The sensitivity and response of the threatened endemic shrub Arbutus pavarii to current and future climate change.

ABSTRACT: Climate change is expected to significantly alter and modify the ecological conditions of plant distribution and growth, particularly in the Mediterranean Basin, which is considered one of the hot spots for global warming. Measuring and modeling the response (sensitivity) of wild plants to current and future climate is critical to predicting future biodiversity and ecological values. Arbutus pavarii Pamp. (family Ericaceae) is a narrow endemic Libyan medicinal plant and one of the Red List species according to the IUCN that faces the threats of extinction due to habitat deterioration, overuse, and low reproductive rates. In this study, the species distribution model (SDM) approach was used to model and forecast range shifts in Arbutus pavarii under current and future climate change scenari

SUBMITTER: Farahat EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12020073 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature