Climate Change and Distribution of Date Palms Figure 3. Current and potential distribution of P. dactylifera in validation region based on EI index. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048021.g003 Figure 4. The climate (EI) for P. dactylifera in current time and projected using CLIMEX under the CSIRO-Mk3.0 GCM running the SRES A2 scenario and for 2030, 2050, 2070 and 2100 for the North and South America continent. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048021.g004 PLOS ONE | www.plosone.org 4 October 2012 | Volume 7 | Issue 10 | e48021