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. 2012 Jul 16;7(7):e40969. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040969

Table 3. Impact of sensitivity analysis of the temperature, soil moisture and cold stress parameters on suitable and highly suitable areas.

Parameter Description Parameter Values Area of suitable and highly suitable categories (million km2) Difference in Area (million km2) Comparison of EI values with baseline model (R2)
DV0 (Limiting low temperature) 4 0.912 +0.341 0.804
5 0.874 +0.303 0.822
6 0.836 +0.265 0.844
7 0.788 +0.217 0.871
8 0.736 +0.165 0.913
9 0.655 +0.084 0.968
10 0.571
11 0.503 −0.068 0.962
12 0.443 −0.128 0.890
13 0.390 −0.181 0.786
14 0.350 −0.221 0.697
15 0.304 −0.267 0.588
DV1 (Lower optimal temperature) 18 0.751 +0.180 0.974
19 0.711 +0.140 0.982
20 0.687 +0.116 0.988
21 0.659 +0.088 0.993
22 0.637 +0.066 0.996
23 0.613 +0.042 0.998
24 0.593 +0.022 0.999
25 0.571
26 0.544 −0.027 0.999
27 0.518 −0.053 0.999
28 0.493 −0.078 0.999
29 0.466 −0.105 0.998
DV2 (Upper optimal temperature) 26 0.408 −0.163 0.960
27 0.441 −0.130 0.972
28 0.472 −0.099 0.985
29 0.518 −0.053 0.995
30 0.571
31 0.631 +0.06 0.994
32 0.702 +0.131 0.977
DV3 (Limiting high temperature) 31 0.416 −0.155 0.954
32 0.489 −0.082 0.989
33 0.571
34 0.652 +0.081 0.992
35 0.743 +0.172 0.971
36 0.765 +0.194 0.968
37 0.810 +0.239 0.956
38 0.850 +0.279 0.945
SM0 (Limiting low soil moisture) 0.08 0.623 +0.052 0.997
0.09 0.600 +0.029 0.998
0.1 0.571
0.11 0.546 −0.025 0.999
0.12 0.520 −0.051 0.997
SM1 (Lower optimal soil moisture) 0.48 0.586 +0.015 0.999
0.49 0.574 +0.003 0.999
0.5 0.571
0.51 0.561 −0.010 0.999
0.52 0.554 −0.017 0.999
SM2 (Upper optimal soil moisture) 1.18 0.569 −0.002 0.999
1.19 0.569 −0.002 0.999
1.2 0.571
1.21 0.571 0 0.999
1.22 0.571 0 0.999
SM3 (Limiting high soil moisture) 1.58 0.566 −0.005 0.999
1.59 0.568 −0.003 0.999
1.6 0.571
1.61 0.572 +0.001 0.999
1.62 0.575 +0.004 0.999
TTCS (Cold stress temperature threshold) 4 0.601 +0.030 0.993
5 0.571
6 0.534 −0.037 0.983
THCS (Cold stress temperature rate) 0.004 0.571
DTCS (Minimum degree-day cold stress threshold) 14 0.581 +0.010 0.998
15 0.571
16 0.557 −0.014 0.997
DHCS (Degree-day cold stress rate) 0.0022 0.571

Values in bold represent the baseline model parameter.