Identifying appropriate protected areas for endangered fern species under climate change.

ABSTRACT: The management of protected areas (PAs) is widely used in the conservation of endangered plant species under climate change. However, studies that have identified appropriate PAs for endangered fern species are rare. To address this gap, we must develop a workflow to plan appropriate PAs for endangered fern species that will be further impacted by climate change. Here, we used endangered fern species in China as a case study, and we applied conservation planning software coupled with endangered fern species distribution data and distribution modeling to plan conservation areas with high priority protection needs under climate change. We identified appropriate PAs for endangered fern species under climate change based on the IUCN protected area categories (from Ia to VI) and planned additio

SUBMITTER: Wang CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5434847 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature