To ensure food security in Xinjiang, scientifically conducting land suitability evaluation is of significant importance. This paper takes an arid and ecologically fragile region of southern Xinjiang—Qiemu County—as an example. Based on th...
Climate change continues to threaten global biodiversity, making it essential to assess how keystone species may shift their distributions and to use these findings to inform conservation planning. This study evaluated the current and future habitat...
Habitat suitability assessment is critical for wildlife population conservation and management planning. The MaxEnt model is widely used in species habitat suitability modeling. In order to investigate the habitat status of the black-necked crane in...
The genus of Nitraria L. are Tertiary-relict desert sand-fixing plants, which are an important forage and agricultural product, as well as an important source of medicinal and woody vegetable oil. In order to provide a theoretical basis for better pr...
The Chinese Caterpillar Fungus (CCF) is a precious and rare traditional Chinese medicinal material that is extremely sensitive to environmental changes, making wild resources scarce. Therefore, studying the impact of climate change on the potential d...
Quasipaa spinosa is a large cold-water frog unique to China, with great ecological and economic value. In recent years, due to the impact of human activities on the climate, its habitat has been destroyed, resulting in a sharp decline in natural popu...
In recent years, the problem of ecosystem degradation caused by human activities has become increasingly serious. Vegetation restoration is a key means to solve this problem, which has increased. To address the suitability and structural optimization...
Epimedium sagittatum is an important understory shade-tolerant medicinal plant native to China. However, assessments of its responses to climate change under multiple scenarios and time periods remain insufficient, particularly regarding the mitigati...
Camellia luteoflora Li ex Chang is an endangered plant endemic to the East Asian flora with high ornamental value as well as phylogenetic and floristic research value. Predicting the impact of climate change on its distribution and suitable habitat i...
The economically important species Phyllanthus emblica L. has received increasing attention, yet its climate-driven distributional shifts across China remain unexplored. Using 446 occurrence records and a parameter-optimized MaxEnt model (RM = 0.1, F...
Compared with other forest vegetation, bamboo forests have a stronger carbon sequestration capacity, which plays a vital role in achieving the national goals of carbon peak and carbon neutrality. Global warming has profoundly impacted the adaptive di...
Invasive alien species often undergo shifts in their ecological niches when they establish themselves in environments that differ from their native habitats. Leptocybe invasa Fisher et LaSalle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), specifically, has caused huge...
Species in Gentiana sect. Cruciata (Gentianaceae) are usually used as a bulk medicinal herb with multiple clinical therapeutic functions, yet wild populations have declined drastically due to overharvesting and environmental changes, prompting urgent...
Understanding the spatiotemporal dynamics of medicinal plant distributions and their quality responses under climate change is essential for formulating forward-looking conservation and utilization strategies. In response to the increasing depletion...
Global warming and landscape fragmentation significantly affect the spatial distribution pattern of bamboo forests. This study used high-resolution data and an optimized MaxEnt model to predict the distribution of Phyllostachys edulis in China under...
Phyllostachys edulis (Moso bamboo) is a subtropical bamboo species endemic to China and holds substantial economic and ecological value. Ongoing climate change is reshaping the geographic distribution of its suitable habitats. To reveal these climate...
Cultural ecosystem services (CESs) are the non-material benefits people derive from ecosystems and are important for human well-being. Most research has focused on individual CES supply–demand relationships, with little systematic study of the...
Understanding how medicinal plant distributions shift in response to climate change is essential for developing forward-looking conservation strategies. Cibotium barometz (L.) J. Sm., a tree fern from the family Dicksoniaceae, is not only ecologicall...
Polygonum L., a large genus within Polygonaceae, comprises numerous species of medicinal value. However, their utilization is still primarily dependent on wild resources, which are facing growing threats from overharvesting and climate-induced habita...
Shoot blight of larch caused by Neofusicoccum laricinum (Sawada) Y. Hattori & C. Nakash poses a significant threat to the growth and development of larch plantations and is among the most devastating diseases of forest trees. Its consecutive occu...
Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) has high health and nutritional values, but the lack of scientific and rational cultivation planning has resulted in a decline in asparagus quality and yield. Important soil, climatic, anthropogenic, and topograph...
This study examines the distribution dynamics of the tribe Erythroneurini, a group of economically significant leafhoppers in China that pose threats to crops through sap feeding and virus transmission, while also serving as valuable ecological indic...
M. alternatus is considered to be an important and effective insect vector for the spread of the important international forest quarantine pest, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. The precise determination of potential suitable areas of M. alternatus is ess...
Changium smyrnioides, an endangered herb known for its medicinal roots, contains essential amino acids that are vital for human health but cannot be synthesized by the body. However, wild populations of this species have been steadily declining due t...
Biological invasions driven by climate change and human activities pose a serious threat to biodiversity and ecosystem stability in global biodiversity hotspot regions. Lantana camara is a globally recognized aggressive invasive plant that has rapidl...
