Mapping the priority conservation areas for three endangered Cupressaceae plants under climate change in China.

ABSTRACT: The establishment of conservation areas is an important strategy for endangered species conservation. In this study, we investigated the distributions of suitable habitat areas for three level 1 endangered Cupressaceae plants (Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Glyptostrobus pensilis, and Thuja sutchuenensis) in China and used the Marxan model to delineate the priority conservation areas for each species. The results showed that M. glyptostroboides had the broadest suitable growing area under the current climate in China and is followed by G. pensilis, with an area of 91 × 10⁴ km², and T. sutchuenensis had the smallest suitable habitat areas at only 7 × 10⁴ km². Affected by climate change, the suitable ranges

SUBMITTER: Shen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11745887 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature