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ArticlePloS one2018

Genetic diversity and distribution of Senegalia senegal (L.) Britton under climate change scenarios in West Africa.

Paul Terwase Lyam, Joaquín Duque-Lazo, Walter Durka, Frank Hauenschild, Jan Schnitzler, Ingo Michalak, Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe, Alexandra Nora Muellner-Riehl

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Article in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Paul Terwase LyamDepartment of Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics & Herbarium (LZ), Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2215-7717
Joaquín Duque-LazoGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany.
Walter DurkaGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany.
Frank HauenschildDepartment of Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics & Herbarium (LZ), Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Germany.
Jan SchnitzlerDepartment of Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics & Herbarium (LZ), Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Germany.
Ingo MichalakDepartment of Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics & Herbarium (LZ), Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Germany.
Oluwatoyin Temitayo OgundipeDepartment of Botany, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria.
Alexandra Nora Muellner-RiehlDepartment of Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics & Herbarium (LZ), Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Germany.
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research · DELeipzig University · DEHelmholtz Centre for Environmental Research · DEUniversity of Lagos · NG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate change is predicted to impact species' genetic diversity and distribution. We used Senegalia senegal (L.) Britton, an economically important species distributed in the Sudano-Sahelian savannah belt of West Africa, to investigate the impact of climate change on intraspecific genetic diversity and distribution. We used ten nuclear and two plastid microsatellite markers to assess genetic variation, population structure and differentiation across thirteen sites in West Africa. We projected suitable range, and potential impact of climate change on genetic diversity using a maximum entropy approach, under four different climate change scenarios. We found higher genetic and haplotype diversity at both nuclear and plastid markers than previously reported. Genetic differentiation was strong for chloroplast and moderate for the nuclear genome. Both genomes indicated three spatially structured genetic groups. The distribution of Senegalia senegal is strongly correlated with extractable nitrogen, coarse fragments, soil organic carbon stock, precipitation of warmest and coldest quarter and mean temperature of driest quarter. We predicted 40.96 to 6.34 per cent of the current distribution to favourably support the species' ecological requirements under future climate scenarios. Our results suggest that climate change is going to affect the population genetic structure of Senegalia senegal, and that patterns of genetic diversity are going to influence the species' adaptive response to climate change. Our study contributes to the growing evidence predicting the loss of economically relevant plants in West Africa in the next decades due to climate change.

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Climate ChangeGenetic VariationAfrica, WesternBayes TheoremEcosystemFabaceaeGenotypeMicrosatellite RepeatsPlastids

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