A comparison in species distribution model performance of succulents using key species and subsets of environmental predictors.

ABSTRACT: Identifying the environmental drivers of the global distribution of succulent plants using the Crassulacean acid metabolism pathway of photosynthesis has previously been investigated through ensemble-modeling of species delimiting the realized niche of the natural succulent biome. An alternative approach, which may provide further insight into the fundamental niche of succulent plants in the absence of dispersal limitation, is to model the distribution of selected species that are globally widespread and have become naturalized far beyond their native habitats. This could be of interest, for example, in defining areas that may be suitable for cultivation of alternative crops resilient to future climate change. We therefore explored the performance of climate-only species distribution model

SUBMITTER: Buckland CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9170539 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature