Grass species with potential for rangelands restoration in northern Mexico: an assessment with environmental niche modeling.

ABSTRACT: Environmental niche modeling (ENM) has emerged as a promising tool for identifying grass species with potential for rangeland restoration. This approach can detect suitable areas and environments where these species can be planted. In this study, we employed ENM to estimate the potential distribution range of 50 grass species of the grasslands and shrublands of northern Mexico. The outcome of the ENM served to identify grass species with potential for restoration in Mexico, especially those not commonly used for that purpose in the past. Results suggested the possibility of selecting seven grass species with the potential for revegetating degraded grasslands, nine for shrublands, and six for alkaline soils. This research provides insights into the environmental adaptations of different gra

SUBMITTER: Alvarez-Holguin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10943106 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature