Potential impacts of a future climate in the Mallee

Potential degree of ecological change between 1990 and 2050 (based on the RCP 8.5 emissions (high emission) scenario using the MIROC5 model (warm climate future) and CanESM2 (hot climate future). Derived from Harwood, Williams, et al.,9-second gridded continental Australia potential degree of ecological change for Vascular Plants 1990:2050 MIROC5 RCP 8.5 (CMIP5) (GDM: VAS_v5_r11). 2014 and Harwood, Williams, et al. 2014. The colours indicate the similarity of the modelled 2050 ecologies in a pixel to the modelled 1990 ecologies in the same pixel – blue indicates high similarity (therefore low ecological change) while brown indicates low similarity (therefore high ecological change)).