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Figure 42: Refugial potential averaged across Proteales, Fabales, reptiles, and
amphibians, and four climate scenarios (to 2085). The red rectangles indicate
areas depicted in greater detail.
To provide an indication of overall refugial potential across biological groups and
across climate scenarios, the results of all 16 combinations of groups and scenarios
were averaged, yielding the continental map presented in Figure 39.
Selected portions of this map are enlarged, and presented in greater detail, in Figure
40 to Figure 44, thereby providing a clearer indication of the 250 m spatial resolution of
the analysis, and the effects of topography on refugial potential at finer scales. These
enlarged maps also depict the location of protected areas within the National Reserve
System (NRS), and mask out areas of land from which native vegetation has been
ostensibly removed (based on mapping from the National Vegetation Information
System, NVIS).
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