This webinar was conducted as part of the Climate Change Science and Management Webinar series, hosted in partnership by the USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and the FWS National Conservation Training Center.
Webinar: A Framework for Evaluating the Vulnerability of Multiple Wildlife Species to Climate Change at Regional Scales
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By Climate Adaptation Science Centers
September 22, 2016
View this webinar to learn how scientists are examining the vulnerability of fish, amphibians, and reptiles in Oregon to climate change.
Date Recorded
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Summary
Frameworks for evaluating the vulnerability of multiple species to decline or extinction are increasingly needed by state and local agencies that are tasked with managing many species at once. USGS researchers in the Northwestern U.S. are looking at the “sensitivity” of wildlife species to climate change, which is a fundamental component of vulnerability, for freshwater fishes, amphibians, and reptiles native to the state of Oregon. They have evaluated species-level data across a large spectrum of geographic range sizes and climate sensitivity. Their results suggest that a combination of classifications based on species’ range sizes (the area they occupy) and their traits (e.g., body size, generation time, and investment in offspring) offer a promising foundation for regional multispecies conservation planning, particularly for species researchers know little about. Specifically, this framework can help identify focal species for monitoring and highlight priority species for which exposure to climate change and other threats should be assessed.
Research support from: National Climate Adaptation Science Center
Resources
Transcript -- Mims 9.22.16
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Framework for Evaluating Multi-Species Climate Change Vulnerability
This webinar was conducted as part of the Climate Change Science and Management Webinar series, hosted in partnership by the USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and the FWS National Conservation Training Center.
Below are multimedia items associated with this project.
Framework for Evaluating Multi-Species Climate Change Vulnerability
This webinar was conducted as part of the Climate Change Science and Management Webinar series, hosted in partnership by the USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and the FWS National Conservation Training Center.
This webinar was conducted as part of the Climate Change Science and Management Webinar series, hosted in partnership by the USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and the FWS National Conservation Training Center.