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

Cindy Q. Tang ¹

Tetsuya MATSUI ²

Haruka Ohashi ²

Yi-Fei Dong ¹

Arata Momohara ³

Sonia Herrando Moraira ⁴

Shenhua Qian ⁵

Yongchuan Yang ⁵

Masahiko Ohsawa ⁶

Hong Truong Luu ⁷

Paul J Grote ⁸

PAVEL V. KRESTOV ⁹

Ben Lepage ^{10, 11}

Marinus Werger ¹²

Kevin Robertson ¹³

Carsten Hobohm ¹⁴

Chong Yun Wang ¹

Ming Chun Peng ¹

Xi Chen ¹

Huan Chong Wang ¹⁵

Wen-Hua Su ¹

Rui Zhou ¹

Shuaifeng Li ¹⁶

Long Yuan He ¹⁷

Kai Yan ¹⁸

Ming-Yuan Zhu ¹⁸

Jun Hu ¹⁹

Ruo-Han Yang ²⁰

Wang Jun Li ²¹

Mizuki Tomita ²²

Zhao-lu Wu ¹

Hai Zhong Yan ¹

Guang-fei Zhang ¹

Hai He ²³

Si-rong Yi ²⁴

Hede Gong ²⁵

Kun Song ²⁶

Song Ding ²⁷

Xiao Shuang Li ²⁸

Zhi-Ying Zhang ¹

Peng Bin Han ¹

Li Qin Shen ¹

Diao Shun Huang ¹

Kang Luo ²⁹

Jordi López-Pujol ⁴

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Institute of Ecology and Geobotany, Yunnan University, Kunming, China |

Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Forest Research and Management Organization, Ibaraki-ken, Japan |

Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan |

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Botanic Institute of Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-ICUB), Barcelona, Spain |

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Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region’s Eco-environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China |

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The Nature Conservancy Society of Japan, Tokyo, Japan |

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Southern Institute of Ecology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |

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Northeastern Research Institute of Petrified Wood and Mineral Resources, Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand |

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Botanical garden-institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia |

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Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Ramon, USA |

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The Academy of Natural Science, Philadelphia, USA |

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Plant Ecology & Biodiversity, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands |

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Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy, Tallahassee, USA |

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Interdisciplinary Institute of environmental, Social and Human Studies, University of Flensburg, Flensburg, Germany |

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Institute of Botany, Yunnan University, Kunming, China |

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Research Institute of Resource Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming, China |

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Kunming Institute of Forestry Exploration and Design, the State Forestry Administration of China, Kunming, China |

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Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of Botany-CAS, Kunming, China |

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CAS Key laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China |

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Kunming Agrometeorological Station of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China |

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Guizhou University of Engineering Science, Bijie, China |

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Tokyo University of Information Sciences, Chiba, Japan |

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College of Life Sciences, ChongQing Normal University, ChongQing, China |

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Chongqing Three Gorges Medical College, Chongqing, China |

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School of Geography, Southwest China Forestry University, Kunming, China |

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School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China |

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Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong, China |

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Yunnan Academy of Forestry, Kunming, China |

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Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ailaoshan Station for Subtropical Forest Ecosystem Studies, National Forest Ecosystem Research Station at Ailaoshan, Kunming, China |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2018-10-26

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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06837-3

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Abstract

Today East Asia harbors many “relict” plant species whose ranges were much larger during the Paleogene-Neogene and earlier. The ecological and climatic conditions suitable for these relict species have not been identified. Here, we map the abundance and distribution patterns of relict species, showing high abundance in the humid subtropical/warm-temperate forest regions. We further use Ecological Niche Modeling to show that these patterns align with maps of climate refugia, and we predict species’ chances of persistence given the future climatic changes expected for East Asia. By 2070, potentially suitable areas with high richness of relict species will decrease, although the areas as a whole will probably expand. We identify areas in southwestern China and northern Vietnam as long-term climatically stable refugia likely to preserve ancient lineages, highlighting areas that could be prioritized for conservation of such species. 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 favoring ancient plant lineages.

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Tang C. Q. et al. Identifying long-term stable refugia for relict plant species in East Asia // Nature Communications. 2018. Vol. 9. No. 1. 4488

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Tang C. Q., MATSUI T., Ohashi H., Dong Y., Momohara A., Herrando Moraira S., Qian S., Yang Y., Ohsawa M., Luu H. T., Grote P. J., KRESTOV P. V., Ben Lepage, Werger M., Robertson K., Hobohm C., Wang C. Y., Peng M. C., Chen X., Wang H. C., Su W., Zhou R., Li S., He L. Y., Yan K., Zhu M., Hu J., Yang R., Li W. J., Tomita M., Wu Z., Yan H. Z., Zhang G., He H., Yi S., Gong H., Song K., Ding S., Li X. S., Zhang Z., Han P. B., Shen L. Q., Huang D. S., Luo K., López-Pujol J. Identifying long-term stable refugia for relict plant species in East Asia // Nature Communications. 2018. Vol. 9. No. 1. 4488

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1038/s41467-018-06837-3

UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06837-3

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

T2 - Nature Communications

AU - Tang, Cindy Q.

AU - MATSUI, Tetsuya

AU - Ohashi, Haruka

AU - Dong, Yi-Fei

AU - Momohara, Arata

AU - Herrando Moraira, Sonia

AU - Qian, Shenhua

AU - Yang, Yongchuan

AU - Ohsawa, Masahiko

AU - Luu, Hong Truong

AU - Grote, Paul J

AU - KRESTOV, PAVEL V.

AU - Ben Lepage

AU - Werger, Marinus

AU - Robertson, Kevin

AU - Hobohm, Carsten

AU - Wang, Chong Yun

AU - Peng, Ming Chun

AU - Chen, Xi

AU - Wang, Huan Chong

AU - Su, Wen-Hua

AU - Zhou, Rui

AU - Li, Shuaifeng

AU - He, Long Yuan

AU - Yan, Kai

AU - Zhu, Ming-Yuan

AU - Hu, Jun

AU - Yang, Ruo-Han

AU - Li, Wang Jun

AU - Tomita, Mizuki

AU - Wu, Zhao-lu

AU - Yan, Hai Zhong

AU - Zhang, Guang-fei

AU - He, Hai

AU - Yi, Si-rong

AU - Gong, Hede

AU - Song, Kun

AU - Ding, Song

AU - Li, Xiao Shuang

AU - Zhang, Zhi-Ying

AU - Han, Peng Bin

AU - Shen, Li Qin

AU - Huang, Diao Shun

AU - Luo, Kang

AU - López-Pujol, Jordi

PY - 2018

DA - 2018/10/26

PB - Springer Nature

IS - 1

VL - 9

PMID - 30367062

SN - 2041-1723

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@article{2018_Tang,

author = {Cindy Q. Tang and Tetsuya MATSUI and Haruka Ohashi and Yi-Fei Dong and Arata Momohara and Sonia Herrando Moraira and Shenhua Qian and Yongchuan Yang and Masahiko Ohsawa and Hong Truong Luu and Paul J Grote and PAVEL V. KRESTOV and Ben Lepage and Marinus Werger and Kevin Robertson and Carsten Hobohm and Chong Yun Wang and Ming Chun Peng and Xi Chen and Huan Chong Wang and Wen-Hua Su and Rui Zhou and Shuaifeng Li and Long Yuan He and Kai Yan and Ming-Yuan Zhu and Jun Hu and Ruo-Han Yang and Wang Jun Li and Mizuki Tomita and Zhao-lu Wu and Hai Zhong Yan and Guang-fei Zhang and Hai He and Si-rong Yi and Hede Gong and Kun Song and Song Ding and Xiao Shuang Li and Zhi-Ying Zhang and Peng Bin Han and Li Qin Shen and Diao Shun Huang and Kang Luo and Jordi López-Pujol},

title = {Identifying long-term stable refugia for relict plant species in East Asia},

journal = {Nature Communications},

year = {2018},

volume = {9},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {oct},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06837-3},

number = {1},

pages = {4488},

doi = {10.1038/s41467-018-06837-3}

}

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