<i>Reevesia</i> in a Warmer World: Mapping the Habitat Suitability of Its Two Representative Species (<i>R. pubescens</i> and <i>R. thyrsoidea</i>) in China.

ABSTRACT: Climate change is altering the spatial distribution of species' suitable habitats. Congeneric species may exhibit divergent responses to climate change due to differences in their niches. A clear understanding of these differences is essential for the development of effective and targeted biodiversity conservation strategies. Here, we use the optimized maximum entropy model (MaxEnt) to simulate the current distributions of two congeneric species, Reevesia pubescens and R. thyrsoidea, and project their future distributions under different climate scenarios across China. Despite their close taxonomic relationship, the two species show distinct climatic preferences and distributional patterns. R. pubescens primarily occupies montane regions in southwestern China. Its dist

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12793777 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature