Assessing habitat suitability and selecting optimal habitats for relict tree Cathaya argyrophylla in Hunan, China: Integrating pollen size, environmental factors, and niche modeling for conservation

The endangered plant Cathaya argyrophylla Chun et Kuang is the only species in the genus and is endemic to China, and because of challenged regeneration and shrinking habitats, the protected areas (PAs) need to be expanded in Hunan Province. In this study, a maximum entropy model (MaxEnt) was used t...

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Main Authors: Fen Xiao, Yuchen She, Jiyun She, Jinmei Zhang, Xin Zhang, Chuying Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:Ecological Indicators
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X22011426