Impact of climate change on potential distribution of Chinese caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) in Nepal Himalaya
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Article Title | Impact of climate change on potential distribution of Chinese caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) in Nepal Himalaya |
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ERA Journal ID | 39745 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Shrestha, Uttam Babu (Author) and Bawa, Kamaljit S. (Author) |
Journal Title | PLoS One |
Journal Citation | 9 (9), p. e106405 |
Number of Pages | 11 |
Year | 2014 |
Publisher | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
Place of Publication | USA |
ISSN | 1932-6203 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106405 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0106405 |
Abstract | Climate change has already impacted ecosystems and species and substantial impacts of climate change in the future are expected. Species distribution modeling is widely used to map the current potential distribution of species as well as to model the impact of future climate change on distribution of species. Mapping current distribution is useful for conservation planning and understanding the change in distribution impacted by climate change is important for mitigation of future biodiversity losses. However, the current distribution of Chinese caterpillar fungus, a flagship species of the Himalaya with very high economic value, is unknown. Nor do we know the potential changes in suitable habitat of Chinese caterpillar fungus caused by future climate change. We used MaxEnt modeling to predict current distribution and changes in the future distributions of Chinese caterpillar fungus in three future climate change trajectories based on representative concentration pathways (RCPs: RCP 2.6, RCP 4.5, and RCP 6.0) in three different time periods (2030, 2050, and |
Keywords | climate change, Himalayas, Nepal, caterpillar fungus |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 410406. Natural resource management |
410401. Conservation and biodiversity | |
319902. Global change biology | |
Public Notes | Copyright: © 2014 Shrestha, Bawa. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits |
Byline Affiliations | Institute for Agriculture and the Environment |
University of Massachusetts, United States | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q29z2/impact-of-climate-change-on-potential-distribution-of-chinese-caterpillar-fungus-ophiocordyceps-sinensis-in-nepal-himalaya
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