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  • Introduction
  • Methods
    • Study area
    • Data sampling and analysis
    • Environmental variables determining the current distribution of the vegetation units
    • Random Forest model
    • Model accuracy assessment
    • Future climate change scenarios
  • Results
    • Vegetation classification along the transect
    • Environmental variables and their influence on the distribution of vegetation units along the transect
      • Unit 1. Senegalia mellifera-Monechma genistifolium thornbush savanna
      • Unit 2. Monelytrum luederitzianum-Senegalia hereroensis mountain savanna
      • Unit 3. Calicorema capitata-Rhigozum trichotomum dwarf shrub savanna
      • Unit 4. Salsola-Tetragonia schenckii dwarf shrub savanna
      • Unit 5. Dichrostachys cinerea-Senegalia mellifera thornbush savanna
      • Unit 6. Stipagrostis uniplumis-Senegalia mellifera thornbush savanna
      • Unit 7. Thornbush savanna – Nama-Karoo transition
      • Unit 8. Aristida congesta-Senegalia mellifera thornbush savanna
      • Unit 9. Senegalia mellifera-Dichrostachys cinerea degraded thornbush savanna
      • Unit 10. Schmidtia kalahariensis-Rhigozum trichotomum arid thornbush savanna
      • Unit 11. Combretum collinum-Terminalia sericea broad-leafed savanna
      • Unit 12. Eragrostis rigidior-Peltophorum africanum mesic thornbush savanna
    • Modelling vegetation classes with Random Forest
      • Model performance evaluation
      • The potential distribution of the vegetation units for the current and future under climate change scenarios
  • Discussion
    • Comparison of the vegetation units to existing classification
    • Modelling the vegetation units with the current climate
      • Model accuracy assessment
      • Environmental variables responsible for the distribution of the vegetation units along the transect
    • Prediction of the future distribution of the vegetation types
  • Conclusion
  • Data availability
  • Author contributions
  • Acknowledgments
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