Figure 3: Potential distributions of relic shrubs in western Ordos.

Panel (a) presents the results from an ensemble of five niche models, highlighting regions of shared habitat suitability. For panels (b–f), the yellowish brown represents the areas that have high habitat suitability after applying 10th training threshold ((b) Ammopiptanthus mongolicus, (c) Amygdalus mongolica, (d) Helianthemum songaricum, (e) Potaninia mongolica, (f) Tetraena mongolica). Niche model results were modified in ArcGIS 10 (Environmental Systems Research Institute, www.esri.com).