zo oge o‐
gr a ph ic r e alm s f ro m o ur st u dy are a (Ho lt et a l. , 2013). W e s a mp le d
t h e b a c k g r o u n d p o in t s f ro m t he ba c k g r o un d ar e a an d s e t t h e i r nu m ‐
be r to 1 0 , 0 0 0 if th e nu mb er of s am pl ed p re se n ces wa s <35,0 0 0
( 118 sp e cie s), a n d t o 10 0 ,0 0 0 oth e r w ise ( T a b le S2.1). We ge n er ate d
th re e set s of ba ck g ro un d sa mp le s to a cco unt for th e ra nd om n es s
as so cia ted wit h t h eir ass ign me nt . A s env ir on me nt a l p re di c tor s f or
mo d el f i t t ing we us ed th e bi oc lim at ic v ar ia bl es prov id e d by wo rl d
clim.org/v er sion 1 (Hijmans, Cam eron, Parra, Jones, & Jar vis, 20 05).
T o avoi d mu lt ic oll in ea r it y , f or ea ch sp e cie s w e c al cu lat ed Sp e ar m an
cor r el ati on co ef f i cie nt s am o ng th e envi ro nm en t al pr ed ic to r s at
th e l o c ati on s as sig ne d a s p re se n ces an d b ac k g ro un d p oi nt s (fo r
th is we l um pe d all th re e set s of ba ck gr ou nd s am pl es ; v an Pro os d ij,
So se f , W i er in ga , & R a es , 2016). O nl y env iro n me nt al p re di c tor s wi t h
− 0 .7 < ρ < 0.7 (S p ea r m a n co r r el at i o n) we r e re t a i ne d f o r mo d e l b u il d ‐
ing, re sulting in a dif ferent set of pre dictor s for ea ch specie s ( T able
S2. 2). Mod e ls were fi t te d wit h t h e b i om o d2 pa ck age in R ( T hu il le r ,
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T o eval u ate t he qu al it y of th e f it t ed m od e ls we us ed t h e ap ‐
pr oa ch sug ge s te d by R ae s a n d T er Ste e ge (2 0 07 ) fo r S DM s ba se d
on pre s en ce‐ on l y da t a. Th is a pp ro ac h is ba se d o n a co mp ar is on of
t h e a r e a u n d e r t h e c u r v e ( AU C ) f o r t h e a c t u a l l y f i t t e d m o d e l a g a i n s t
a nu ll di st r ib ut io n of ex pe c te d AUC v al ue s . T hi s nu ll di st r ib ut io n is
ob t ai ne d by c al cu lat in g AUC v al ue s fo r 999 m o de ls f it te d to 99 9
sets of randomly drawn presence set s (and respec tively generated
background samples ). W e then compar ed the A UC value obtained
wi th t h e mo d el w it h t he o ne ‐si de d 95% conf id e nce i nte r va l (CI)
produced under the null distribution to determine whether the f it ‐
te d m od el p er fo rm ed sig ni f ic a ntl y b e t te r t ha n e xp e c te d by c ha nc e.
Ne x t , w e to ok t h e me a n of t he pro ba bi li ti es p re d ic te d w it h t he
mo d el s t hat we re s ig nif i c ant l y b et t er th an ex p ec t ed by c ha nce (all
th re e m od el s for e ac h sp ec ie s , se e T a bl e S2.1) to o bt a in a sin gl e
mo d el fo r e ac h sp ec ie s ( T ab le S2 . 1). W e fo un d hi gh co nsi st en c y
am on g th e m o de ls b ase d on t he t hr ee s et s of ba ck gr ou nd s am pl e s
fo r e ac h sp e cie s (res ult s not show n), jus ti f y in g aver ag ing over th e se
three models.
Ne x t , w e us e d t he f i t te d h ab it at sui t ab ili t y mo de l f or e a ch s pe ‐
cies to hindcast it s habi tat suitabil ity to t wo past time periods usi ng
cl ima ti c dat a fo r th e mi d‐H ol o cen e ( c. 6 k a ) a n d t h e L G M ( c. 21 k a),
wh ic h w er e o bt a in ed w it h th e fo ll owi ng g lo ba l c li mat e m o de ls:
CCSM4, MIROC‐ESM and MPI‐E SM‐P (htt p: / /ww w . world clim.org/
paleo‐clima te 1) . T hese global climat e mo dels are commonly used f or
p r o j e c t i n g t h e p a s t h a b i t a t s u i t a b i l i t y w i t h S D M s ( B a r ke r , R o d r í g u e z‐
Rob l es , & Co ok , 201 5; Ra es e t al. , 201 4; W ilt in g et al ., 2 016 ). F in al ly ,
we b uil t on e m od e l for eac h of t he t wo p as t t im e pe r io ds by ave r ‐
aging the predic ted p robabilities obtain ed across t he three climate
mo d el s t o a cco un t f or u nce r t ain t y in c lim ate m od e l p re di c t io ns (se e
A pp e nd ix S 1 for d et ai ls ab ou t th e c ho ice s an d assu m pti on s m a de
fo r SD M).
T o te s t t h e s en sit i vit y of o ur f in din g s to t he ch oic e of th e algo ‐
ri th m , we a ls o f it te d t he m o de ls w it h b o os te d re gr es sio n t re e s (B RT ),
an d as t he r es ul t s ob t ai ne d wi th t h e t wo al gor it h ms we re co nsi st ent
( A pp en d ix S2, Fig ur es S2.1 – S2 . 5), we he re re po r t th e r e sul t s bas e d
o n M a xe nt o n l y. A d d i t i o n a l l y, we as s e s s e d t h e s e n s i t i v i t y of o u r f i n d ‐
in gs (s e e Ap p en di x S 1) to (a) th e gr id ce ll size u se d (by r u nn ing t h e
an al ys e s wi th gr id c ell s of 0. 5°) b ec a us e p rev io us re se ar ch f ou nd
th at p re d ic t io ns of SDM s b as ed on f in e‐ re so lu ti on e nv iro nm e nt al
dat a m ay b e bias ed (Hu rl be r t & J et z , 2 0 07 ); and (b) t he pro p or ti on of
th e ra s ter ce lls u se d a s pre s en ce s ( in ad di ti on to th e 1 0 % re po r te d
in the main text we also used 1% and 20%). O ur sensitivity analyses
(s e e A p p e n d i x S2 , F i g u r e S2 . 6 –S2 .10 ) i n d i c a t e d t h a t t h e r e s u l t s we r e
not se ns it ive t o th e c ho ice of th e g ri d ce ll s ize a nd t h e p rop o r t io n of
cel ls us ed as pr es en ce s . T he re fo re, o ur re sul t s va lid ate ou r c ho ice s
of usi ng (a) t he gr id ce ll size of 2 . 5 a rc mi nu te s a n d ( b) 10% of d is t ri‐
bu ti on r a nge a s pr es e nce s .
