Table 2 Change in area of grass species

From: Major distribution shifts are projected for key rangeland grasses under a high-emission scenario in East Africa at the end of the 21st century

Species

Absent [100 km2]

No change [100 km2]

Contraction [100 km2]

Expansion [100 km2]

Change [100 km2]

Change [%]

C. ciliaris

991

6721

176

471

296

4.6

C. dactylon

1811

4600

1433

514

−919

−16.6

C. plectostachyus

2215

3081

2760

304

−2456

−44.4

D. macroblephara

1729

5239

1219

172

−1047

−16.7

D. milanjiana

2696

4697

422

544

122

2.7

C. mezianus

3060

3134

1912

253

−1659

−34.6

T. triandra

2731

3306

1543

780

−763

−18.8

  1. Area of different grassland types in 100 square kilometres, separated into absent, no change, contraction, expansion, and an overall change, obtained from the RF model (for the BRT model, see Supplementary Table S3). The last column indicates the relative change in per cent of the relevant species’ area of presence under present climate conditions.
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