Modeling the distribution of Mexican plants: knowledge and challenges in the face of biodiversity loss

Rodríguez, Pilar; López-Toledo, Leonel

doi:10.17129/botsci.679

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“…Potential distribution modeling is a tool that has been used in ecology and biogeography for several years, in different taxonomic groups (Abdelaal et al, 2019;Jiménez et al, 2023;Li et al, 2023;Martínez-Méndez et al, 2016;Murillo-Pérez et al, 2022;Yun et al, 2022). This tool has been of great importance in the development of scientific strategies in the conservation of species or habitats (Austin, 2002;Beaumont et al, 2005;Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari, 2018;López-Sandoval et al, 2015;Martínez-Méndez et al, 2016;Palma-Ordaz & Delgadillo Rodríguez, 2014;Rodríguez & López-Toledo, 2016;Soberón, 2010;Solís-Montero et al, 2022;Suárez-Mota et al, 2022;Villaseñor, 2018;Ye et al, 2021). From the model results, it is possible to define the geographic range that a species could occupy, if there were no significant restrictions in terms of biotic or abiotic factors (Elith et al, 2011).…”

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Potential Distribution of 11 Species of the Genus <em>Zephyranthes </em>Herb. (Amaryllidaceae) in Mexico

Rodríguez Flores,

Moredia Rosete,

Ruiz Valencia

et al. 2024

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Potential distribution models are used to predict the presence and geographic limits of a species as a function of bioclimatic variables. The lack of knowledge of the geographic distribution of species endemic to Mexico is a limiting factor in understanding their ecology, conservation, and potential applications. Distribution models were generated with occurrence data of 11 species of the genus Zephyranthes, 19 bioclimatic and three topographic variables with the Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) method. The dimensionality reduction analysis (PCA) allowed determining that, of the 19 variables, four contributed the highest percentage to the classification of the models, explaining more than 80% of the accumulated variance. The resulting models were evaluated according to the value of the area under the curve (AUC) and potential distribution models with AUC values &gt;0.89 were obtained. The results suggest that most species are distributed in the biogeographic province of the Transmexican Volcanic Belt. Zephyranthes concolor was the species with the largest potential distribution area. The species with the most restricted potential distribution was Zephyranthes sessilis.

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Potential Distribution of 11 Species of the Genus <em>Zephyranthes </em>Herb. (Amaryllidaceae) in Mexico

Rodríguez Flores,

Moredia Rosete,

Ruiz Valencia

et al. 2024

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“…Mexico is considered a megadiverse country [1] its plant composition, abundance, and distribution are favored by the combination of neotropical/Nearctic elements [2]. Furthermore, the time and formation of the mountainous systems, help to disperse forests across the country [3].…”

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Tomicus species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) as Invasive Forest Pest to Mexico with Ecological Niche Modeling

López-Martínez¹,

O²,

Aguirre-Cadena³

et al. 2021

Entomol. Appl. Sci. Lett

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Scolitine bark beetles of the genus Tomicus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) include some forestry pests of major importance worldwide, with the capacity for invading new habitats and threatening native forest populations and are considered as exotic species for America. However, Tomicus piniperda L. the common pine shoot beetle has invaded North America recently and specimens of T. minor Hart have been intercepted in the United States. The possibility for an invasion of Mexico grows day by day. A preventive strategy to evaluate the invasion by exotic species is ecological niche modeling. Using bioclimatic variables, distributional data, entropy algorithm, and modeling software, the ecological niche of three Tomicus species was calculated and projected to Mexico. Results of this analysis showed potential environmental suitability in Mexico for T. destruens (small and dispersed areas in the Altiplano Norte biogeographic province and an isolated area in the Tamaulipeca biogeographic province) and T. minor (high suitability in the biogeographical provinces of Baja California, California, Sonorense, Altiplano Norte and Altiplano Sur, Tamaulipeca and small areas in eastern Eje Volcánico.). For T. piniperda, no environmental suitability was projected in Mexico. Additional ecological requirements, host preferences, and local fauna competition, as factors influencing the potential invasion of T. minor in Mexico, are discussed. Our work has an important impact because Mexico is one of the most important countries with high pine diversity in the world and shows an important impact on pine´s hot spots.

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“…With approximately 10% of the world’s plant species, Mexico represents one of the richest countries botanically (Rzedowski, 1991; Rodríguez and López‐Toledo, 2016). While overall plant species richness is highest in the wetter ecosystems of Mexico, endemism is much higher in the drier regions (Rzedowski, 1991; Meiners and Hernández‐López, 2007).…”

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High phylogeographic and genetic diversity of Tidestromia lanuginosa supports full‐glacial refugia for arid‐adapted plants in southern and central Coahuila, Mexico

Pino

Alfaro

Andueza‐Noh³

et al. 2020

American J of Botany

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Premise Recent phylogeographic work suggests the existence of latitudinal gradients in genetic diversity in northern Mexican plants, but very few studies have examined plants of the Chihuahuan Desert. Tidestromia lanuginosa is a morphologically variable annual species whose distribution includes the Chihuahuan Desert Region. Here we undertook phylogeographic analyses of chloroplast loci in this species to test whether genetic diversity and differentiation of Mexican populations of T. lanuginosa change along a latitudinal gradient and whether diversity is higher in Coahuila, consistent with ideas of lower plant community turnover during the Pleistocene. Methods Haplotype network, maximum likelihood tree, and Bayesian phylogenetic haplotype were reconstructed, and genetic diversity was assessed among 26 populations. Barrier analysis was used to explore barriers to gene flow. Results Four major population groups were identified, corresponding with physiographic provinces in Mexico. Each population group displayed high levels of genetic structure, haplotype, and nucleotide diversity. Diversity was highest in southern populations across the species as a whole and among the Chihuahuan Desert populations. Conclusions Tidestromia lanuginosa provides an important example of high phylogeographic and genetic diversity in plants of northern Mexico. Barriers to gene flow among the major population groups have most likely been due to a combination of orographic, climatic, and edaphic variables. The high genetic diversity of T. lanuginosa in southern and central Coahuila is consistent with the hypothesis of full‐glacial refugia for arid‐adapted plants in this area, and highlights the importance of this region as a center of diversity for the Chihuahuan Desert flora.

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Modeling the distribution of Mexican plants: knowledge and challenges in the face of biodiversity loss

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Potential Distribution of 11 Species of the Genus <em>Zephyranthes </em>Herb. (Amaryllidaceae) in Mexico

Potential Distribution of 11 Species of the Genus <em>Zephyranthes </em>Herb. (Amaryllidaceae) in Mexico

Tomicus species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) as Invasive Forest Pest to Mexico with Ecological Niche Modeling

High phylogeographic and genetic diversity of Tidestromia lanuginosa supports full‐glacial refugia for arid‐adapted plants in southern and central Coahuila, Mexico

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