Description: Choropleth plot to show the intersection of climate change exposure (declining environmental suitability under a 2080s climate change scenario), and vulnerability considered as the loss and fragmentation of native woodland in the landscape.
The attribute table has columns for scoring the percentile values of climate change exposure for lichen epiphytes (degree to which suitable climate space is lost), and the extent of native woodland. These are combined into an overall risk score.
Hectare: total extent of native woodland in hectares for each 10 km grid-square. Derived from the Native Woodland Survey of Scotland.
Per_hectar: total extent of native woodland in hectares for each 10 km grid-square expressed as a percentile.
Loss: the projected summed loss of suitable environmental space for epiphyte species experiencing a decline in environmental space, from the baseline to the 2080s (10 km grid-square scale)
Per_loss: the projected summed loss of suitable environmental space, expressed as a percentile
QQ: codes for all pairwise combinations of ‘Per_hectare’ and ‘Per_loss’, when split into percentile categories of <0.25, 0.25-0.75, and >0.75
Copyright Text: Ellis, C.J. & Eaton, S. (2018) The biogeography of climate change risk for Scotland’s woodland biodiversity: epiphytes. Scottish Geographical Journal, 134: 257-267