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. 2015 Oct 27;10(10):e0140490. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140490

Table 1. Bioclimatic variables used and mean values at occurrence pixels under current and 2050s conditions; the values for 2050s were calculated as mean impact across 19 GCMs.

Type Bioclimatic variable Description Current mean 2050s mean Unit Clustering 1
BIO 1 Annual mean temperature 20.6 22.5 °C
BIO 2 Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp—min temp)) 11.6 11.7 °C
BIO 3 Isothermality (BIO2/BIO7) (*100) 72 71 - X
BIO 4 Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100) 136.9 143.9 °C
BIO 5 Max temperature of warmest month 28.5 30.5 °C X
Temperature BIO 6 Min temperature of coldest month 12.2 13.8 °C X
BIO 7 Temperature annual range (BIO5-BIO6) 16.3 16.7 °C
BIO 8 Mean temperature of wettest quarter 21.6 23.4 °C
BIO 9 Mean temperature of driest quarter 19.3 21.2 °C
BIO 10 Mean temperature of warmest quarter 22.1 24.0 °C
BIO 11 Mean temperature of coldest quarter 18.7 20.4 °C
BIO 12 Annual precipitation 1637 1645 mm X
BIO 13 Precipitation of wettest month 280 289 mm
BIO 14 Precipitation of driest month 33 31 mm
Precipitation BIO 15 Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation) 66 67 -
BIO 16 Precipitation of wettest quarter 739 749 mm
BIO 17 Precipitation of driest quarter 122 121 mm
BIO 18 Precipitation of warmest quarter 492 479 mm X
BIO 19 Precipitation of coldest quarter 211 224 mm
BIO 20 Number of consecutive months < 40mm precipitation 2.5 2.6 - X

1 X = variables used for agglomerative clustering.