Fig. 1: The global natural vegetation cover.
The map displays the global natural vegetation cover per pixel as for 2015 according to a median scenario of fire and herbivory, based on the observed fire regime and herbivory per ecoregion within protected areas of IUCN class I, II, and III. The sum of potential tree (T), short vegetation (SV), and bareground (BG) cover (top left) equals 100% for each pixel. The remaining subfigures display each potential land cover separately for enhanced clarity. The color gradient highlights large contrasts and should be interpreted with caution detailed information for visualization at the pixel level is available here: https://bastinjf-climate.users.earthengine.app/view/gavcglobalfractionalvegetationmedian.
