Will Greenland be the last refuge for the continental European small-white orchid?Niche modeling of future distribution of Pseudorchis albida

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Kolanowska, Marta - Nowak, S. - Rewicz, A.
Will Greenland be the last refuge for the continental European small-white orchid?Niche modeling of future distribution of Pseudorchis albida.
Frontiers in Environmental Science. Roč. 10, DEC (2022), č. článku 912428. E-ISSN 2296-665X
Institucionální podpora: RVO:86652079
Klíčová slova: bioclimatic preferences * habitat loss * global warming * pollinators * Pseudorchis albida ssp * tricuspis * straminea
Obor OECD: Plant sciences, botany
Impakt faktor: 4.6, rok: 2022
Způsob publikování: Open access
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.912428/full

Climate change affects populations of plants, animals, and fungi not only by direct modifications of their climatic niches but also by altering their ecological interactions. In this study, the future distribution of suitable habitats for the small-white orchid (Pseudorchis albida) was predicted using ecological niche modeling. In addition, the effect of global warming on the spatial distribution and availability of the pollen vectors of this species was evaluated. Due to the inconsistency in the taxonomic concepts of Pseudorchis albida, the differences in the climatic preferences of three proposed subspecies were investigated. Due to the overlap of both morphological and ecological characters of ssp. albida and ssp. tricuspis, they are considered to be synonyms, and the final analyses were carried out using ssp. albida s.l. and ssp. straminea. All of the models predict that with global warming, the number of suitable niches for these orchids will increase. This significant increase in preferred habitats is expected to occur in Greenland, but habitat loss in continental Europe will be severe. Within continental Europe, Pseudorchis albida ssp. albida will lose 44%-98% of its suitable niches and P. albida ssp. straminea will lose 46%-91% of its currently available habitats. An opposite effect of global warming was predicted for pollinators of P. albida s.l., and almost all insects studied will be subject to habitat loss. Still, within the predicted potential geographical ranges of the orchid studied, some pollen vectors are expected to occur, and these can support the long-term survival of the small-white orchid.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0339528