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- Title
Modelling spatial distribution of endemic Moroccan fir (Abies marocana Trabut) in Talassemtane National Park, Morocco.
- Authors
Alaoui, Assmaa; Laaribya, Said; Ayan, Sezgin; Ghallab, Abdelilah; López-Tirado, Javier
- Abstract
Moroccan fir (Abies marcana Trabut) located in Talassemtane National Park, is endemic species of the Moroccan Rif, classified as “endangered” in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Since the beginning of the last century, this species has suffered 70% habitat loss. However, despite its bioecological, economic and social importance, Moroccan fir has received little attention from researchers. Determining the potential area under current topographic and climatic conditions is a very important step to develop conservation and sustainable management strategies for this endangered endemic species. For this purpose, the potential distribution of Moroccan fir an excellent success level (96%). Environmental and topographic variables were obtained from the World Clim project 2.1 database. Our results showed that the main variables conditioning the presence of A. marocana were the average temperature of the warmest quarter and the maximum temperature of the warmest month. The potential area represents a gain of 227% compared to the current distribution of the Moroccan fir forest. Suitable areas are provided all-owing management for afforestation programs and carbon sequestration in Talas-semtane National Park, Morocco.
- Subjects
SPATIAL distribution (Quantum optics); SINGLE photon generation; SPANISH fir; FIR; AFFORESTATION
- Publication
Austrian Journal of Forest Science / Centralblatt für das Gesamte Forstwesen, 2021, Vol 138, Issue 2, p73
- ISSN
0008-9583
- Publication type
Article