Identifying long-term stable refugia for relict plant species in East Asia

East Asia contains “relict” plant species that persist under narrow climatic conditions after once having wider distributions. Here, using distribution records coupled with ecological niche models, the authors identify long-term stable refugia possessing past, current and future climatic suitability...

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Main Authors: Cindy Q. Tang, Tetsuya Matsui, Haruka Ohashi, Yi-Fei Dong, Arata Momohara, Sonia Herrando-Moraira, Shenhua Qian, Yongchuan Yang, Masahiko Ohsawa, Hong Truong Luu, Paul J. Grote, Pavel V. Krestov, Ben LePage, Marinus Werger, Kevin Robertson, Carsten Hobohm, Chong-Yun Wang, Ming-Chun Peng, Xi Chen, Huan-Chong Wang, Wen-Hua Su, Rui Zhou, Shuaifeng Li, Long-Yuan He, Kai Yan, Ming-Yuan Zhu, Jun Hu, Ruo-Han Yang, Wang-Jun Li, Mizuki Tomita, Zhao-Lu Wu, Hai-Zhong Yan, Guang-Fei Zhang, Hai He, Si-Rong Yi, Hede Gong, Kun Song, Ding Song, Xiao-Shuang Li, Zhi-Ying Zhang, Peng-Bin Han, Li-Qin Shen, Diao-Shun Huang, Kang Luo, Jordi López-Pujol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06837-3