Analysis of Potential Suitable Areas and Environmental Factor Responses for Four Species in Sichuan
刊名 Meteorological and Environmental Research
作者 Jing NIE, Wei ZHONG, Xujia LI, Huidong WANG, Zhongchun WANG*
作者单位 Sichuan Forestry and Grassland Survey and Planning Institute, Chengdu 610084, China
DOI 10.19547/j.issn2152-3940.2026.02-03.13
年份 2026
刊期 3
页码 53-59
关键词 Forest resources; Optimizing the Maximum Entropy model; Environmental factors; Suitable zone
摘要 Quercus glauca, Phyllostachys edulis, Phoebe zhennan, and Camphora officinarum are the primary species constituting Sichuan Province's forest resources. To analyze the key environmental factors influencing their distribution and explore their ecologically suitable ranges, this study employed Geographic Information Systems and an optimized Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) model to simulate their ecological niches based on geographic distribution point data and 37 environmental factors. Results indicate the MaxEnt model achieved high accuracy with AUC values exceeding 0.8. The most influential environmental factors for the distribution of Q. glauca, P. edulis, P. zhennan, and C. officinarum were minimum temperature of the coldest month, elevation, precipitation of the wettest month, and elevation, respectively. Their suitable ranges were 1–7 ℃, 447–991 m, 247–426 mm, and 6–490 m. The potential suitable areas for these four species are primarily distributed in basins and their surrounding mountainous regions, with Q. glauca exhibiting the largest distribution area of 10.2×10⁴ km². This study aims to provide references for resource conservation and utilization, as well as the selection of cultivation sites.