2016 SoE Land Novel vegetation communities under climate scenarios - 2050 CAN ESM 2 RCP 8.5

Map showing the degree to which environmental conditions are projected to become sufficiently novel by 2050 to potentially result in the emergence of vegetation communities containing combinations of plant species highly dissimilar from any present-day community on the continent, for hot Canadian Earth System Model 2, under a high-emissions scenario (RCP8.5). Data provided by CSIRO.

For further information see: Williams KJ, Prober SM, Harwood TD, Doerr VAJ, Jeanneret T, Manion G, and Ferrier S (2014) Implications of climate change for biodiversity: a community-level modelling approach, CSIRO Land and Water Flagship, Canberra. Available at: www.AdaptNRM.org ISBN 978-1-4863-0479-0

Map prepared by the Department of Environment and Energy in order to produce Figure LAN2 (a) in the Land theme of Australia State of the Environment 2016 available at http://www.soe.environment.gov.au

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Downloadable spatial data also available below.