Tropical and subtropical Asia’s valued tree species under threat
Tree diversity in Asia’s tropical and subtropical forests is central to nature-based solutions. Species vulnerability to multiple threats, which affect provision of ecosystem services, is poorly understood. We conducted a region-wide, spatially explicit assessment of the vulnerability of 63 socioeco...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English English |
| Published: |
Society for Conservation Biology
2021
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32909/2/Tropical%20and%20subtropical%20Asia%E2%80%99s%20valued%20tree%20species%20under%20threat.ABSTRACT.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32909/1/Tropical%20and%20subtropical%20Asia%27s%20valued%20tree%20species%20under%20threat.pdf |
| _version_ | 1796911311113682944 |
|---|---|
| author | Hannes Gaisberger Tobias Fremout Chris J. Kettle Barbara Vinceti Della Kemalasari Tania Kanchanarak Evert Thomas Josep M. Serra-Diaz Jens-Christian Svenning Ferry Slik Wichan Eiadthong Kandasamy Palanisamy Gudasalamani Ravikanth Vilma Bodos Julia Sang Rekha R. Warrier AlisonK.S.Wee Christian Elloran Lawrence Tolentino Ramos Matieu Henry Md. Akhter Hossain Ida Theilade Simon Laegaard K. M. A. Bandara Dimantha Panduka Weerasinghe Suchitra Changtragoon Vivi Yuskianti Peter Wilkie Nguyen Hoang Nghia Stephen Elliott Greuk Pakkad Pimonrat Tiansawat Colin Ruzelion Maycock Chaloun Bounithiphonh Rozi Mohamed M. Nazre Baktiar Nur Siddiqui Soon-Leong Lee Chai-Ting Lee Nurul Farhanah Zakaria Ida Hartvig Lutz Lehmann Zheng Yongqi Huang Ping Hugo A. Volkaert Lars Graudal Arief Hamidi So Thea Sineath Sreng David Boshier Enrique Tolentino Jr. Wickneswari Ratnam Mu Mu Aung Michael Galante Siti Fatimah Md Isa Nguyen Quoc Dung Tran Thi Hoa Tran Chan Le Md. Danesh Miah Abdul Lateef Mohd Zuhry Deepani Alawathugoda Amelia Azman Gamini Pushpakumara Nur Sumedi Iskandar Z. Siregar Hong Kyung Nak Jean Linsky Megan Barstow Lian Pin Koh Riina Jalonen |
| author_facet | Hannes Gaisberger Tobias Fremout Chris J. Kettle Barbara Vinceti Della Kemalasari Tania Kanchanarak Evert Thomas Josep M. Serra-Diaz Jens-Christian Svenning Ferry Slik Wichan Eiadthong Kandasamy Palanisamy Gudasalamani Ravikanth Vilma Bodos Julia Sang Rekha R. Warrier AlisonK.S.Wee Christian Elloran Lawrence Tolentino Ramos Matieu Henry Md. Akhter Hossain Ida Theilade Simon Laegaard K. M. A. Bandara Dimantha Panduka Weerasinghe Suchitra Changtragoon Vivi Yuskianti Peter Wilkie Nguyen Hoang Nghia Stephen Elliott Greuk Pakkad Pimonrat Tiansawat Colin Ruzelion Maycock Chaloun Bounithiphonh Rozi Mohamed M. Nazre Baktiar Nur Siddiqui Soon-Leong Lee Chai-Ting Lee Nurul Farhanah Zakaria Ida Hartvig Lutz Lehmann Zheng Yongqi Huang Ping Hugo A. Volkaert Lars Graudal Arief Hamidi So Thea Sineath Sreng David Boshier Enrique Tolentino Jr. Wickneswari Ratnam Mu Mu Aung Michael Galante Siti Fatimah Md Isa Nguyen Quoc Dung Tran Thi Hoa Tran Chan Le Md. Danesh Miah Abdul Lateef Mohd Zuhry Deepani Alawathugoda Amelia Azman Gamini Pushpakumara Nur Sumedi Iskandar Z. Siregar Hong Kyung Nak Jean Linsky Megan Barstow Lian Pin Koh Riina Jalonen |
| author_sort | Hannes Gaisberger |
| collection | UMS |
| description | Tree diversity in Asia’s tropical and subtropical forests is central to nature-based solutions. Species vulnerability to multiple threats, which affect provision of ecosystem services, is poorly understood. We conducted a region-wide, spatially explicit assessment of the vulnerability of 63 socioeconomically important tree species to overexploitation, fire, overgrazing, habitat conversion, and climate change. Trees were selected for assessment from national priority lists, and selections were validated by an expert network representing 20 countries. We used Maxent suitability modeling to predict species distribution ranges, freely accessible spatial data sets to map threat exposures, and functional traits to estimate threat sensitivities. Species-specific vulnerability maps were created as the product of exposure maps and sensitivity estimates. Based on vulnerability to current threats and climate change, we identified priority areas for conservation and restoration. Overall, 74% of the most important areas for conservation of these trees fell outside protected areas, and all species were severely threatened across an average of 47% of their native ranges. The most imminent threats were overexploitation and habitat conversion; populations were severely threatened by these factors in an average of 24% and 16% of their