2 . 3  |  Im pac t of ab iotic f ac tor s on s peci es
distributions
T o a ss es s h ow th e h abi t at a re a of sp e ci es i nh ab it in g So ut h ea st A sia
ch an ged a cro ss pe r io ds (H1 ), we conver te d th e pre di c te d hab it at
su it a bil it y va lu e s in to p re se nc e/ a bs en ce m ap s us in g as a th re sh ol d
th e v alu e w it h ma xi mu m su m of s ens it iv it y an d sp e ci fi ci t y ( i.e . ma x ‐
SS S , L iu , Be rr y , Daw so n, & P ea r so n , 2 0 0 5; L iu , Newe ll , & W hit e,
2016). T o te st p re di c t io n P 1 we th e n u se d a li ne ar m o de l (G a us sia n
er ro r d is t ri bu ti on) w it h t he tot al hab it at are a a s re s po ns e an d p e ‐
ri od , sp ec ie s dis tr ib u ti on gro up an d th ei r i nte r ac t io n as p r ed ic to r
va ri ab le s . Thi s mo de l all owe d us to as se ss h ow the tot a l ha bit a t are a
ch an ged a cr os s th e t hr ee p e ri od s fo r sp ec ie s in t h e fou r di f f er ent
dis t r ib ut io n gr ou ps . Be c a us e th e in ter a c t ion of th e pe r io d w it h d is‐
tr i bu ti on gr ou p was n ot sig ni fi c an t , we e xcl ud e d it fr om t he m od el
us ed to pr ed ic t th e tot a l ha bi t at a re a of e a ch d is t ri bu ti on g ro up in
each period.
T o te s t p re di c ti on P2 we us e d t he are a of th e h ab it at so ut h of
Io K as a r es p ons e va ri ab le a nd f it t ed a li ne ar m od el (G au ss ian e rr or
distrib ution ) with period, species distributi on group , and their int er ‐
ac ti on a s pr ed ic t or v ar ia bl e s. T hi s mo d el a ll owe d us t o as se ss h ow
th e a re a of t h e ha bi t at s ou t h of I oK c ha nge d a cr os s t he t h re e p er io ds
fo r sp ec ie s in t he f ou r di f fe re nt d is tr i bu ti on g ro ups .
T o ac cou nt for th e f a c t th at t he tot a l l an dm as s a re a c han ge d i n
th e LGM com par ed to t he m id‐H olo cen e an d the c ur rent p er io d, we
f it t ed t he t wo a bove ‐m ent io n ed m od el s by inc lu di ng a not he r “pe ‐
ri od ” , w hi ch co rr e sp on de d to t he h in dc a s ted LG M su it a bil it y ma p
cl ip pe d to t he c ur re nt l an dm ass . Fur t he rm o re , b e c au se t he b io geo ‐
gr a ph ic t r a nsi ti ons aro un d I o K a re r ep o r te d t o cove r t he lat it ud i‐
na l r a nge fro m 5° N to 12 ° N, de pe nd in g o n t h e t a xon cons id er ed
(Hu gh e s et a l. , 2011, 2 0 0 3; Woo dr u f f & T ur n er , 2 0 0 9), w e ch ec ked
th e r ob us t ne s s of o ur re su lt s by usi ng b oth t he so ut h er n (5° N) an d
th e nor t he r n (12° N) b o un da ri es of t h e zoo ge og ra p hic tr a nsi ti on
z o n e t o r e c a l c u l a t e t h e a r e a o f t h e h a b i t a t s o u t h o f t h e s e b o u n d a r i e s .
2 .4  |  I mpa c t of a suite of fa c tors o n sp ecie s
distributions
Sin ce we have sh own t hat du rin g th e LGM pot enti all y suit a bl e are as
ex is te d fo r Indochinese s p e c i e s s o u t h o f I o K ( s e e R e s u l t s ) , w e h e r e f o ‐
cu se d on Indochinese spec ies only . We t es ted the h ypothesi s that for
Indochinese s pe ci es , the are a of t he hab it a t t h at is cur re nt ly avai la bl e
sou th o f IoK depend s on abio tic factors, a bio tic facto r and con nec ‐
ti vi t y . A s ab iot ic f a c to rs we us e d, f or ea ch s pe c ie s, th e su m of p re ‐
di c te d suit ab ili t y va lu es i n ras te r gr id s sou t h of I o K ( 10° 3 0′N) d ur in g
the L GM , mid‐Holoc ene and presen t . The connectivit y between the
su it a bl e ar ea s lo c ate d n or t h an d s ou th of Io K in th e LGM was c al cu‐
lat ed fo r e a ch sp ec ie s usin g th e l e as t ‐co s t pat h ( LCP) ana ly sis . W e
f i r s t a s s i g n e d a s t h e s t a r t a n d e n d p o i n t s t h e g r i d c e l l s w i t h t h e m a x i ‐
mu m s uit a bi li t y v al ue no r t h a n d s ou th of I oK ( us in g t he hin d c as te d
L GM suitabilit y map) . The LCP algorithm then uses as cost s the sum
of re sis t a nce va lu e s (=inve r se sui t ab il it y val ue s , i .e. 1/ s uit a bi li t y
va lu e) of ea ch gri d ce ll on t h e po ten ti al rou tes be t we en th e s t ar t and
en d p oin t s a nd s el ec t s a si ng le p at h ch ar a c te rize d by t he l e as t cos t .
Ne x t , f or e a ch s p ec ie s, we co nver te d t he le as t ‐ cos t d is t an ce (a s um
of re sis t a nc e va lu es a lo ng t h e LCP) into c on ne c t iv it y (i nver s e of th e
le as t ‐ cos t di st a n ce val u e). For 1 4 sp ec ie s th e le as t cos t di st an ce wa s
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th e g ri d ce ll s on the id en ti f ie d pa th b et we e n t he s t ar t a nd end p oin t s
equal infinit y bec ause their suitabilit y values are approaching 0. In
su ch ca se s n o LCP coul d be i de nt if ie d a nd we, the re fo re, ass ign e d
th e l e as t ‐c os t d is t an ce to th e m a xi mu m l ea s t co st dis t an ce id en ti fi ed
ac ro ss al l sp ec ie s. We r ec ogn ize t hat t he LCP a nal y sis p rovi de s on l y
a p rox y of c on ne c t iv it y w hi le om it t in g th e d et ail s of t he m ovem en t
pa th (e.g . ina bi li t y to cro ss ba rr ie r s suc h as r i ver s), b u t t hi s m et h od
offered the bes t compromise bet ween t he detailed depict ion of the
mov ement ( data‐demanding) and di scerning the pattern acro ss mul ‐
ti pl e sp e cie s w it hi n a lar ge s pa tia l ex te nt .
