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Geographic distribution and impacts of climate change on the suitable habitats of Rhamnus utilis Decne in China

BACKGROUND: Rhamnus utilis Decne (Rhamnaceae) is an ecologically and economically important tree species. The growing market demands and recent anthropogenic impacts to R. utilis forests has negatively impacted its populations severely. However, little is known about the potential distribution of th...

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Autores principales: Guiquan, Song, Jiali, Feng, Shuai, Gong, Wenya, Hao, Xiangkun, Kong, Sheng, Zhao, Yueling, Zhao, Xuelian, Jiang
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10680213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38008724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12870-023-04574-4
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author Guiquan, Song
Jiali, Feng
Shuai, Gong
Wenya, Hao
Xiangkun, Kong
Sheng, Zhao
Yueling, Zhao
Xuelian, Jiang
author_facet Guiquan, Song
Jiali, Feng
Shuai, Gong
Wenya, Hao
Xiangkun, Kong
Sheng, Zhao
Yueling, Zhao
Xuelian, Jiang
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description BACKGROUND: Rhamnus utilis Decne (Rhamnaceae) is an ecologically and economically important tree species. The growing market demands and recent anthropogenic impacts to R. utilis forests has negatively impacted its populations severely. However, little is known about the potential distribution of this species and environmental factors that affect habitat suitability for this species. By using 219 occurrence records along with 51 environmental factors, present and future suitable habitats were estimated for R. utilis using Maxent modeling; the important environmental factors affecting its distribution were analyzed. RESULTS: January water vapor pressure, normalized difference vegetation index, mean diurnal range, and precipitation of the warmest quarter represented the critical factors explaining the environmental requirements of R. utilis. The potential habitat of R. utilis included most provinces from central to southeast China. Under the climate change scenario SSP 245, Maxent predicted a cumulative loss of ca. 0.73 × 10(5) km(2) in suitable habitat for R. utilis during 2041–2060 while an increase of ca. 0.65 × 10(5) km(2) occurred during 2081–2100. Furthermore, under this climate change scenario, the suitable habitat will geographically expand to higher elevations. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of our study provide a foundation for targeted conservation efforts and inform future research on R. utilis. By considering the identified environmental factors and anticipating the potential impacts of climate change, conservation strategies can be developed to preserve and restore suitable habitats for R. utilis. Protecting this species is not only crucial for maintaining biodiversity but also for sustaining the economic benefits associated with its ecological services.
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spelling pubmed-106802132023-11-27 Geographic distribution and impacts of climate change on the suitable habitats of Rhamnus utilis Decne in China Guiquan, Song Jiali, Feng Shuai, Gong Wenya, Hao Xiangkun, Kong Sheng, Zhao Yueling, Zhao Xuelian, Jiang BMC Plant Biol Research BACKGROUND: Rhamnus utilis Decne (Rhamnaceae) is an ecologically and economically important tree species. The growing market demands and recent anthropogenic impacts to R. utilis forests has negatively impacted its populations severely. However, little is known about the potential distribution of this species and environmental factors that affect habitat suitability for this species. By using 219 occurrence records along with 51 environmental factors, present and future suitable habitats were estimated for R. utilis using Maxent modeling; the important environmental factors affecting its distribution were analyzed. RESULTS: January water vapor pressure, normalized difference vegetation index, mean diurnal range, and precipitation of the warmest quarter represented the critical factors explaining the environmental requirements of R. utilis. The potential habitat of R. utilis included most provinces from central to southeast China. Under the climate change scenario SSP 245, Maxent predicted a cumulative loss of ca. 0.73 × 10(5) km(2) in suitable habitat for R. utilis during 2041–2060 while an increase of ca. 0.65 × 10(5) km(2) occurred during 2081–2100. Furthermore, under this climate change scenario, the suitable habitat will geographically expand to higher elevations. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of our study provide a foundation for targeted conservation efforts and inform future research on R. utilis. By considering the identified environmental factors and anticipating the potential impacts of climate change, conservation strategies can be developed to preserve and restore suitable habitats for R. utilis. Protecting this species is not only crucial for maintaining biodiversity but also for sustaining the economic benefits associated with its ecological services. BioMed Central 2023-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10680213/ /pubmed/38008724 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12870-023-04574-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Guiquan, Song
Jiali, Feng
Shuai, Gong
Wenya, Hao
Xiangkun, Kong
Sheng, Zhao
Yueling, Zhao
Xuelian, Jiang
Geographic distribution and impacts of climate change on the suitable habitats of Rhamnus utilis Decne in China
title Geographic distribution and impacts of climate change on the suitable habitats of Rhamnus utilis Decne in China
title_full Geographic distribution and impacts of climate change on the suitable habitats of Rhamnus utilis Decne in China
title_fullStr Geographic distribution and impacts of climate change on the suitable habitats of Rhamnus utilis Decne in China
title_full_unstemmed Geographic distribution and impacts of climate change on the suitable habitats of Rhamnus utilis Decne in China
title_short Geographic distribution and impacts of climate change on the suitable habitats of Rhamnus utilis Decne in China
title_sort geographic distribution and impacts of climate change on the suitable habitats of rhamnus utilis decne in china
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10680213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38008724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12870-023-04574-4
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