Table 1.
Area in square kilometres (Km2) showing suitable habitats under current and future climatic scenarios for two time periods (2050 and 2070).
| Range | Habitat Suitability | Current | RCP 2.6 | RCP 4.5 | RCP 6.0 | RCP 8.5 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2050 | 2070 | 2050 | 2070 | 2050 | 2070 | 2050 | 2070 | |||
| 0.00–0.25 | Not Suitable | 124,996,430 |
123,353,400 (−1.31%) |
123,758,281 (−0.99%) |
123,827,455 (−0.93%) |
122,694,336 (−1.84%) |
123,540,465 (−1.16%) |
123,161,935 (−1.46%) |
124,111,777 (−0.70%) |
124,006,813 (−0.79%) |
| 0.25–0.50 | Low Suitable | 3,772,453 |
3,690,911 (−2.16%) |
3,377,305 (−10.47%) |
3,766,096 (−0.16%) |
3,573,694 (−5.26%) |
3,352,930 (−11.12%) |
3,800,403 (0.74%) |
3,481,659 (−7.70%) |
3,612,349 (−4.24%) |
| 0.50–0.75 | Moderately Suitable | 3,951,795 |
4,479,280 (13.34%) |
4,872,781 (23.30%) |
4,642,564 (17.47%) |
5,442,511 (37.72%) |
4,264,561 (7.91%) |
5,046,095 (27.69%) |
4,391,528 (11.12%) |
4,810,623 (21.73%) |
| 0.75–1.00 | Highly Suitable | 12,695,570 |
13,892,643 (9.42%) |
13,407,865 (5.61%) |
13,180,117 (3.81%) |
13,705,692 (7.95%) |
14,258,277 (12.30%) |
13,407,799 (5.61%) |
13,431,269 (5.79%) |
12,986,447 (2.29%) |
| 0.25–1.00 | Overall Suitable | 20,419,818 |
22,062,834 (8.04%) |
21,657,951 (6.06%) |
21,588,777 (5.72%) |
22,721,897 (11.27%) |
21,875,768 (7.13%) |
22,254,297 (8.98%) |
21,304,456 (4.33%) |
21,409,419 (4.84%) |