A s b iot ic f a c to rs we ini ti all y a im ed t o us e se ver a l lif e hi st or y
t r a i t s , su c h a s a d u l t b o d y ma s s , ag e at f i r s t r e p r o d u c t i o n , i n t e r ‐ b i r t h
int er va l , l it t er size , n um be r of l it t er s pe r ye a r , a n d a ge at s ex ua l
mat u ri t y , all ava ila b le fro m the Pa n TH ERI A dat a bas e (J on es et al .,
20 0 9 ). B ut b e c au se m os t da t a wer e mis si ng fo r ma ny sp e cie s (c f .
G on zá le z‐ S uá re z & Rev il la , 2 013) we h ad to r e st r ic t ou r a na ly sis to
a si ngl e t r ait , bo dy mas s, w hi ch w e us ed a s a p rox y of co mp et it ive
a b i l i t y of sp e c i e s , in p a r t i c u l a r r e f l e c t i n g t h e s p e c i e s ’ ab i l i t y to c o l o ‐
nize ne wl y av ai lab l e ha bi t at s . In de e d, in ma mm als , ad ul t b od y mas s
cor r el ate s st ro ngl y (Pea r so n cor re lat io n coef f ici en t = 0.9 7 ) wi th
ad ul t for ea r m len g t h (G on zá le z‐ S uá re z & Revi ll a, 2013), w hic h is a
k now n pr ox y f or m am ma l mo bi lit y . Fu r t he r mo re , la rge r b od y m ass
is a ss oc iate d w it h w id er die t b re ad th , me ani ng th at l ar ger pr ed a ‐
tor s c an fe ed on a w id er r an ge of pr ey s p ec ie s (G ill ja m et al ., 2011 ).
A nd , ge n er al ly , f or pre da tor s , t h e la r ger the ir size, the lar ge r t he ir
p r e y, m e a n i n g t h a t t h e y wo u l d o u t‐ c o m p e t e s m a l l e r‐ s i z e d p r e d a t o r s
(B ros e e t al ., 20 06).
We t h en us ed a p hyl og en et ic l in ea r m o de l to as se ss how b od y
ma ss , c on ne c t iv it y d ur in g t h e LG M , a nd avai la bil it y of suit a b le are a
so ut h of I oK du ri ng al l t hr e e p er io ds af f e c te d t he ar ea of th e h ab i ‐
t at c ur re nt ly lo c ate d s ou t h of I oK fo r Indochinese s p e c i e s ( F i g u r e 2 ) ,
H2 . W e s t an da rd ize d (mea n = 0 an d SD = 1 ) a l l p r e d i c t o r s p r i o r
to m od e l f it t in g. Th e mo d el w as f i t te d us in g th e f un c t io n ‘pg ls ( )’
f r o m ‘c a p e r ’ p a c k a g e i n R ( O r m e e t a l . , 2 0 1 3 ) . P r i o r t o m o d e l f i t t i n g ,
we tested for correla tion among explana tor y variables to a void
multicollinearit y . Bec ause the sum of suitabilit y values correlated
strongly among three periods ( r > 0 . 7 ) a n d b e c a u s e t h e s u m o f
su it a bil it y val u es in t he LG M cor re lat ed w it h con ne c t iv it y (Fi gu re
S2.1 1), we on ly ret a in ed th e s um of su it ab il it y va lu es es t ima te d
fo r t he cu rr en t p er io d a s a n e xp la na tor y va ria b le an d e xclu d ed th e
su it a bil it y sum s for t he ot he r t wo pe r io ds . For phy l oge ny we re ‐
li ed o n th e up d ate d ma mm al ian s up e r t re e (Fri t z , B in in da ‐Em on ds ,
& Pu r v is , 20 0 9 ) an d re so lv ed p ol y to mi es r a nd om ly. T o te st h ow
s e n s i t i v e o u r r e s u l t s we r e t o t h e a s s i g n m e n t of t h e m a x i m u m l e a s t‐
cost dist ance for species for which t he least ‐cost dist ance was es ‐
timat ed to infinit y , we also re‐run t he model on the subset of data
withou t these 1 4 spec ies.
For m o de l dia gn os t ic s of a ll t he f i t te d mo d els w e ch ec ked t he
normalit y of m odel residuals ( with a quantile‐quan tile plot) , and plot ‐
t e d t h e r e s i d u a l s v e r s u s t h e r e s p o n s e v a r i a b l e a n d e a c h o f t h e p r e d i c ‐
tor s . T he m od el d iag n os ti c s wer e s ati sf a c to r y f or t he p hyl oge n et ic
li ne ar m od el (te st i ng H2). Howe ver , t he di s tr ib ut io ns of re sid ua ls of
th e m o de ls f i t te d to te s t t he pr ed ic t io ns P1 (a bo u t t he t ot al ha bi t at
ar ea) an d P 2 (a bo ut t he h ab it at a re a so ut h of Io K ) de vi ate d s t ro ng ly
fr om n or m al . Af t er l og‐tr an sf or mi ng t he a re a , th e m od el d iag n os ti c s
im pr oved i n bot h ca se s . All a na ly se s wer e con du c te d wit h R 3.4 . 1
sof t w ar e (R , 2 018); t h e R p a ck age ‘gdis t an ce’ (va n Et te n , 201 5) w as
us ed f or LCP a na ly sis .
FIG U RE 3  (a) T ot a l pr ed ic t ed h ab it at a re a fo r sp e cie s in t h e fo ur di s tr ib ut io n gr ou ps i n ea ch p e ri od (LG M , mi d‐H ol oc en e an d cu r re nt) a nd
(b) t he a re a of th e p re dic te d ha bit a t lo c ate d s ou th of t h e Is th m us of K r a fo r th e sp e ci es i n th e fo ur d is tr i bu ti on g ro ups , p er p e ri od . LGM _
cu rL a n d de not es t h e ha bit a t ar ea i n th e LGM c a lc ul ate d wh e n con sid er in g cu r re nt la nd ma ss es (to a cco un t for t h e dif fe re nc es i n em er ge d
la nd ma ss es b et we en p e ri od s wi th d if f er en t se a lev els)
0
2
4
Specialized Indochinese General Indochinese Specialized Sundaic General Sundaic
Species dist ri bu tion
Habitat area (100 000 * number cells)

Pe ri od
Current
Mid−Holocene
LGM
LGM_CurLand
(a)
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Specialized Indochines eG eneral Indochinese Specialized Sundaic General Sundaic
Species distribution
Habitat area (100 000 * number cells) south of Io

K
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3  |  RESUL TS
3 .1   |  Im pac t of ab iotic f ac tor s on s pec ies
distributions
A s p re di c te d (P1), we fo u nd t ha t for general Indochinese spec ies the
a re a of s u it a b l e h a b i t a t h a d b e e n l a r g er d u r i ng t h e LG M c o m p a re d
to t he cur rent p eri od (Fig ure 3a , T abl e 1). T he sa me was foun d f or
gener al Sundaic sp ec i es ( Fi gu re 3a , T ab le 1 ) , pr o v i d i ng s up po rt f o r
the predi ction that speci es dependent on e vergreen rain for est s
fo un d su it a bl e ha bi t at on the e x po se d S un da S he lf ( P1a). We di d
n o t f i n d a s t r o n g e r i n c r e a s e i n t h e h a b i t a t a r e a d u r i n g t h e LG M f o r
so me dis t r ib ut io n g ro up s co mp ar e d w it h ot h er s , a s i nd ic at ed by
n o n‐ s ig n i f i c a n t i n te r a c t i o n b e t w e e n p e r i o d an d d i s t r i b u t io n g r ou p
( F = 0 .91 9 , d . f. = 9 , p = . 5 0 82). I mp o r t a nt ly , if t h e hi nd c as te d s ui t ‐
a b i l i t y m a p s f o r LG M w e r e c l i p p e d t o c u r r e n t l a n d m a s s e s w e f o u n d
th at f or al l sp e ci es th er e w as a no n‐ sig nif i c ant sl igh t in cr ea se
in th e h ab it at are a i n t h e LG M co mp ar ed to t h e cu r re nt p e ri od
( T ab le 1), i nd ic at in g t h at a d dit io na l s ui t ab le ar ea s d ur in g t h e LG M
wer e m ai nl y l o c ate d o ut s id e of t he pr es en t l an dm as se s.
