Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on the Potential Geographical Distribution of <i>Lycium ruthenicum</i> in China.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the climate change impacts on the geographical distribution of plant species is vital for biodiversity conservation. Lycium ruthenicum, a second-grade protected plant in China, holds considerable medicinal and ecological value; however, its potential habitat distribution under climate change remains uncertain. By utilizing occurrence records and geographical and environmental data, we optimized a maximum entropy model and evaluated the current and future potential habitat suitability of L. ruthenicum in China. The main results were as follows: (1) The distribution of L. ruthenicum was primarily influenced by the precipitation of the warmest quarter, topsoil base saturation, precipitation seasonality, precipitation of the coldest quarter, and minimum tempe

SUBMITTER: Li C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12562220 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature