Assessing species vulnerability to climate change

M Pacifici, WB Foden, P Visconti, JEM Watson… - Nature climate …, 2015 - nature.com
The effects of climate change on biodiversity are increasingly well documented, and many
methods have been developed to assess species' vulnerability to climatic changes, both …

Africa's wooden elephant: the baobab tree (Adansonia digitata L.) in Sudan and Kenya: a review

J Gebauer, YO Adam, AC Sanchez, D Darr… - Genetic Resources and …, 2016 - Springer
Wild edible fruits hold great potential for improving human diets, especially in agricultural
societies of the develo** world. In Africa, a well-known supplier of such fruits is the …

The rise of baobab trees in Madagascar

JN Wan, SW Wang, AR Leitch, IJ Leitch, JB Jian… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The baobab trees (genus Adansonia) have attracted tremendous attention because of their
striking shape and distinctive relationships with fauna. These spectacular trees have also …

Connecting today's climates to future climate analogs to facilitate movement of species under climate change

CE Littlefield, BH McRae, JL Michalak… - Conservation …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing connectivity is an important strategy for facilitating species range shifts and
maintaining biodiversity in the face of climate change. To date, however, few researchers …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling the impacts of climate change on habitat suitability and vulnerability in deciduous forests in Spain

S del Río, R Canas, E Cano, A Cano-Ortiz… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Global change is expected to impact on the distribution and abundance of forests. Spain
represents the southwestern limit of distribution for several types of deciduous forests and …

Projecting forest cover in Madagascar's protected areas to 2050 and its implications for lemur conservation

SC Rafanoharana, FOD Andrianambinina… - Oryx, 2024 - cambridge.org
Predicting future conservation needs can help inform conservation management but is
subject to uncertainty. We measured deforestation rates during 2015–2017 for 114 protected …

Bioclimatic envelope models predict a decrease in tropical forest carbon stocks with climate change in Madagascar

G Vieilledent, O Gardi, C Grinand, C Burren… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies have underlined the importance of climatic variables in determining tree
height and biomass in tropical forests. Nonetheless, the effects of climate on tropical forest …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling impacts of climate change on the potential distribution of six endemic baobab species in Madagascar

JN Wan, NJ Mbari, SW Wang, B Liu, BN Mwangi… - Plant Diversity, 2021 - Elsevier
Madagascar, a globally renowned biodiversity hotspot characterized by high rates of
endemism, is one of the few remaining refugia for many plants and animal species …

Spatially explicit multi-threat assessment of food tree species in Burkina Faso: A fine-scale approach

H Gaisberger, R Kindt, J Loo, M Schmidt… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Over the last decades agroforestry parklands in Burkina Faso have come under increasing
demographic as well as climatic pressures, which are threatening indigenous tree species …

The influence of climate change on an endangered riparian plant species: The root of riparian Homonoia

Y Yi, Y Zhou, Y Cai, W Yang, Z Li, X Zhao - Ecological Indicators, 2018 - Elsevier
The root of riparian Homonoia (RRH), a medical plant with high economic value, is mainly
distributed at riparian area in Southeast Asia. Its population has declined significantly, and …