ulnerability assessment of biological taxa under future climate change.
We found that species migration and CO2 concentration pathways play an important role in determining the threat level of Chinese trees, and the effect of species migration are stronger than those of the CO2 concentration path ways. Under the no migration scenario, 57% (average across RCP scenarios) of tree species will be threatened by climate change, whereas under universal migration, this value is only 23% (average acros
ature-related variables (AMT, MTCM, and MTWM) rather than precipitation variables, which is why many new species will start to grow in the Qing-Tibet Plateau with its high altitude and strong climate warming buffering ability. For every 0.1°C rise in temperature, one new species per grid cell will turnover, mainly occurring in the monsoon and arid areas, but species will be gained in the Qing-Tibet Plateau.