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| Dubois, N.; Caldas, A.; Boshoven, J.; Delach, A. | |
| Integrating climate change vulnerability assessments into adaptation planning - A case study using the NatureServe Climate Change Vulnerability Index to inform conservation planning for species in Florida | |
| 2011 Full Book | |
Most natural resource planning, management and monitoring methodologies in place today are based on an assumption that species distributions and ecological processes will remain relatively stable over time. This fundamental assumption has been challenged, however, in the face of rapid climatic changes that are altering temperature, precipitation, sea level and ocean chemistry processes. Increasingly, wildlife and natural resource agencies are being challenged to address the impacts of climate change on the resources they strive to protect. In the context of wildlife conservation and management, the emerging field of " climate change adaptation" refers to the process of identifying strategies to prepare for or reduce the impacts of climate-related threats and stresses to biological systems. |
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