Retreating or Standing: Responses of Forest Species and Steppe Species to Climate Change in Arid Eastern Central Asia

The temperature in arid Eastern Central Asia is projected to increase in the future, accompanied by increased variability of precipitation. To investigate the impacts of climate change on plant species in this area, we selected two widespread species as candidates, Clematis sibirica and C. songorica...

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Published in:PloS one 2013-04, Vol.8 (4), p.e61954
Main Authors: Zhang, Hong-Xiang, Zhang, Ming-Li, Sanderson, Stewart C, Caramelli, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Arid climates
Arid zones
Aridity
Asia, Central
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Biology
Central Asia
chloroplast DNA
Chloroplasts
Clematis
Clematis sibirica
Climate Change
Climatic conditions
climatic factors
Coniferous forests
Contraction
Demographics
DNA, Intergenic
DNA, Plant
Earth Sciences
Ecology
Ecosystem
Evolution
Evolution, Molecular
Far East
Flowers & plants
Forests
Future climates
Genetic diversity
Genetic Variation
Genomes
Geography
Global temperature changes
habitats
Interglacial periods
Laboratories
Last Glacial Maximum
Molecular Sequence Data
Montane environments
Mountain forests
Phylogeny
Phylogeography
Plant species
Pleistocene
Population genetics
Precipitation (Meteorology)
Precipitation variability
Rainfall
Science
Species
Steppes
temperature
Trees
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Summary:The temperature in arid Eastern Central Asia is projected to increase in the future, accompanied by increased variability of precipitation. To investigate the impacts of climate change on plant species in this area, we selected two widespread species as candidates, Clematis sibirica and C. songorica, from montane coniferous forest and arid steppe habitats respectively. We employed a combined approach of molecular phylogeography and species distribution modelling (SDM) to predict the future responses of these two species to climate change, utilizing evidence of responses from the past. Genetic data for C. sibirica shows a significant phylogeographical signal (N ST > F ST , P
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0061954