Figure 3
From: Woody Plant Encroachment has a Larger Impact than Climate Change on Dryland Water Budgets
Combined impacts of climate change and WPE on transmission losses. (a) The difference in the average annual TL between a historical grassland and end-member shrubland states forced with historical climate (left) and grassland forced with climate change forcings (right). The X-path is the xerification pathway and the T-path is the thicketization pathway. (b) The difference in the average annual TL between a historical grassland and two shrubland states forced with a historical climate based on NLDAS-2 data (‘Hist.’) or one of 3 climate change projections, CNRM-CM5 (‘CNR’), CSIRO Mk.3.6.0 (‘CSI’), or HadGEM2-ES (‘HGE’). (c) The difference in the average annual TL between shrubland and grassland when both vegetation states use the same meteorological forcings for historical conditions (‘Hist.’) or one of the 3 climate change projections.