Danaus genutia, commonly known as the tiger butterfly, is a visually appealing species in the Danaidae family. As it is not currently classified as endangered, it is excluded from key protected species lists at national and local levels, limiting foc...
Liriodendron chinense (Hemsl.) Sarg. (Magnoliales: Magnoliaceae), valued for its medicinal properties and timber and as an ornamental plant, is now classified as an endangered species. Investigating how future climate-change scenarios might affect th...
Assessing the suitability of human settlements is of great significance for promoting pastoral development, improving herders’ livelihoods, and advancing the construction of beautiful villages in agro-pastoral regions. Focusing on ten pastoral...
Actinidia latifolia, with the highest vitamin C content in its genus, is a unique wild relative of kiwifruit that could be important for genetic breeding research. Climate change significantly influences the distribution range of wild plants. Accurat...
Prunus tomentosa (Thunb.) Wall has high nutritional value and medicinal effects. It is widespread in China; however, most plants growing in the wild are near extinction in many places. Predicting the potential distribution of P. tomentosa under clima...
Catalpa bungei C. A. Mey, an economically and ecologically important tree species endemic to China, exhibits notable drought resistance; however, the spatial dynamics of its habitat under future climate change have not been thoroughly investigated. W...
Global climate change is accelerating and human pressures are intensifying, exerting profound impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem service functions. The accurate prediction of species distributions has thus become a critical research direction in e...
Aconitum carmichaelii Debeaux has been a traditional medicinal resource in China for over two millennia. However, sustainable utilization and preservation strategies for A. carmichaelii require a thorough understanding of environmental factors influe...
Barringtonia fusicarpa Hu, an endemic tree species of southern China that is listed as Vulnerable, is increasingly threatened by anthropogenic disturbance and illegal logging, yet its potential distribution remains poorly quantified. Based on 31 occu...
As a versatile shrub, sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) plays a significant role in restoring degraded ecosystems and supporting regional economies. However, its cultivation faces increasing risks from climate change and pest infestations, part...
Myzus persicae (Sulzer) is a globally important agricultural pest and a vector of numerous plant viruses. However, its potential global distribution under future climate change remains insufficiently quantified. In this study, we used 5531 occurrence...
The boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is an invasive alien species that can damage cotton plants and cause huge economic losses in the cotton industry. Currently, A. grandis is mainly distributed in the American con...
Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say, 1831) threatens bean production and storage. We assessed its climatic suitability in China using an optimized maximum entropy (MaxEnt) model with seven bioclimatic variables. Final fitting used 342 spatially thinned occ...
The Grapholita dimorpha is one of the significant borer pests that primarily damage plum, pear, and apple trees, often resulting in substantial economic losses in fruit production. However, the potential distribution range of this economically import...
As unique geographical entities, island cities boast abundant ecological resources and profound cultural values, serving as critical hubs for maintaining ecosystem services in coastal transition zones. Ensuring the stability of ecosystem services is...
Climate warming is altering plant range limits in drylands, where water limitation, soil salinity, and thermal extremes jointly constrain species niches. Yet it remains unclear whether dryland legumes with contrasting life forms respond differently t...
The dried leaves of Turpinia arguta (Lindl.) Seem, a traditional Chinese medicinal herb, have been used for the treatment of tonsillitis, sore throat, throat arthralgia, and novel coronavirus pneumonia. This plant possesses significant medicinal, eco...
The agroecosystems of tea plantations play a significant role in regional ecosystem services, with some recognized as Important Agricultural Heritage Systems. Despite notable progress in conserving these unique agricultural landscapes, systematic app...
Climate change poses a serious threat to species, especially for endangered species. This is particularly true for the endangered tree Parrotia subaequalis, endemic to China. To date, little is known about its pattern of habitat distribution, and how...
Quercus baronii Skan (Q. baronii) is an ecologically important tree species in arid and soil erosion-prone areas of northern China, and also holds significant potential as a bioenergy tree species, providing substantial ecological benefits. Global cl...
Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri, Amaranthaceae) is one of the most competitive, troublesome, and noxious weeds causing significant yield reductions in various crops. A. palmeri was also a herbicide-resistant weed causing a serious eco-environment...
Research Highlights: Improving the prediction accuracy represents a popular forest simulation modeling issue, and exploring the optimal maximum entropy (MaxEnt) distribution is a new effective method for improving the diameter distribution model simu...
Maximum entropy (MaxEnt) models are a class of statistical models that use the maximum entropy principle to estimate probability distributions from data. Due to the size of modern data sets, MaxEnt models need efficient optimization algorithms to sca...
Accurate prediction of the potential habitat distribution of Scomber japonicus, an important target species in China’s distant-water fisheries, is essential for fishing ground forecasting. Using catch data for S. japonicus collected from Chines...
Chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) is a commercially important pelagic species in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Accurate identification of its fishing grounds can provide a more robust and targeted scientific basis for fishery management and ecological...
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