Vulnerability of African Rosewood ( Fabaceae) natural stands to climate change and implications for silviculture in West Africa.

is a native tree species of the Guineo-Sudanian and Sudano-Sahelian zones where natural stands are under constant pressure and heavily exploited for timber, animal feeding and others uses. A part from the overexploitation, climate change could also become a serious threat to the species natural distribution. For that purposes, this study aims to assess the vulnerability of potential niche to climate change within its natural distribution area in West Africa.