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This study aimed to identify the main environmental constraints on its potential distribution and assess changes in suitable habitats under future climate change.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Using 92 spatially filtered occurrence records and 18 environmental variables, we developed species distribution models with 12 algorithms and constructed a weighted ensemble from models meeting the screening criterion. Potentially suitable habitats were projected for the current period and for three emission scenarios in the 2050s and 2090s, and key environmental variables and centroid shifts were analyzed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Elevation and annual temperature range were the main environmental constraints. Under current conditions, moderate- and high-suitability habitats were concentrated mainly in the eastern and southern Qinghai\u2013Tibet Plateau. Total suitable area generally increased under future scenarios, mainly through expansion of low- and moderate-suitability habitats, whereas high-suitability habitat increased more slowly and accounted for a smaller proportion of the total suitable area. Centroid shifts varied among periods and scenarios.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Climate change may reorganize the potential suitability pattern of\n                      <jats:italic>M. sativa<\/jats:italic>\n                      on the Qinghai\u2013Tibet Plateau and provide a spatial basis for identifying candidate areas for ecological restoration. These projections represent climatic suitability rather than actual occurrence or phytoremediation effectiveness; practical application should therefore be validated against soil contamination, land use, and field conditions.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpls.2026.1930959","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,14]],"date-time":"2026-09-14T05:38:48Z","timestamp":1789364328000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Climatic suitability and distribution prediction of Medicago sativa on the Qinghai\u2013Tibet Plateau: an ensemble species distribution modeling approach"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Jing","family":"Xiong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Artificial Intelligence, Mianyang Teachers\u2019 College","place":["Mianyang, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jianglin","family":"Kang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geographical Sciences, China West Normal University","place":["Nanchong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yi","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geographical Sciences, China West Normal University","place":["Nanchong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"156","DOI":"10.1007\/s00704-026-06104-2","article-title":"Evaluation of CMIP6 model performance in simulating climatology of rainfall and temperature across different agroecological zones in north western Ethiopia","volume":"157","author":"Alem","year":"2026","journal-title":"Theor. 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