Climate change and tree cover loss affect the habitat suitability of <i>Cedrela angustifolia</i>: evaluating climate vulnerability and conservation in Andean montane forests.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Because of illegal logging, habitat fragmentation, and high value timber Andean montane forest Cedrela species (such as Cedrela angustifolia), is endangered in Central and South America. Studying the effects of climate change and tree cover loss on the distribution of C. angustifolia will help us to understand the climatic and ecological sensitivity of this species and suggest conservation and restoration strategies.

Methods

Using ecological niche modeling with two algorithms (maximum entropy (MaxEnt) and Random Forest) under the ecological niche conservatism approach, we generated 16,920 models with different combinations of variables and parameters. We identified suitable areas for C. angustifolia trees under present and future climat

SUBMITTER: Ames-Martinez FN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11874945 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature