1. Conservation applications of niche modeling: Native and naturalized ferns may compete for limited Hawaiian dryland habitat
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Krystalyn Edwards‐Calma, Laura Jiménez, Rosana Zenil‐Ferguson, Karolina Heyduk, Miles K. Thomas, and Carrie M. Tribble
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climatic niche ,conservation ,correlative ecological niche modeling ,Hawaiian ferns ,land use ,Pteridaceae ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 ,Botany ,QK1-989 - Abstract
Abstract Premise Competition from naturalized species and habitat loss are common threats to native biodiversity and may act synergistically to increase competition for decreasing habitat availability. We use Hawaiian dryland ferns as a model for the interactions between land‐use change and competition from naturalized species in determining habitat availability. Methods We used fine‐resolution climatic variables and carefully curated occurrence data from herbaria and community science repositories to estimate the distributions of Hawaiian dryland ferns. We quantified the degree to which naturalized ferns tend to occupy areas suitable for native species and mapped the remaining available habitat given land‐use change. Results Of all native species, Doryopteris angelica had the lowest percentage of occurrences of naturalized species in its suitable area while D. decora had the highest. However, all Doryopteris spp. had a higher percentage overlap, while Pellaea ternifolia had a lower percentage overlap, than expected by chance. Doryopteris decora and D. decipiens had the lowest proportions (
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- 2024
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