Identifying appropriate protected areas for endangered fern species under climate change.
Identifying appropriate protected areas for endangered fern species under climate change.
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为气候变化下的濒危蕨类物种确定适当的保护区
DOI:
10.1186/s40064-016-2588-4
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2016
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Zhang GM
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作者:
Wang CJ;Wan JZ;Zhang ZX;Zhang GM
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 additional PAs for endangered fern species. The high priority regions for protecting the endangered fern species were distributed throughout southern China. With decreasing temperature seasonality, the priority ranking of all endangered fern species is projected to increase in existing PAs. Accordingly, we need to establish conservation areas with low climate vulnerability in existing PAs and expand the conservation areas for endangered fern species in the high priority conservation regions. The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s40064-016-2588-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.