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The rapid climate change-caused dichotomy on subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest in Yunnan: Reduction in habitat diversity and increase in species diversity

Authors :
Zhe Ren
Hua Peng
Zhen-Wen Liu
Source :
Plant Diversity, Vol 38, Iss 3, Pp 142-148 (2016)
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
KeAi Communications Co., Ltd., 2016.

Abstract

Yunnan's biodiversity is under considerable pressure and subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests in this area have become increasingly fragmented through agriculture, logging, planting of economic plants, mining activities and changing environment. The aims of the study are to investigate climate change-induced changes of subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests in Yunnan and identify areas of current species richness centers for conservation preparation. Stacked species distribution models were created to generate ensemble forecasting of species distributions, alpha diversity and beta diversity for Yunnan's subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests in both current and future climate scenarios. Under stacked species distribution models in rapid climate changes scenarios, changes of water-energy dynamics may possibly reduce beta diversity and increase alpha diversity. This point provides insight for future conservation of evergreen broad-leaved forest in Yunnan, highlighting the need to fully consider the problem of vegetation homogenization caused by transformation of water-energy dynamics.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
24682659
Volume :
38
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Plant Diversity
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.75500772d0645bd885deb77c8e335b0
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2016.04.003