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Discussion
In
light of the data and methods used, as well as the visual effect
of displaying the results in a map, we evaluate the validity of
the results.
Again,
a clarification must be made before the discussion:
- an
"ecosystem patch" is a single area of a certain ecosystem
type
- there
are 1303 of these patches in Panama
- an
"ecosystem type" is defined more or less by the vegetation
and can be in many places
- there
are 37 ecosystem types in Panama
Example:
the tropical broadleaf evergreen submontane rainforest (500-1000m
Caribbean, 700-1200m Pacific) - no human intervention ecosystem
type is located in 27 places in Panama. That is to say, this
one ecosystem type is represented by twenty-seven
ecosystem patches (see picture below--the highlighted areas
are all of the patches that conform to one type)
| EVCC1
- Sea Level Rise |
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| EVCC2
- Ecosystem Geometry |
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| EVCC3
- Climatic Space |
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| EVCC4
- Species Sensitivity |
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| Overall
EVCC |
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