ranges, respectively. Our model predicted limited overall climate change impacts, although some study species were likely to lose over 15% of their habitat by 2050 due to climate change. We pinpointed specific natural areas in Borneo rain forests as hotspots for in situ conservation of forest genetic resources, more than 82% of which fell outside designated protected areas. We also identified degraded areas in Western Ghats, Indochina dry forests, and Sumatran rain forests as hotspots for restoration, where planting or assisted natural regeneration will help conserve these species, and croplands in southern India and Thailand as potentially important agroforestry options. Our results highlight the need for regionally coordinated action for effective conservation and restoration. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-06T03:16:54Z |
| format | Article |
| id | ums.eprints-32909 |
| institution | Universiti Malaysia Sabah |
| language | English English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-06T03:16:54Z |
| publishDate | 2021 |
| publisher | Society for Conservation Biology |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | ums.eprints-329092022-06-21T02:30:03Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32909/ Tropical and subtropical Asia’s valued tree species under threat Hannes Gaisberger Tobias Fremout Chris J. Kettle Barbara Vinceti Della Kemalasari Tania Kanchanarak Evert Thomas Josep M. Serra-Diaz Jens-Christian Svenning Ferry Slik Wichan Eiadthong Kandasamy Palanisamy Gudasalamani Ravikanth Vilma Bodos Julia Sang Rekha R. Warrier AlisonK.S.Wee Christian Elloran Lawrence Tolentino Ramos Matieu Henry Md. Akhter Hossain Ida Theilade Simon Laegaard K. M. A. Bandara Dimantha Panduka Weerasinghe Suchitra Changtragoon Vivi Yuskianti Peter Wilkie Nguyen Hoang Nghia Stephen Elliott Greuk Pakkad Pimonrat Tiansawat Colin Ruzelion Maycock Chaloun Bounithiphonh Rozi Mohamed M. Nazre Baktiar Nur Siddiqui Soon-Leong Lee Chai-Ting Lee Nurul Farhanah Zakaria Ida Hartvig Lutz Lehmann Zheng Yongqi Huang Ping Hugo A. Volkaert Lars Graudal Arief Hamidi So Thea Sineath Sreng David Boshier Enrique Tolentino Jr. Wickneswari Ratnam Mu Mu Aung Michael Galante Siti Fatimah Md Isa Nguyen Quoc Dung Tran Thi Hoa Tran Chan Le Md. Danesh Miah Abdul Lateef Mohd Zuhry Deepani Alawathugoda Amelia Azman Gamini Pushpakumara Nur Sumedi Iskandar Z. Siregar Hong Kyung Nak Jean Linsky Megan Barstow Lian Pin Koh Riina Jalonen SD1-669.5 Forestry Tree diversity in Asia’s tropical and subtropical forests is central to nature-based solutions. Species vulnerability to multiple threats, which affect provision of ecosystem services, is poorly understood. We conducted a region-wide, spatially explicit assessment of the vulnerability of 63 socioeconomically important tree species to overexploitation, fire, overgrazing, habitat conversion, and climate change. Trees were selected for assessment from national priority lists, and selections were validated by an expert network representing 20 countries. We used Maxent suitability modeling to predict species distribution ranges, freely accessible spatial data sets to map threat exposures, and functional traits to estimate threat sensitivities. Species-specific vulnerability maps were created as the product of exposure maps and sensitivity estimates. Based on vulnerability to current threats and climate change, we identified priority areas for conservation and restoration. Overall, 74% of the most important areas for conservation of these trees fell outside protected areas, and all species were severely threatened across an average of 47% of their native ranges. The most imminent threats were overexploitation and habitat conversion; populations were severely threatened by these factors in an average of 24% and 16% of their ranges, respectively. Our model predicted limited overall climate change impacts, although some study species were likely to lose over 15% of their habitat by 2050 due to climate change. We pinpointed specific natural areas in Borneo rain forests as hotspots for in situ conservation of forest genetic resources, more than 82% of which fell outside designated protected areas. We also identified degraded areas in Western Ghats, Indochina dry forests, and Sumatran rain forests as hotspots for restoration, where planting or assisted natural regeneration will help conserve these species, and croplands in southern India and Thailand as potentially important agroforestry options. Our results highlight the need for regionally coordinated action for effective conservation and restoration. Society for Conservation Biology 2021-12-05 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32909/2/Tropical%20and%20subtropical%20Asia%E2%80%99s%20valued%20tree%20species%20under%20threat.ABSTRACT.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32909/1/Tropical%20and%20subtropical%20Asia%27s%20valued%20tree%20species%20under%20threat.pdf Hannes Gaisberger and Tobias Fremout and Chris J. Kettle and Barbara Vinceti and Della Kemalasari and Tania Kanchanarak and Evert Thomas and Josep M. Serra-Diaz and Jens-Christian Svenning and Ferry Slik and Wichan Eiadthong and Kandasamy Palanisamy and Gudasalamani Ravikanth and Vilma Bodos and Julia Sang and Rekha R. Warrier and AlisonK.S.Wee and Christian Elloran and Lawrence Tolentino Ramos and Matieu Henry and Md. Akhter Hossain and Ida Theilade and Simon Laegaard and K. M. A. Bandara and Dimantha Panduka Weerasinghe and Suchitra Changtragoon and Vivi Yuskianti and Peter Wilkie and Nguyen Hoang Nghia and Stephen Elliott and Greuk Pakkad and Pimonrat Tiansawat and Colin Ruzelion Maycock and Chaloun Bounithiphonh and Rozi Mohamed and M. Nazre and Baktiar Nur Siddiqui and Soon-Leong Lee and Chai-Ting Lee and Nurul Farhanah Zakaria and Ida Hartvig and Lutz Lehmann and Zheng Yongqi and Huang Ping and Hugo A. Volkaert and Lars Graudal and Arief Hamidi and So Thea and Sineath Sreng and David Boshier and Enrique Tolentino Jr. and Wickneswari Ratnam and Mu Mu Aung and Michael Galante and Siti Fatimah Md Isa and Nguyen Quoc Dung and Tran Thi Hoa and Tran Chan Le and Md. Danesh Miah and Abdul Lateef Mohd Zuhry and Deepani Alawathugoda and Amelia Azman and Gamini Pushpakumara and Nur Sumedi and Iskandar Z. Siregar and Hong Kyung Nak and Jean Linsky and Megan Barstow and Lian Pin Koh and Riina Jalonen (2021) Tropical and subtropical Asia’s valued tree species under threat. Conservation Biology, 36. pp. 1-15. ISSN 1523-1739 https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cobi.13873 10.1111/cobi.13873 10.1111/cobi.13873 |
| spellingShingle | SD1-669.5 Forestry Hannes Gaisberger Tobias Fremout Chris J. Kettle Barbara Vinceti Della Kemalasari Tania Kanchanarak Evert Thomas Josep M. Serra-Diaz Jens-Christian Svenning Ferry Slik Wichan Eiadthong Kandasamy Palanisamy Gudasalamani Ravikanth Vilma Bodos Julia Sang Rekha R. Warrier AlisonK.S.Wee Christian Elloran Lawrence Tolentino Ramos Matieu Henry Md. Akhter Hossain Ida Theilade Simon Laegaard K. M. A. Bandara Dimantha Panduka Weerasinghe Suchitra Changtragoon Vivi Yuskianti Peter Wilkie Nguyen Hoang Nghia Stephen Elliott Greuk Pakkad Pimonrat Tiansawat Colin Ruzelion Maycock Chaloun Bounithiphonh Rozi Mohamed M. Nazre Baktiar Nur Siddiqui Soon-Leong Lee Chai-Ting Lee Nurul Farhanah Zakaria Ida Hartvig Lutz Lehmann Zheng Yongqi Huang Ping Hugo A. Volkaert Lars Graudal Arief Hamidi So Thea Sineath Sreng David Boshier Enrique Tolentino Jr. Wickneswari Ratnam Mu Mu Aung Michael Galante Siti Fatimah Md Isa Nguyen Quoc Dung Tran Thi Hoa Tran Chan Le Md. Danesh Miah Abdul Lateef Mohd Zuhry Deepani Alawathugoda Amelia Azman Gamini Pushpakumara Nur Sumedi Iskandar Z. Siregar Hong Kyung Nak Jean Linsky Megan Barstow Lian Pin Koh Riina Jalonen Tropical and subtropical Asia’s valued tree species under threat |
| title | Tropical and subtropical Asia’s valued tree species under threat |
| title_full | Tropical and subtropical Asia’s valued tree species under threat |
| title_fullStr | Tropical and subtropical Asia’s valued tree species under threat |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tropical and subtropical Asia’s valued tree species under threat |
| title_short | Tropical and subtropical Asia’s valued tree species under threat |
| title_sort | tropical and subtropical asia s valued tree species under threat |
| topic | SD1-669.5 Forestry |
| url | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32909/2/Tropical%20and%20subtropical%20Asia%E2%80%99s%20valued%20tree%20species%20under%20threat.ABSTRACT.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32909/1/Tropical%20and%20subtropical%20Asia%27s%20valued%20tree%20species%20under%20threat.