Efficiency of the current protected areas considering the projected distributions of all three taxonomic groups.

The taxonomic groups were considered together and separately using the Minimum set and Maximum coverage scenarios for both the 1961–90 and 2080–99 time periods. Minimum set values are a ratio between PRION output values for costs for the quasi-optimal solution and the current PA. Maximum coverage values are a ratio between the PRION output values for the targets of the quasi-optimal solution and the current PA. Efficiency is measured as the ratio between the existing PA’s and quasi-optimal solutions found by the software. The closer to 1 the values are, the more efficient the current PA’s are, as compared to the quasi-optimal solution found by the software.