Using climatic variables alone overestimate climate change impacts on predicting distribution of an endemic species.

ABSTRACT: Plant species distribution is constrained by both dynamic and static environmental variables. However, relative contribution of dynamic and static variables in determining species distributions is not clear and has far reaching implications for range change dynamics in a changing world. Prunus eburnea (Spach) Aitch. & Hemsl. is an endemic and medicinal plant species of Iran. It has rendered itself as ecologically important for its functions and services and is currently in need of habitat conservation measures requiring investigation of future potential distribution range. We conducted sampling of 500 points that cover most of Iran plateau and recorded the P. eburnea presence and absence during the period 2015-2017. In this study, we evaluated impacts of using only climatic variables versu

SUBMITTER: Zangiabadi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8412407 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature