Fig. 6: Current and future projections of potential log-transformed response ratio (LRR) of herbaceous community foliar fungal pathogen load between shrub patches and grassland patches’ plots (i.e., LRR pathogen load) across China’s major grasslands.

a The current LRR pathogen load. b The projected distribution of potential LRR pathogen load in 2040 under the ssp1.26 scenario. c The projected distribution of potential LRR pathogen load in 2040 under the ssp5.85 scenario. d The changes in the potential LRR pathogen load between the ssp1.26 and ssp5.85 scenarios in 2040. e The changes in LRR pathogen load between the current and the ssp1.26 scenario in 2040; and f between the current and 5.85 scenario in 2040.