Present and future distribution of Faidherbia albida in Cabo Verde as revealed by climatic modelling and LULC analysis

Funding Information: Special thanks to Silvia Catarino and Lara Dutra Silva for all their support in modelling. The authors thank the herbarium curator (Maria Cristina Duarte, FCUL) of the LISC Herbarium (IICT/ULisboa). We thank to Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and Aga Khan Development...

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Published in:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Main Authors: Varela, Danilson, Romeiras, Maria M., Silva, Luís
Other Authors: NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2023
Subjects:
Cabo Verde
climate change
habitat suitability
native tree species
species distribution models
tropical dry islands
West Africa
Ecology
Evolution
Behavior and Systematics
SDG 13 - Climate Action
SDG 15 - Life on Land
Duarte
Silvia
Varela
Northeast Atlantic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/160191
https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1057852
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Summary:Funding Information: Special thanks to Silvia Catarino and Lara Dutra Silva for all their support in modelling. The authors thank the herbarium curator (Maria Cristina Duarte, FCUL) of the LISC Herbarium (IICT/ULisboa). We thank to Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) under the project CVAgrobiodiversity. Also to the research unit UID/AGR/04129/2020 (LEAF) and CIBIO-Açores funded by Portuguese National Funds through FCT, Portugal. Funding Information: Special thanks to Silvia Catarino and Lara Dutra Silva for all their support in modelling. The authors thank the herbarium curator (Maria Cristina Duarte, FCUL) of the LISC Herbarium (IICT/ULisboa). We thank to Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) under the project CVAgrobiodiversity. Also to the research unit UID/AGR/04129/2020 (LEAF) and CIBIO-Açores funded by Portuguese National Funds through FCT, Portugal. Funding Information: This research was funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) through the project CVAgrobiodiversity/333111699. DV was supported by FCT grant (SFRH/BD/135354/2017). Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2023 Varela, Romeiras and Silva. Climate change poses one of the most significant challenges to conserve biodiversity, especially in tropical dry islands, as is the case of Cabo Verde (northeast Atlantic Ocean). This archipelago has a low percentage of forest cover and hosts only seven native tree species, among them, Faidherbia albida (Delile) A.Chev. (Fabaceae). Therefore, protective afforestation is extremely important in Cabo Verde, one of the most vulnerable West African countries to climate change. With this work, we aimed to estimate the current distribution and potential shifts in suitable areas for F. albida under climate change, using species distribution models (i.e., random forest, generalized linear and additive models), covering its distribution range in Cabo Verde and mainland Africa. ...

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