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The Impact of Human Pressure and Climate Change on the Habitat Availability and Protection of Cypripedium (Orchidaceae) in Northeast China
Human pressure on the environment and climate change are two important factors contributing to species decline and overall loss of biodiversity. Orchids may be particularly vulnerable to human-induced losses of habitat and the pervasive impact of global climate change. In this study, we simulated th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7824597/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33401774 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10010084 |
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author | Liu, Huanchu Jacquemyn, Hans He, Xingyuan Chen, Wei Huang, Yanqing Yu, Shuai Lu, Yupeng Zhang, Yue |
author_facet | Liu, Huanchu Jacquemyn, Hans He, Xingyuan Chen, Wei Huang, Yanqing Yu, Shuai Lu, Yupeng Zhang, Yue |
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description | Human pressure on the environment and climate change are two important factors contributing to species decline and overall loss of biodiversity. Orchids may be particularly vulnerable to human-induced losses of habitat and the pervasive impact of global climate change. In this study, we simulated the extent of the suitable habitat of three species of the terrestrial orchid genus Cypripedium in northeast China and assessed the impact of human pressure and climate change on the future distribution of these species. Cypripedium represents a genus of long-lived terrestrial orchids that contains several species with great ornamental value. Severe habitat destruction and overcollection have led to major population declines in recent decades. Our results showed that at present the most suitable habitats of the three species can be found in Da Xing’an Ling, Xiao Xing’an Ling and in the Changbai Mountains. Human activity was predicted to have the largest impact on species distributions in the Changbai Mountains. In addition, climate change was predicted to lead to a shift in distribution towards higher elevations and to an increased fragmentation of suitable habitats of the three investigated Cypripedium species in the study area. These results will be valuable for decision makers to identify areas that are likely to maintain viable Cypripedium populations in the future and to develop conservation strategies to protect the remaining populations of these enigmatic orchid species. |
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spelling | pubmed-78245972021-01-24 The Impact of Human Pressure and Climate Change on the Habitat Availability and Protection of Cypripedium (Orchidaceae) in Northeast China Liu, Huanchu Jacquemyn, Hans He, Xingyuan Chen, Wei Huang, Yanqing Yu, Shuai Lu, Yupeng Zhang, Yue Plants (Basel) Article Human pressure on the environment and climate change are two important factors contributing to species decline and overall loss of biodiversity. Orchids may be particularly vulnerable to human-induced losses of habitat and the pervasive impact of global climate change. In this study, we simulated the extent of the suitable habitat of three species of the terrestrial orchid genus Cypripedium in northeast China and assessed the impact of human pressure and climate change on the future distribution of these species. Cypripedium represents a genus of long-lived terrestrial orchids that contains several species with great ornamental value. Severe habitat destruction and overcollection have led to major population declines in recent decades. Our results showed that at present the most suitable habitats of the three species can be found in Da Xing’an Ling, Xiao Xing’an Ling and in the Changbai Mountains. Human activity was predicted to have the largest impact on species distributions in the Changbai Mountains. In addition, climate change was predicted to lead to a shift in distribution towards higher elevations and to an increased fragmentation of suitable habitats of the three investigated Cypripedium species in the study area. These results will be valuable for decision makers to identify areas that are likely to maintain viable Cypripedium populations in the future and to develop conservation strategies to protect the remaining populations of these enigmatic orchid species. MDPI 2021-01-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7824597/ /pubmed/33401774 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10010084 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Liu, Huanchu Jacquemyn, Hans He, Xingyuan Chen, Wei Huang, Yanqing Yu, Shuai Lu, Yupeng Zhang, Yue The Impact of Human Pressure and Climate Change on the Habitat Availability and Protection of Cypripedium (Orchidaceae) in Northeast China |
title | The Impact of Human Pressure and Climate Change on the Habitat Availability and Protection of Cypripedium (Orchidaceae) in Northeast China |
title_full | The Impact of Human Pressure and Climate Change on the Habitat Availability and Protection of Cypripedium (Orchidaceae) in Northeast China |
title_fullStr | The Impact of Human Pressure and Climate Change on the Habitat Availability and Protection of Cypripedium (Orchidaceae) in Northeast China |
title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of Human Pressure and Climate Change on the Habitat Availability and Protection of Cypripedium (Orchidaceae) in Northeast China |
title_short | The Impact of Human Pressure and Climate Change on the Habitat Availability and Protection of Cypripedium (Orchidaceae) in Northeast China |
title_sort | impact of human pressure and climate change on the habitat availability and protection of cypripedium (orchidaceae) in northeast china |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7824597/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33401774 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10010084 |
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