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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Distribution Pattern of Gymnosperms' Richness in Nepal: Effect of Environmental Constrains along Elevational Gradients.

Bikram Pandey, Nirdesh Nepal, Salina Tripathi, Kaiwen Pan, Mohammed A Dakhil, Arbindra Timilsina, Meta F Justine, Saroj Koirala, Kamal B Nepali

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Bikram PandeyCAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bio-Resource Utilization and Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China.
Nirdesh NepalUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3894-4798
Salina TripathiDepartment of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA.
Kaiwen PanCAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bio-Resource Utilization and Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China.
Mohammed A DakhilCAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bio-Resource Utilization and Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China.
Arbindra TimilsinaUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1007-229X
Meta F JustineCAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bio-Resource Utilization and Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7895-4961
Saroj KoiralaUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3863-2882
Kamal B NepaliMinistry of Forest and Environment, Department of Plant Resources, National Botanical Garden, Godavari, Lalitpur 44709, Nepal.

Funding

ADVANCED STUDIES IN BIOCHEMISTRYF15TW000303 · FIC · U.S. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH · PI GIBSON, QUENTIN H · 1986 to 1987
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National Key Research and Development Program of China 2016YFC0502101National Key Research and Development Program of China 2017YFC0505000Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP) 2019QZKK0303University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) Scholarship for International Students 2017UCAS041
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Abstract

Understanding the pattern of species distribution and the underlying mechanism is essential for conservation planning. Several climatic variables determine the species diversity, and the dependency of species on climate motivates ecologists and bio-geographers to explain the richness patterns along with elevation and environmental correlates. We used interpolated elevational distribution data to examine the relative importance of climatic variables in determining the species richness pattern of 26 species of gymnosperms in the longest elevation gradients in the world. Thirteen environmental variables were divided into three predictors set representing each hypothesis model (energy-water, physical-tolerance, and climatic-seasonality); to explain the species richness pattern of gymnosperms along the elevational gradient. We performed generalized linear models and variation partitioning to evaluate the relevant role of environmental variables on species richness patterns. Our findings showed that the gymnosperms' richness formed a hump-shaped distribution pattern. The individual effect of energy-water predictor set was identified as the primary determinant of species richness. While, the joint effects of energy-water and physical-tolerance predictors have explained highest variations in gymnosperm distribution. The multiple environmental indicators are essential drivers of species distribution and have direct implications in understanding the effect of climate change on the species richness pattern.

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biodiversityenergy-watermid-elevation peakphysical-tolerancespecies richness patterns

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PMCPMC7285339

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