Figure 3. Top 10% conservation priorities for European amphibian and reptiles, including baseline distributions, projected future distributions and connectivity between them, when equal weight is given to present and future.

A) Overlap of priorities across the four SRESS scenarios. Red indicates areas identified as top 10% priorities with all four scenarios; blue areas are identified by only one scenario B) Classification of the top 10% priorities into their relative importance as baseline cores, future cores, sources and stepping stones. Baseline and future cores were identified as the areas from the top ranked cells that according to habitat quality would be most important for species within their present and future distributions. Sources indicate areas that are most important for dispersal from present to future areas as climate changes. Similarly, stepping stones facilitate species migration to future core areas. They are parts of the predicted future distribution best connected to the present distribution.