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT hannesgaisberger tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT tobiasfremout tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT chrisjkettle tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT barbaravinceti tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT dellakemalasari tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT taniakanchanarak tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT evertthomas tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT josepmserradiaz tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT jenschristiansvenning tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT ferryslik tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT wichaneiadthong tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT kandasamypalanisamy tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT gudasalamaniravikanth tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT vilmabodos tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT juliasang tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT rekharwarrier tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT alisonkswee tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT christianelloran tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT lawrencetolentinoramos tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT matieuhenry tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT mdakhterhossain tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT idatheilade tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT simonlaegaard tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT kmabandara tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT dimanthapandukaweerasinghe tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT suchitrachangtragoon tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT viviyuskianti tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT peterwilkie tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT nguyenhoangnghia tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT stephenelliott tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT greukpakkad tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT pimonrattiansawat tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT colinruzelionmaycock tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT chalounbounithiphonh tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT rozimohamed tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT mnazre tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT baktiarnursiddiqui tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT soonleonglee tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT chaitinglee tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT nurulfarhanahzakaria tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT idahartvig tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT lutzlehmann tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT zhengyongqi tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT huangping tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT hugoavolkaert tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT larsgraudal tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT ariefhamidi tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT sothea tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT sineathsreng tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT davidboshier tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT enriquetolentinojr tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT wickneswariratnam tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT mumuaung tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT michaelgalante tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT sitifatimahmdisa tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT nguyenquocdung tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT tranthihoa tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT tranchanle tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT mddaneshmiah tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT abdullateefmohdzuhry tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT deepanialawathugoda tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT ameliaazman tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT gaminipushpakumara tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT nursumedi tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT iskandarzsiregar tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT hongkyungnak tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT jeanlinsky tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT meganbarstow tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT lianpinkoh tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat AT riinajalonen tropicalandsubtropicalasiasvaluedtreespeciesunderthreat |