Extinction risk of Chinese angiosperms varies between woody and herbaceous species

• DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13655
• Publication Date: 2022-11-16T04:31:53Z
• Authors: Yuheng Chen; Yongbin Wu; Yuran Dong; Yao Li; Zhiwei Ge; Oduro George; Gang Feng; Lingfeng Mao
• Keywords: Extinction (optical mineralogy); Herbaceous plant

Abstract Aim Understanding how species' traits and environmental contexts relate to extinction risk is a critical priority for ecology conservation biology. This study aims identify explore factors related between herbaceous woody angiosperms facilitate more effective management strategies understand the interactions threats traits. Location China. Taxon Angiosperms. Methods We obtained large dataset including five traits, six extrinsic variables, 796,118 occurrence records 14,888 Chinese angiosperms. assessed phylogenetic signal used generalized least squares regressions relationships risk, plant variables in also path analysis evaluate causal among climate of different growth forms. Results The differed species. Angiosperm was mainly affected by form, altitude, mean annual temperature, normalized difference vegetation index, precipitation change from 1901 2020. Woody strongly height precipitation, whereas species temperature rather than Main conclusions were likely have higher risks under threat levels varied with both variables. we uncovered may help protect threatened ecosystems that rely on them.