Environmental variables drive plant species composition and distribution in the moist temperate forests of Northwestern Himalaya, Pakistan

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 2; p. e0260687
• Main Authors: Rahman, Inayat Ur, Hart, Robbie E., Ijaz, Farhana, Afzal, Aftab, Iqbal, Zafar, Calixto, Eduardo S., Abd_Allah, Elsayed Fathi, Alqarawi, Abdulaziz A., Hashem, Abeer, Al-Arjani, Al-Bandari Fahad, Kausar, Rukhsana, Haq, Shiekh Marifatul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 24.02.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Altitude; Biodiversity; Biodiversity hot spots; Biological diversity; Botanical research; Botany; Climate; Climate Change; Climate change influences; Community structure; Composition; Distribution; Diversity indices; Ecosystem; Environment; Environmental aspects; Environmental factors; Environmental gradient; Evaluation; Flowers & plants; Forests; Forests and forestry; Geographical distribution; Indicator species; Microclimate; Mountain regions; Mountains; Natural history; Pakistan; Plant communities; Plant Physiological Phenomena; Plant populations; Plant sciences; Plant species; Plants; Species composition; Species Specificity; Temperate climates; Temperate forests; Temperature; Vegetation; Pakistan; Saudi Arabia; St Louis Missouri; Himalaya Mountains; United States > US; Missouri; Riyadh Saudi Arabia

By assessing plant species composition and distribution in biodiversity hotspots influenced by environmental gradients, we greatly advance our understanding of the local plant community and how environmental factors are affecting these communities. This is a proxy for determining how climate change...