Environmental Factors Driving the Spatial Distribution Pattern of Venerable Trees in Sichuan Province, China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Species Composition and Importance Value
2.2. Elevation Distribution Patterns
2.3. Key Bioclimatic Factors
2.4. Current and Future Distribution Patterns
3. Discussion
3.1. Characteristics of Venerable Trees Resources in Sichuan
3.2. Elevation Effect on Distribution Patterns
3.3. Current Potential Suitability Habitats and Key Environmental Variables
3.4. Spatial Distribution under Future Climate Change Scenario
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Study Area
4.2. Collecting Venerable Tree Data
4.3. Selecting Environmental Variables
4.4. Establishing the Species Distribution Model
4.5. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Bioclimatic Factor | Explained Variation % | Contribution % | F | p |
---|---|---|---|---|
bio7 | 34.0 | 38.3 | 113 | 0.002 |
bio3 | 33.5 | 37.8 | 54.9 | 0.002 |
bio19 | 9.2 | 10.4 | 42.0 | 0.002 |
bio15 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 43.0 | 0.002 |
bio16 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 19.8 | 0.002 |
bio11 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 19.5 | 0.002 |
bio18 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 0.066 |
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Xie, C.; Li, M.; Jim, C.Y.; Liu, D. Environmental Factors Driving the Spatial Distribution Pattern of Venerable Trees in Sichuan Province, China. Plants 2022, 11, 3581. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11243581
Xie C, Li M, Jim CY, Liu D. Environmental Factors Driving the Spatial Distribution Pattern of Venerable Trees in Sichuan Province, China. Plants. 2022; 11(24):3581. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11243581
Chicago/Turabian StyleXie, Chunping, Meng Li, C. Y. Jim, and Dawei Liu. 2022. "Environmental Factors Driving the Spatial Distribution Pattern of Venerable Trees in Sichuan Province, China" Plants 11, no. 24: 3581. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11243581