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Table 1 Areas of the five vulnerability classes to future climate exposure, vegetation stability, vegetation productivity and the overlap of the three

From: Assessing the vulnerability of ecosystems to climate change based on climate exposure, vegetation stability and productivity

Vulnerability classes

RCP 4.5

RCP 8.5

Climate exposure

Vegetation stability

Vegetation productivity

Ecosystem vulnerability

Climate exposure

Vegetation stability

Vegetation productivity

Ecosystem vulnerability

(% of the study area)

(% of the study area)

Very Low

21.89%

25.20%

85.29%

3.08%

3.42%

28.05%

79.25%

3.31%

Low

11.74%

15.17%

6.39%

39.45%

3.31%

12.20%

3.65%

10.38%

Medium

58.95%

14.03%

8.32%

57.01%

35.80%

16.99%

15.96%

70.01%

High

7.41%

15.51%

0.00%

0.46%

27.94%

13.57%

0.91%

16.31%

Very High

0.00%

30.10%

0.00%

0.00%

29.535

29.19%

0.23%

0.00%

  1. Abbreviations: RCP representative concentration pathways