Fig. 4: Sensitivity of temperature offset to canopy cover loss in montane forests in Africa. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 4: Sensitivity of temperature offset to canopy cover loss in montane forests in Africa.

From: Deforestation reduces microclimate buffering of African montane forests

Fig. 4

Panel (a–c) show the sensitivity of the change in maximum air temperature offset between microclimate air temperature (Tmicro) and mesoclimate air temperature (Tmeso) (Toffset = Tmicro – Tmeso; ΔToffset = Toffset(2022) – Toffset(2003)) to canopy cover loss from 2003 to 2022 in Mount Bale (Ethiopia), Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), and the Taita Hills (Kenya) respectively. A cubic spline regression is fitted (red lines) with a 95% confidence interval (blue shading) based on generalized additive modeling.

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