T h e ar e a o f t h e h a b i t a t s o u t h o f I o K d e p e n d e d o n t i m e p e r i o d , s p e ‐
cies dis trib utio n group and the intera c tion bet we en them ( T a ble 1 ). As
pr ed ic t ed (P2), we fo un d t ha t fo r general an d speciali ze d Indochinese
s p e c i e s t h e a r e a o f t h e h a b i t a t s o u t h o f Io K d u r i n g t h e LG M w a s hi g h e r
com p ar ed to th e c ur re nt pe r io d, eve n i f the la n dma ss e s i n th e LG M
we r e cl i p p e d t o m a tc h t h e c u r r e nt p e r i o d ( F i g u r e 3b , T a b l e 1) . Si m i l a r l y,
fo r Sundaic s pe ci es , th e a r ea o f th e h ab it a t s o u th o f Io K wa s h i gh er i n
t he LG M com p a re d to th e cu r re n t pe r io d , bu t on l y if we us ed t he LG M
la nd ma ss es . By cl ip pi ng th e LGM lan d mas se s to matc h th e cur re nt pe ‐
riod, we found a slight decrease in the area of t he habitat south of IoK
fo r Sundaic species ( compa red to the curr ent period ), suggesting tha t
th e hab it at avai la bl e to Sundaic s p e c ie s i n t he LG M wa s ma i nl y p re s e n t
on th e eme r ged la nd mas se s . The re su lt s wer e qua lit a ti vel y unaf fe c te d
by us e of eit he r th e so ut he r n or no r t h er n bo un da r ie s (5 ° N a nd 12 ° N)
of the bio geog r aph ic tr an sit ion zone to ca lcu late th e prop or ti on of the
ha bi t at sou t h of I oK ( T ab le S2. 3 an d Fig ur e S2.12).
T AB LE 1  R es ult s of li ne ar m o de ls a ss es sin g t he ef fe c t s of p re di c to r s on a l og‐tr an sf or m ed (a) tot a l ha bit at ar ea ( P1) an d (b) ha bi t at a re a
so ut h of I oK (P 2) a cr oss t h e sp e cie s in f ou r dis t r ib ut io n gr ou ps . A s a ba se li ne we u se d t he d is t ri bu ti on g ro up specializ ed Indochinese species
an d t he “cur re nt ” pe r io d. Pe r io d cor r es po n ds to o ne of t he s t u die d t im e pe ri o ds: c ur re nt , m id‐ Ho lo ce ne , LGM , an d LGM c or re c te d fo r th e
cu rr en t la nd ma ss es (s ee M et h od s)
Response Parameter Modali t y Es tim ate SE
Lo g‐tr an s fo rm e d tot a l
ha bi t at a re a
Interce pt 12. 03 8 0.087
Distribution gr oup General Indochinese − 0. 358 0.0 86
Sp e ci al ize d Su n da ic −1 . 1 3 5 0.099
General Sundaic − 0 . 873 0.0 86
Peri od Mid‐Holocen e 0.0 1 3 0.063
LG M 0 . 41 8 0.06 3
LGM (cu r re nt l an dm as s es) 0.0 02 0.063
Log ‐ t ransformed area
of ha bi t at l o c ate d
so u th of I o K
Interce pt 9. 1 3 5 0 . 2 96
Distribution gr oup General Indochinese − 0 . 2 21 0. 323
Sp e ci al ize d Su n da ic 1.6 4 4 0 . 373
General Sundaic 2.0 05 0. 326
Peri od Mid‐Holocen e 0 .14 6 0 . 41 8
LG M 1 . 4 67 0 . 41 8
LGM (cu r re nt l an dm as s es) 0 .9 3 4 0 . 41 8
Distribution
group:Period
General Indochinese:Mid ‐Holocene −0.07 8 0 . 457
Spe cializ ed Sundaic:Mid‐Ho locene 0.038 0 . 527
General Sundaic:M id‐Holoc ene − 0 .10 4 0 . 4 61
General Indochinese:L GM 0 . 142 0 . 457
Special ized Sundaic:L GM −1 . 0 7 5 0 . 52 7
General Sundaic:L GM −1 . 1 0 2 0 . 4 61
G en e ra l In d oc hi ne s e: LGM (cu r re nt
landmasses)
−0.054 0 . 457
Sp e ci al ize d Su n da ic :LG M (cu rr en t la nd ma ss e s) − 0 .9 8 4 0 . 527
G en e ra l S un da ic : LGM (cu r re nt la n dm as se s) −1 . 0 4 0 0 . 4 61

    
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3. 2  |  Imp ac t of a suite of f ac tor s on s pec ies
distributions
We f ou nd pa r t ial sup p or t fo r H2 acco rd in g to t h e p hyl oge ne ti c m od e l
( T ab le 2). Th e a re a of t he ha bi t at th at i s c ur re nt l y l oc a ted so u th of I o K
fo r Indochinese s p e c i e s wa s af f e c t e d by t h e a b i o t i c f a c t o r (i . e . s u m o f
su it a bil it y val u es s ou th of I oK ; F = 56 .73, d . f. = 1 , p = 4 .6 E‐ 10) a nd
th e bio ti c f a c tor ( i.e . s pe ci es b od y ma ss; F = 7 .45, d . f. = 1, p = . 0 0 9),
but we found no significant ef fect of connectivity ( F = 0.0 3, d . f. = 1 ,
p = . 8 6). T h e l a r ge r t h e s u m of s ui t a bi l i t y va l u e s s o u t h of I o K a n d t h e
la rg er t he s pe ci es b o dy m as s, t h e la rge r wa s th e ha bi t at a re a so ut h of
Io K wi t hin t h e cu rr en t sp e cie s d is tr ib ut io n r an ge. Th e phy l oge ne ti c
sig na l wa s ne gli gib l e, as e vi de nc ed by l am bd a = 0 (CI : NA , 0 . 269 ). O u r
re su lt s we re qu al it at i vel y th e s a me w he n e xcl ud in g th e s p ec ie s f or
wh ic h th e le as t ‐ cos t d is t an ce w as e st i mate d to i nf in it y ( T abl e S2 .4).
