Are different facets of plant diversity well protected against climate and land cover changes? A test study in the French Alps.

ABSTRACT: Climate and land cover changes are important drivers of the plant species distributions and diversity patterns in mountainous regions. Although the need for a multifaceted view of diversity based on taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic dimensions is now commonly recognized, there are no complete risk assessments concerning their expected changes. In this paper, we used a range of species distribution models in an ensemble-forecasting framework together with regional climate and land cover projections by 2080 to analyze the potential threat for more than 2,500 plant species at high resolution (2.5 km × 2.5 km) in the French Alps. We also decomposed taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity facets into α and β components and analyzed their expected changes by 2080. Overall, plant sp

SUBMITTER: Thuiller W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4338502 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature