The role of littoral cliffs in the niche delimitation on a microendemic plant facing climate change

Obligate coastline taxa generally occupy very limited areas, especially when there is a close affinity with a specific coast type. Climate change can be a meaningful threat for them, reducing suitable habitat or forcing migration events. Cistus ladanifer subsp. sulcatus is an endemic plant of Portug...

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Autores principales:	Miguel R. Ferreira, Alice Maria Almeida, Celestino Quintela-Sabarís, Natália Roque, Paulo Fernandez, Maria Margarida Ribeiro
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:df79c382ab8e4c01a5ca93e1fcc6f0122021-11-04T06:07:13ZThe role of littoral cliffs in the niche delimitation on a microendemic plant facing climate change1932-6203https://doaj.org/article/df79c382ab8e4c01a5ca93e1fcc6f0122021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8535191/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Obligate coastline taxa generally occupy very limited areas, especially when there is a close affinity with a specific coast type. Climate change can be a meaningful threat for them, reducing suitable habitat or forcing migration events. Cistus ladanifer subsp. sulcatus is an endemic plant of Portugal, known to occur only in the top of its south-western coast’s prominent cliffs. In spite of being included in the annexes II and IV of the European Habitats Directive of Natura 2000 Network, this taxon is still understudied, especially regarding the effects of climate change on its distribution. To overcome such gap, Maxent was used to model the current distribution of C. ladanifer subsp. sulcatus and project its future distribution considering different General Circulation Models, periods (2050 and 2070) and Representation Concentration Pathways (4.5 and 8.5). The results suggested an extensive range contraction in the future, and extinction is a possible scenario. The proximity to littoral cliffs is crucial for this plant’s occurrence, but these formations are irregularly distributed along the coast, hindering range expansions, further inhibited by a small dispersal capacity. Cistus ladanifer subsp. sulcatus will probably remain confined to south-western Portugal in the future, where it will continue to face relevant threats like human activity, reinforcing the need for its conservation.Miguel R. FerreiraAlice Maria AlmeidaCelestino Quintela-SabarísNatália RoquePaulo FernandezMaria Margarida RibeiroPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 10 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Miguel R. Ferreira Alice Maria Almeida Celestino Quintela-Sabarís Natália Roque Paulo Fernandez Maria Margarida Ribeiro The role of littoral cliffs in the niche delimitation on a microendemic plant facing climate change
description	Obligate coastline taxa generally occupy very limited areas, especially when there is a close affinity with a specific coast type. Climate change can be a meaningful threat for them, reducing suitable habitat or forcing migration events. Cistus ladanifer subsp. sulcatus is an endemic plant of Portugal, known to occur only in the top of its south-western coast’s prominent cliffs. In spite of being included in the annexes II and IV of the European Habitats Directive of Natura 2000 Network, this taxon is still understudied, especially regarding the effects of climate change on its distribution. To overcome such gap, Maxent was used to model the current distribution of C. ladanifer subsp. sulcatus and project its future distribution considering different General Circulation Models, periods (2050 and 2070) and Representation Concentration Pathways (4.5 and 8.5). The results suggested an extensive range contraction in the future, and extinction is a possible scenario. The proximity to littoral cliffs is crucial for this plant’s occurrence, but these formations are irregularly distributed along the coast, hindering range expansions, further inhibited by a small dispersal capacity. Cistus ladanifer subsp. sulcatus will probably remain confined to south-western Portugal in the future, where it will continue to face relevant threats like human activity, reinforcing the need for its conservation.
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author	Miguel R. Ferreira Alice Maria Almeida Celestino Quintela-Sabarís Natália Roque Paulo Fernandez Maria Margarida Ribeiro
author_facet	Miguel R. Ferreira Alice Maria Almeida Celestino Quintela-Sabarís Natália Roque Paulo Fernandez Maria Margarida Ribeiro
author_sort	Miguel R. Ferreira
title	The role of littoral cliffs in the niche delimitation on a microendemic plant facing climate change
title_short	The role of littoral cliffs in the niche delimitation on a microendemic plant facing climate change
title_full	The role of littoral cliffs in the niche delimitation on a microendemic plant facing climate change
title_fullStr	The role of littoral cliffs in the niche delimitation on a microendemic plant facing climate change
title_full_unstemmed	The role of littoral cliffs in the niche delimitation on a microendemic plant facing climate change
title_sort	role of littoral cliffs in the niche delimitation on a microendemic plant facing climate change
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/df79c382ab8e4c01a5ca93e1fcc6f012
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The role of littoral cliffs in the niche delimitation on a microendemic plant facing climate change

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