4  |  DI SCUSS ION
We sh owe d t ha t b ot h p r es en t a nd hi s tor ic a l ab iot ic f ac tor s in co m‐
bi nat io n w it h b od y mass , as on e p rox y f or biot ic cha r ac t er is ti c s of
th e s pe ci e s, af fe c t t he cur re nt d is t ri bu t ion ra nge s of mam ma ls i n
So u th ea s t A s ia . O ur f in di ng s sug g es t th at a s t ro ng ge op hysi c al ba r ‐
ri er may not be ne ce ss a r y to mai nt ai n a bi oge og r ap hi c t r an sit io n
zon e. C li mat ic c on di ti ons dur in g t he LG M p rovi de d s uit ab le h ab it at
(p re su ma bl y d ri er a n d mo re o p en h ab it a t s , sim il ar t o cu rr en t ha bi t at s
in m any a re as of In d oc hin a) for Indochine se spec ies sou th of IoK, al ‐
low ing them to increas e their distribution ranges (Figure 4) . D espi te
th is so ut hwa rd s ra nge ex pa ns ion we fou n d onl y limi te d sup po r t t hat
th e se s uit a b le c lim at ic co nd it io ns s t ret ch ed a ll t he w ay so u thw ar ds
to Java , as wo ul d be ex p ec te d i n th e pr es e nce of a tr a ns eq uat or ia l
s ava nn a cor ri do r (Bi rd et a l. , 20 0 5; Gat h or ne ‐H ar dy et a l. , 20 0 2;
Me ija ar d, 20 0 3). We fo u nd th at la rg e par t s of th e ex po se d sh elf
ar ou nd t he eq ua tor be t we e n B o rn e o a n d S u mat r a were n ot pre ‐
di c te d t o co nt a in su it a bl e h ab it at f or Indochinese sp e ci es (F ig ur e 5) .
T AB LE 2  R es ult s of t he p hyl oge n et ic m od el t es t in g how t h e
ar ea of t h e ha bit at so ut h of I oK d ur in g t he c ur re nt p er io d wa s
af f ec t ed by c on ne c t iv it y du ri ng t he LG M , bo d y ma ss , an d su m of
su it a bil it y va lu es f or t he c ur re nt p e ri od . Si gn if ic a nt va r iab l es a re
hig hl ig hte d in b ol d. T h e pr ed ic t or s we re s t a nd ar dize d (me an = 0
an d SD = 1) pr io r to th e an al ys is . Th e e s ti mate d p hyl oge n et ic si gn al
al ph a is 0 (b o ot s t r ap CI : NA , 0 . 269 )
Parameter Est imat e SE
Interce pt 21 ,4 0 1. 3 2 , 8 4 7. 0
Bo d y ma ss 7, 8 8 3 . 8 2,888.4
Cu r re nt to t al s ui t ab il it y S o ut h
of I oK
23 ,722 .7 3 , 1 4 9. 4
Connect ivity −5 65 . 5 3 ,13 2 . 7
FIG U RE 4  Pre d ic te d ha bi t at su it a bi lit y fo r fo ur s pe ci es , r ep re se nt at i ve of th e speciali zed Indochinese dis t r ib ut io n gro u p: Leopoldam ys
edwardsi (a , e, i ), t he general Indochinese dis t r ib ut io n gr ou p: Lepus peguensis (b, f, j), th e specialized Su ndaic dis t ri bu ti on g ro up: Sus barbatus (c,
g , k), a n d th e gener al Sundaic dis tr ib ut io n gr ou p: Echino sorex gymnura ( d , h , l). T h e pr ed ic t io ns a re s how n fo r th re e p er io ds : cur r ent (a , b, c , d) ;
mi d‐H ol oc en e (e, f , g , h); an d LGM ( i, j , k , l). T h e ou tl in e of th e p re se nt sp e ci es d is tr i bu ti on r an ge is s ho wn w it h th e t hic k so li d bl ac k li ne , th e
eq ua tor w it h t he t hi n ho ri zont a l li ne , an d t he l ati tu d e of th e Is t hm us of K r a w it h th e da sh e d ho ri zont a l lin e
−10 0 10 20 30
(a) (b) (c)
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
(d)
−1 00 10 20 30
(e)
−1 00 10 20 30
(f)
−10 01 02 03 0
(g)
−1 00 10 20 30
(h)
80 90 10 01 10 120 130 140
−1 00 10 20 30
(i)
80 90 100 110 120 130 140
−1 00 10 20 30
(j)
80 90 100 110 120 130 140
−1 00 10 20 30
(k)
80 90 100 110 120 13 01 40
−1 00 10 20 30
(l)
Leopolda my s ed wa rdsi Lepus peguensis Sus barbatu sE chinosor ex gymnura
Spesialised Indochinese General Indochinese Specialised Sundai cG eneral Sundaic

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In c ont r as t , t hi s eq ua tor ia l ar ea was p r ed ic te d to b e s ui t ab le f or
ma ny Sundaic speci es (both general an d specia lized ), su p po r t in g th e
su g ges t io n t h at ra in fo re s t ‐li ke h ab it at s c on ne c te d th e em er gen t
la nd s be t we e n Bo rn e o an d Su mat r a (su pp o r t fo r P1a , F ig ur es 4 a nd
5). T his f in di ng is in li ne w it h t h e h in dc a st s of t he li kel y p e r sis te nc e
of ra in for es t di pte ro c ar p hab it a t s th ro ugh o ut th e L G M bet we en
Su ma tr a a n d B or n eo (R ae s e t a l. , 2 01 4). I n de ed , of 4 6 general Sundaic
sp e cie s o n ou r l is t , ar ou n d 15– 2 0 co ul d have exi st ed o n t he eme r ‐
gen t la nd ma sse s b et wee n S um atr a a nd B or n eo d ur in g th e LGM
(F igu re 5). It is co n cei va bl e t hat suc h l ar ge r eve rg re en ra in for es t ‐l ike
ha bi t at s pr eve nte d a s t ron ge r i mp r int in g of t h e I n do ch in es e fa una
on to Su nd al an d d ur in g th e LGM .
