Effects of climate change on endemic plant species from the Quadrilátero
Ferrífero – MG
Habitat reduction, niche modeling, global warming
The region called Quadrilátero Ferrífero is an area of great
historical importance for the state of Minas Gerais. This region has a wide variety of
vegetation and soils and has currently 95 plant species classified as endemic. The mining
activity present in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero is considered one of the greatest threats to
the survival of these species. In addition to mining, these species are exposed to the
effects that climate change may have on their current and future distribution. Through
species distribution models, this work seeks to understand how the endemic species of the
Quadrilátero Ferrífero will behave in different future gas emission scenarios. Occurrence
data will be collected from the “speciesLink” website and climate layers will be obtained
from the “Chelsa" and "World Clim” databases. The occurrence data will be verified for
its veracity in the “Google Earth Pro 7.3.4.8642” program, the environmental layers
prepared in the “Arcgis Map 10.8” program and the prepared data will go to the “Maxent”
program for the making of the models. At the end, the models will be compared, verifying
the possible expansions or reductions of the potential areas for the occurrence of these
species.