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Adapting conservation to a changing climate: an update to the Illinois Wildlife Action Plan

Full report of methods and results of climate change vulnerability assessments of 162 species in greatest conservation need.
Full report of methods and results of climate change vulnerability assessments of 162 species in greatest conservation need.

Publication Date: 2011

Credits: Report to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources

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Full CCVI results supplement to Adapting Conservation to a Changing Climate: An Update to the Illinois Wildlife Action Plan

This pdf is a supplement to the report, Adapting Conservation to a Changing Climate: An Update to the Illinois Wildlife Action Plan. It contains the full results for species assessed for vulnerability to climate change using NatureServe's Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (CCVI) tool.
This pdf is a supplement to the report, Adapting Conservation to a Changing Climate: An Update to the Illinois Wildlife Action Plan. It contains the full results for species assessed for vulnerability to climate change using NatureServe's Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (CCVI) tool.

Publication Date: 2011

Credits: Illinois Chapter of The Nature Conservancy

Source: Walk, J., S. Hagen, and A. Lange. 2011. Adapting Conservation to a Changing Climate: An Update to the Illinois Wildlife Action Plan. Report to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Illinois Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, Peoria, IL.

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Assessing the Potential Effects of Climate Change on Species in the Cumberland Piedmont Network of the National Park Service

In this study, we evaluate the climate change vulnerability of a subset of key species found in the Cumberland Piedmont Network (CUPN) of the National Park Service (NPS), an ecologically important and diverse region. We developed a list of species of conservation concern (globally and sub-nationally) within each of the fourteen NPS units in the CUPN. Next, we employed NatureServe’s Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI) in order to determine which of those species may be most vulnerable to climate change, based on each species’ 1) direct exposure to climate change, 2) indirect exposure to climate change, 3) sensitivity, and 4) documented/ modeled response to climate change. CCVI results showed a range of vulnerability scores among taxonomic groups, including high vulnerability for mollusks and low vulnerability for migrant songbirds. Furthermore, we found that species of conservation concern were not necessarily those most vulnerable to climate change.
Assessing the Potential Effects of Climate Change on Species in the Cumberland Piedmont Network of the National Park Service
In this study, we evaluate the climate change vulnerability of a subset of key species found in the Cumberland Piedmont Network (CUPN) of the National Park Service (NPS), an ecologically important and diverse region. We developed a list of species of conservation concern (globally and sub-nationally) within each of the fourteen NPS units in the CUPN. Next, we employed NatureServe’s Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI) in order to determine which of those species may be most vulnerable to climate change, based on each species’ 1) direct exposure to climate change, 2) indirect exposure to climate change, 3) sensitivity, and 4) documented/ modeled response to climate change. CCVI results showed a range of vulnerability scores among taxonomic groups, including high vulnerability for mollusks and low vulnerability for migrant songbirds. Furthermore, we found that species of conservation concern were not necessarily those most vulnerable to climate change.

Publication Date: 2012

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Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of Species of Concern in West Virginia

Elizabeth Byers and Sam Norris. 2011. Climate change vulnerability assessment of species of concern in West Virginia. West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Elkins, WV. This project assessed and ranked the relative climate change vulnerability of 185 animal and plant species in West Virginia.
Elizabeth Byers and Sam Norris. 2011. Climate change vulnerability assessment of species of concern in West Virginia. West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Elkins, WV. This project assessed and ranked the relative climate change vulnerability of 185 animal and plant species in West Virginia.

Publication Date: 2011

Credits: West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Elkins, WV.

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Identifying Species in Pennsylvania Potentially Vulnerable to Climate Change

This report provides the methods and results of 85 species vulnerability assessments in Pennsylvania.
This report provides the methods and results of 85 species vulnerability assessments in Pennsylvania.

Publication Date: 2011

Credits: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Pittsburgh, PA

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Protecting southern Appalachian wildlife in an era of climate change

These materials are the results of a project conducted by the Open Space Institute in 2011. They include a project review presentation describing methodology, and species assessment results. The full assessment area, referred to as Research Region, includes most of the Cumberland - Southern Appalachian and portions of the Central Appalachian subregions. A second smaller assessment area, referred to as Research Subregion, is confined to southeastern Tennessee, northeastern Alabama, and northwestern Georgia. Species assessment results are provided in the NatureServe Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI) tool as four separate spreadsheets: terrestrial species in Research Region, terrestrial species in Research Subregion, aquatic species in Research Region, and aquatic species in Research Subregion.

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Species assessments by the Virginia Division of Natural Heritage

This spreadsheet contains the full results of climate change vulnerability assessments conducted in 2010 in Virgiinia.
This spreadsheet contains the full results of climate change vulnerability assessments conducted in 2010 in Virgiinia.

Publication Date: 2010

Credits: Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, 2010

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Vulnerability of at-risk species to climate change in New York

This report provides the methods and results of climate change vulnerability assessments of 119 species in New York.
This report provides the methods and results of climate change vulnerability assessments of 119 species in New York.

Publication Date: 2011

Credits: New York Natural Heritage Program

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