A lt ho ug h o ur re su lt s sug g es t th e e xi st en ce of r ai n fo re s t h ab ‐
it at s o n t h e e qu ato ri al mas se s c on ne c t in g B or n eo an d S um at r a in
ea s t ‐wes t d ir ec t io n , th e ex te nt of su ch h ab it at s is u nc le ar a nd we
do not k n ow w he th er th ey f or me d a cont in uo us st re tch or r at h er
fr a gm en ted patc he s (M as on , H e lge n, & M ur p hy , 2 018). T hu s, it loo k s
lik e the s av anna corridor r unning from nor th to south was either in ‐
te rr u pte d by a co nt in uo us r ain fore s t co r ri do r o r , p er ha ps mor e li kel y
(cf. Ma so n et al ., 2 018), wa s in ter s pe r se d by p atc hy r ai n fo re s t ha b‐
it at ar ou nd th e e qu ato r . Mo re ove r , o ur f in d ing s p oi nt o ut t h at ha bi‐
t at s fu r t h er to the so ut h of s uc h rai n fore s t hab it at s we re like ly dr ie r
an d col de r , re se m bl ing t he co nd it io ns of a s av an na co rr id or . I nd e ed ,
fo r Indochinese species our models predicted high habitat suitability
du ri ng t h e LGM o n Java an d th e Le s se r Su n da is la nd s (cf. Fi gu re s 4
an d 5). T he se f in d ing s a re in li ne w it h pr evi ou s po ll en re co rd s (van
de r K aa r s, Ker s haw, T ap p er , M os s , & T ur n ey , 20 01) an d sp e le ot he m
e v i d e n c e ( We s t a w a y et a l . , 2 0 07 ), s u g g e s t i n g d r i e r a n d c o l d e r co n d i ‐
ti on s on Jav a ar ou n d th e LGM .
Id e all y , f os sil r ec ord s co ul d b e us ed t o va lid ate t h e hi nd c as t s
m a d e h e r e ( e . g . M e t c a l f e t a l . , 2 0 14 ) . U n f o r t u n a t e l y, t h e Q u a t e r n a r y
fos si l re co rd in S o ut he as t A sia is of p oo r te m po r al an d sp at ia l r es ‐
ol ut io n (Lo uy s , C ur n oe , & T on g , 20 07 ), li mit in g ou r a bi lit y to com ‐
pa re fos sil da t a w it h our pr oj ec t io ns for e ac h s pe c ie s f or th e t wo
p a s t p e r i o d s w i t h a n y a c c u r a c y. A n o t h e r is s u e wi t h t h e fo s s i l r e c o r d
concerns p oor k nowledge abo ut the histor y and form ation of fossil
sit es , w hic h me a ns t hat t he a bs en ce of a sp e ci es f ro m th e fos si ls
r e c o ve r e d at a p a r t i c u l a r s i t e c a n n o t b e i n t e r p r e t e d w i t h 10 0 % co n ‐
f id en ce as t he a bs en ce of th at sp e cie s fr om t he s t ud y ar ea d ur in g
a p ar t ic ula r his to ri c al pe r io d. Ne ver t he le ss , we te s te d o u r h in d ‐
c as t p ro je c ti on s by m atc hin g t he m w it h t he fos sil d at a (c f. Davi s,
Mc gu ire , & O rcu t t , 2 01 4; Ma r t ín e z ‐M eye r , Pet er s on , & Ha rg rove ,
20 04) t hat are contemporaneous with our chosen pal aeo‐periods
an d c om e f ro m t he are as nor t h a nd sou t h of I o K . R el eva nt foss ils
wi th age s cl os e to t h e LGM a re on ly ava ila bl e f ro m fo ur c ave s (on e
on B o rn e o, on e o n Jav a, on e in V i et na m an d o ne in T ha ila n d) f or 19
of 12 5 sp e cie s u se d in t h is s tu d y . T h e li mit ed f os sil d at a av ai la bl e fo r
Sout heas t A sia suppor t our SDM projec tions fo r the LGM: t hree of
the four species that ov erlapped bet wee n our species list and the
fos si ls r ec over ed in no r t h er n V i et na m ( Ma U’ Oi c ave , 20 °37 '2 2 ' ' N ,
1 05°16 ' 4 0 ' ' E, fo ssi l age 49 k a: Ba co n et al. , 20 0 6) had hi gh ha bi ‐
t at s ui t ab ili t y ( >ma x ‐SS S fo r e a ch r es p ec t i ve sp e ci es) i n t hat re gio n
FIG U RE 5  Ma ps of p roj e c te d sp ec ie s ri ch ne ss i n SE A sia ( Y ‐ax is: l at it ud e, X ‐ a xis : E as te rn l on gi tu de). C ol um ns f ro m le f t to r ig ht de pi c t
pr oje c t ed s pe ci es r ic hn e ss fo r : ( 1) all s p ec ie s, ( 2) speci aliz ed Indochinese spe ci e s, (3) general I ndochinese sp e cie s , (4) specializ ed Sundaic species,
an d (5) gener al Sundaic spe ci es i n th e cu r re nt pe r io d (top r ow), mid ‐H ol oce n e (se con d ro w), LGM (th ir d row), a nd LG M cor re c te d fo r t he
cu rr en t la nd ma ss (b ot t om r ow). Co lo ur ed b a rs t o th e ri ght o f th e ma ps i n th e to p row i nd ic ate n um b er of s pe ci e s for t h e re sp e c ti ve co lu mn .
Sp e ci es r ic hn es s wa s ob t ai ne d usi ng a m a x ‐SSS t h re sh ol d to co nver t ha bi t at su it a bi lit y to p re se n ce/ a bs en ce (s ee M et h od s) and by s um mi ng
th e se p re di c te d pr es e nce s a cro ss a ll s pe ci es . T he e qu ato r is i nd ic at ed by t h e ho ri zont a l so li d bl ac k lin e

    
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du ri ng th e LGM . Fur t he r mo re , f i ve of the eig ht s p ec ie s t hat over ‐
la pp e d b et w ee n o ur sp e cie s l is t a nd t he fo ssi ls f ro m n or t he rn
Th ai la nd ( Th e C ave of t he M on k , 1 9 ° 2 4' 36'' N , 98 ° 4 8 '5 8' ' E , fo ssi l
age 1 9 –32 ka: Ze it ou n et a l ., 2 01 0) had hig h ha bi t at s uit ab ili t y i n
th is re gi on d ur in g th e LGM . Si mil ar l y , 1 1 of t he s p ec ie s fou nd i n
Ni ah c av e (no r t h er n B o rn eo , S ar aw ak , 3° 49 ' 09 ' ' N , 1 13° 4 6 ' 42' ' E,
f o s s i l ag e 35 – 4 4 k a : B a r k e r et a l . , 20 07; L o u y s , 2 01 2 ) t h a t we r e a l s o
in cl ud ed in our spe ci e s li s t , h ad high ha bit a t s uit a bi li t y d ur i ng the
LGM at t h e Ni ah cave lo c ali t y ( T a b le S2. 5). An d on e of t hr ee sp ec ie s
th at ove r la pp ed be t we en our sp ec ie s li st an d th e f oss ils fro m Jav a
( Waja k C ave , 8 °37 ' 5 9 ' ' S , 1 16 ° 9 ' E , f oss il a ge 3 0– 4 0 k a: Sto r m et a l. ,
2013) ha d hig h ha bi t at su it a bil it y in t hat r egi on a cco rd ing t o th e
h i n d c a s t s t o t h e LG M . A l t h o u g h t h e s e f e w r e c o r d s c a n n o t a s c e r t a i n
th e a ccu ra c y of o ur m od el p ro je c ti on s f or a ll sp e ci es , th ey p rov id e
so me cr ed ibi li t y f or t he over a ll p at t er ns f ou nd in o ur s t u dy .
