ulnerability assessment of biological
taxa under future climate change.
We found that species migration and CO2 concentration
pathways play an important role in determining the threat level of
Chinese trees, and the effect of species migration are stronger than
those of the CO2 concentration path ways. Under the no
migration scenario, 57% (average across RCP scenarios) of tree species
will be threatened by climate change, whereas under universal migration,
this value is only 23% (average acros
ature-related variables (AMT, MTCM, and MTWM) rather than
precipitation variables, which is why many new species will start to
grow in the Qing-Tibet Plateau with its high altitude and strong climate
warming buffering ability. For every 0.1°C rise in temperature, one new
species per grid cell will turnover, mainly occurring in the monsoon and
arid areas, but species will be gained in the Qing-Tibet Plateau.