Skip to main content
. 2019 Apr 17;14(4):e0213155. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213155

Fig 10. Ecoregional changes in páramo cloud immersion and frost frequency.

Fig 10

Categories of change are shown as a percent of current páramo zone area for average year 2070 by Representative Concentration Pathway including: (A) RCP-4.5; (B) RCP-8.5. Páramo ecoregions: Santa Marta = Cordillera de Santa Marta; Talamanca = Cordillera de Talamanca (Costa Rica, Panama); N Oriental 1 = Colombian Cordillera Oriental north of 5° N; N Oriental 2 = Colombian Cordillera Oriental from 2° N to 5° N; N Central/Occid = Colombian Cordilleras Central and Occidental); Real = Ecuadorian Cordillera Real; Central = Peruvian Cordillera Central. Frost change categories: Alpine = frost above Alpine Frostmin2; Subalpine = frost above Subalpine Frostmin1; Montane = frost below Subalpine Frostmin1. Cloud immersion change categories: Beneath CFmin = falls below CFmin; RHd ≤ -3% or < RHmin = RH falls 3% or more or below RHmin; -3% < RHd < 0% = RH falls up to 3%; RHd ≥ 0% = RH is stable or increases.