In a dd it ion to a bio ti c f a c to rs (su it a bl e cli mat i c co n dit io ns), a
bi oti c f ac to r , b od y ma ss , al so af fe c te d th e cu r re nt dis t r ib ut io ns
of Indochinese species. L arg er bodied Indochinese speci es had
la rg er p re di c te d dis t r ib ut io n ra ng es s ou t h of th e I oK co mp ar e d to
sm al le r b o di ed Indochinese sp ec ie s . T h is mi ght h ave pr ovi de d t he se
Indochinese s pe ci es a co mp et it iv e a d va nt a ge over Sundaic speci es
an d in cre as e d t h ei r c ha nce s of ex pa nd in g t h ei r r a nge to t he so ut h .
How ever , a dd it io na l s tu di es wou ld be ne e de d b ec a us e b o dy mas s is
a t r a i t co r r e la t e d wi t h ma ny ot h e r s p e ci e s c h ar a c t e r is t ic s (G o nz a l e z‐
Su ar e z, G o me z, & Re vi lla , 2 013; Go nz ál ez‐Suá re z & Rev ill a , 2013).
Wh il e for nu me ro us pl ant sp e cie s , prox im it y to LGM ref ug ia
sh ap e d t h eir p re se nt dis t r ib ut io ns (D ull in ger et a l., 2 012; No rm an d
et al ., 2011; Sven nin g & S kov , 2 0 07 a), d is t ri bu ti on r an ges of
Indochinese mam ma l sp ec ie s we re n ot af fe c t ed by t he m e asu re of
con n ec t i vit y . T h is may si mp l y ref le c t t h e dif fe re nce i n t he im p or ‐
t an ce of m ob ili t y fo r p la nt a n d a nim al di st r ib ut io ns , s ug ge s ti ng t hat
this fac tor is not as influential for mammals du e to t heir high disper ‐
s al abi lit y . A lte r nat ive l y , t h e d if f er ent f in di ng s m ay s te m fro m dif ‐
ferent approaches to quantif ying connec tivity . Whereas plant and
fo re s t s tu di es (N or ma n d et al ., 2011; Sve nn in g & S kov , 20 07 a) h ave
us ed acce s sib ili t y me asu re s ( bas e d on th e su m of i nve rs e d is t an ce s
fr om ea ch foc a l gr id to li kel y LG M re fu gi a), we ap pl ie d a LCP ana ly sis
to measure species ‐specifi c connectivity bet ween suitable habitats
no r t h an d s ou th of I oK i n th e LGM . We co ul d not u se a cce ss ibi lit y
me as ur e in ou r c a se as we di d n ot k n ow w he re th e r ef ug ia we re ,
an d r a th er wa nte d to h ave a pr ox y fo r t h e co s t s i nc ur re d by s p ec ie s
wh en mov in g bet we en t wo mo st dis t a nt pot ent ia ll y suit a bl e are as
lo c ate d n or th a n d so ut h of I oK .
To a n s w e r a m a c r o e c o l o g i c a l q u e s t i o n a c r o s s d o z e n s o f s p e c i e s
we h e re use d sp ec ie s d is t ri bu ti on mo d els t hat re ly on se ver al as ‐
sumptio ns. On e such assumpt ion is niche conser vatis m, according
to whi ch the ec ol ogi c al nic he of a sp ec ie s is ass um e d to be con ‐
s t a n t t h r o u g h t i m e . I n d e e d , b y u s i n g a s n a p s h o t o f t h e c u r r e n t s p e ‐
cies distrib ution and assuming that the ecologic al requirement s of
th e sp ec ie s w er e s im ila r in t h e p as t , we hin dc a s ted t he ha bit a t
su it a bil it y of t hi s sp ec ie s to th e pas t p er io ds . A lt ho ug h th e nic he
con se r vat is m assu m pti on is hig hl y de bat ed (Dav is et al ., 201 4;
Ma r t ín e z ‐M eye r et al. , 2 0 0 4; M cgu ir e & D avi s, 2013) no bet te r
al ter n ati ve is yet ava ila b le fo r p ro je c t ing the hab it at su it a bi lit y
of hu nd re ds of sp e cie s on a l ar ge sp at ial e x te nt . T o f i t ou r S D Ms
we u se d sp ec ie s d is tr i bu ti on map s av ai la bl e f ro m t h e I UC N Re d
Li s t , wh ich d e sp ite of t he l ac k of a ccu r ac y fo r s om e of th e ma m ‐
ma l sp e ci es i n o ur a na ly sis , p rov id e t he be s t av ail ab le dat a so u rce
fo r m am ma ls . S im ila r ly , Pa n THE RI A ( J on es et al. , 2 0 0 9) re ma in s
t h e l a r g e s t d a t a b a s e f o r m a m m a l i a n l i f e h i s t o r y t r a i t s , e v e n t h o u g h
dat a cover a ge fo r so me t r ai t s is l ow fo r ma ny sp e cie s . Al t ho ug h
an im al dat a b ase s de t ai lin g lif e h is to r y t ra it s a re in t he pr oc es s o f
be in g com pi le d (e. g. K is sli ng e t al ., 2 01 4; S al gu er o‐ G óm e z et a l. ,
201 6 ), the se are s till much poorer than the global plant dat abases
(e.g . T RY dat a ba se : Ka t t ge et al. , 2011 ). Fur t he rm o re, pre di c te d
su it a bil it ie s i n ou r S DM s a re b as e d on cli ma ti c va r iab le s o n ly , be ‐
c a us e no h ab i t at r ec o ns t r u c t i on s a t t h e sp a ti a l r e so l ut i o n we u se d
in t h is s t ud y a re av ail ab l e fo r t he m id‐ Ho l oce ne an d t he LGM . T he
cl ima te p roj ec ti ons of gl ob al c li mate mo de ls , a lt ho ug h su r ro un de d
by u nc er t ai nt y , a re com mo nl y use d in s t ud ie s p ro je c ti ng ha bit a t
su it a bil it y for d if f er en t sp ec ie s into b ot h pa s t an d fu tu re p er io ds
( e . g . B a r k e r e t a l . , 2 0 1 5 ; C o o p e r e t a l . , 2 0 1 6 ; F i t z p a t r i c k e t a l . , 2 0 1 1 ;
Mathai et al., 201 9; Patel et al., 201 6; Raes et al., 201 4; W ilting et
al ., 2 016 ) . In de e d, f or o ur s t u dy r eg ion , t h e g lo b al cl im ate m o de ls
pr ovi de t he b es t ava il ab le cl im ate pr oje c t io ns in te r ms of spa ti al
re so lu t ion . Fur t h er mo re , ou r a na ly se s wer e c on du c te d at a sp a ‐
ti al r e so lu ti on of < 1° , wh ic h m ay be pr on e to com mis sio n e r ror s
(Hu r lb er t & Je t z, 20 07), al th ou gh ou r s en sit iv it y r es ul t s b as ed on
0. 5 de gr ee re so lu t ion we re con sis te nt wit h th e r e sul t s rep o r te d
in t he m ai n tex t . T a ken to get he r , we wo ul d like to h ig hli ght t ha t
SD Ms us ed he re have a nu mb er of u nc er t ai nt ie s, an d c a nn ot re ‐
fl e c t t he t r ue dis tr ib u ti ons of sp ec ie s in t h e pa s t . De s pit e im pe r ‐
fec t dat a and simp lif y ing assu mpt ions , h owever , we t hin k t hat t he
c l e a r p a t t e r n s d e t e c t e d a c r o s s m o r e t h a n h u n d r e d s p e c i e s p r o v i d e
a use fu l app rox im at io n of t he pa s t d is t ri bu ti on s of m am ma l spe ‐
ci es in So ut h ea st A s ia .
