9-second gridded continental Australia representation within the National Reserve System 2015 for Vascular Plants 1990:2050 CanESM2/MIROC5 RCP 4.5/8.5 (CMIP5) (GDM: VAS_v5_r11)

Representation within the National Reserve System 2015 for Vascular Plants as a function of current climate and climate change based on Generalised Dissimilarity Modelling (GDM) of compositional turnover. \nThis metric represents a measure of the support provided for the ecological environments of each grid cell by the NRS. A full description of the project can be found in the report "Assessing the ecological representativeness of Australia’s terrestrial National Reserve System: A community-level modelling approach" by KJ Williams, TD Harwood & S Ferrier (2016) at https://publications.csiro.au/rpr/pub?pid=csiro:EP163634 \n\nFour subfolders are provided:\n1. P maps: 9s resolution mapping of cellwise P metric for representation of the environment of each cell within the NRS based on a GDM model of Vascular Plants.\n\n2. IBRA maps: 9s resolution mapping of summary statistics (17: proportion 17% represented and Geometric Mean: P metric summarised by region) with single value applied to all cells within each IBRA bioregion.\n\n3. IBRASUB maps: 9s resolution mapping of summary statistics (17: proportion 17% represented and Geometric Mean: P metric summarised by region) with single value applied to all cells within each IBRA subregion. Format ESRI float grids\n\n4. Summary statistics: Regional statistics and histograms of distribution of values within IBRA bioregions and IBRA subregions. Format: Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Files contain a row for each numbered region. Statistics files show the Geometric and Arithmetic Mean, the proportion of each region achieving target representation and the Maximum and Minimum cellwise representation within each region.\n\nLineage: Representation was calculated using the highly parallel bespoke CSIRO Muru software running on a LINUX high-performance-computing cluster, taking GDM model transformed environmental grids as inputs. \n\nNational Reserve System 2015 definition: The NRS was defined as NRS categories I or Y in CAPAD 2014, with the addition of recently gazetted Indigenous Protected Areas (31/10/15).\n\nGDM Model: \nGeneralised dissimilarity model of compositional turnover in vascular plant species for continental Australia at 9 second resolution using ANHAT data extracted 2013 (GDM: VAS_v5_r11): http://doi.org/10.4225/08/557FB520465F7 \n\nClimate data. Models were built and projected using:\na) 9-second gridded climatology for continental Australia 1976-2005: Summary variables with elevation and radiative adjustment\nb) 9-second gridded climatology for continental Australia 2036-2065 GCMS: CAN ESM2 & MIROC5 RCP 4.5 & RCP 8.5 (CMIP5): Summary variables with elevation and radiative adjustment\n\nFurther details are given in the project report: https://publications.csiro.au/rpr/pub?pid=csiro:EP163634