O ur f in din g s h ave imp o r t a nt im pl ic at io ns for t he co nse r va ti on
of sp e cie s in t he b io di ver s it y h ot s po t s of In do ch in a an d th e Su n da
Sh e lf. O n t he on e ha nd , o ur d at a r ei nfo rce t ha t ha bit at su it a bi lit y in
t he p as t a n d to day ar e im p or t a nt d ri ve r s of cu r re nt s p e cie s d is t r ib u ‐
ti on s. T h e on goi ng h ab it at l os s an d d egr a da ti on i n So ut h ea s t A sia
th e ref or e not on ly r es t r ic t s th e c ur re nt d is tr ib ut io ns of sp e cie s , bu t
the of ten fragme nted remaining p opulations also lose their abilit y
to re sp on d to fu r t he r env iro n me nt al c ha nge s, fo r ex am pl e cli mat e
ch an ge. I n ad di ti on , ou r dat a hig hl igh te d th at sp e cie s ch ar a c te ri st i c s
were impor t ant in deter mining specie s distr ibution r anges, me aning
t h a t c o n s e r v a t i o n e f f o r t s s h o u l d a c c o u n t f o r s p e c i e s t r a i t s ( G o n z á l e z ‐
Su ár e z & Rev il la , 2013). For ex am pl e, s ma ll‐b o die d sp e cie s ar e of te n
se ns it ive to ha bi t at l oss a nd d eg r ad ati on , w he re as la r ge‐b o die d
an im als wi th sm al l l it ter size s are of te n mo re th re ate ne d by d ir ec t
ef f ec t s o n t he ir sur v iv al (G o nz al e z ‐Sua re z e t al ., 2013). M or eove r ,
gi ve n the hi gh ha bi tat fra gm enta ti on in ou r stu dy re gi on, sp ec ia l at ‐
t e n t i o n s h o u l d b e d e vo t e d to t h e sp e c i e s wi t h l o we r m o b i l i t y, pa r t i c ‐
ul ar as it ha s b e en pr e dic te d t ha t s ui t ab le e col og ic al co nd it io ns fo r
23%–4 6% of Bor n ea n ma m ma ls will shi f t ups lo p e u n de r fo re c as t s of
la nd c over a nd c lim ate c ha nge (St r u eb ig et a l. , 2015) .

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     R AD C HU K e t Al .
Si mil ar l y to s tu di es on p la nt s (No r ma nd et al ., 201 1; Sve nn ing &
S k o v , 2 0 0 7 b ) , a m p h i b i a n s a n d r e p t i l e s ( A r a ú j o e t a l . , 2 0 0 8 ) , w e d e m o n ‐
s tr at ed th at t h e l eg ac y of p rev io us cli ma ti c co nd it io ns an d cu r re nt
cl ima te have als o af fe c te d m am ma l spe ci es dis t ri bu ti on s. W e sh owe d
th at , at l ea st d ur in g th e LGM , s ava nn a‐l ike ha bit a t s ap p are nt l y did n ot
s tr etc h all t h e w ay so ut hwa rd s to Jav a. We f ur t he r s h owed t ha t t h e
tr a nsi ti on at th e I oK bet we en t h e di s ti nc t Ind oc hi ne se an d Su n dai c
biota was maintained through dif ferent climatic per iods during the
L at e P le is to cen e , even tho ug h th e bi ot a wer e dir ec tl y co nn ec t ed
du ri ng lo ng pe ri od s of th e L ate Ple is to cen e by t he exp os ur e of th e
Su n da S he lf. T h is f in din g pr ovi de s t he f ir s t ev id en ce t hat b ioge o ‐
gr a ph ic tr an si tio n zone s may b e ex pl ain e d by cl ima ti c f a c to r s a nd
t h e i r l e g a c y, a n d t h a t a s t r o n g g e o p h y s i c a l b a r r i e r, s u c h a s t h e I s t h m u s
of Pa na ma is n ot ne ed e d to mai nt ai n th e se pa r at ion of bi ot a .
ACKNO WLEDG EMENTS
We t ha nk Ni col as J . D ee re f or th e co mm e nt s o n a p re vio us dr af t of
th is m an us cr ip t an d Ju li en L ou y s an d t wo a n ony mo us r ev iewe r s fo r
valuabl e suggestion s. This work was conducted as part of a Leibni z‐
A ss o ciat io n p roj ec t SAW ‐ 2 013‐IZ W ‐ 2 .
D ATA AV A I L A B I L I T Y S TAT E M E N T
Th e d at a s up p or ti ng th e r es ult s a re av ai la bl e f ro m t he D r y ad D ig it a l
Reposit or y: h t tps :/ / doi.org/ 1 0 .506 1/ dr yad .qp4 46 1 9 .
T it le : D at a f ro m: Dis t ri b ut io ns of ma mm al s i n S o ut he as t A sia : t he
ro le of t he l eg a c y of cl ima te an d s pe ci es b o dy m as s
DO I: d oi:1 0 . 5 06 1/ dr y ad .q p 4 4 6 1 9
Jo ur n al: J ou rn al of B io geo gr a phy
Jo ur n al ma n us cr ipt n um b er : J BI ‐ 18‐ 0 5 4 7
ORCI D
Vik t oriia Radchuk h tt p s: / / o rc i d. o rg / 0000‐000 3 ‐ 30 7 2 ‐00 9 5
St ephanie Kramer ‐Schadt htt ps:/ / orcid.
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Andreas Wilting h tt p s : / / o rc i d. or g/ 0000‐000 1 ‐ 5 0 7 3 ‐ 9 1 86
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