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The sands of time: Predicting sea level rise impacts to barrier island habitats

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Research Spotlight: What Habitat Features Make Duck Nests Vulnerable to Raccoons and Striped Skunks?

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Now Available: First CONUS-wide Coastal Wetland Collection

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Sea-Level Rise and Tsunami Vulnerability of Habitat and Wildlife of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

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Northeast and Midwest regional species and habitats at greatest risk and most vulnerable to climate impacts

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Predator movements in relation to habitat features reveal vulnerability of duck nests to predation

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Aquatic Ecosystem Vulnerability to Fire and Climate Change

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22-46. Addressing coastal change hazards with remote sensing

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Habitat Vulnerability Assessment for Wintering American Black Ducks

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Climate Change Not the Only Threat to Vulnerable Species, Habitat Matters

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Tribal Resources for Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments

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Threatened and endangered subspecies with vulnerable ecological traits Also have high susceptibility to sea level rise and habitat fragmentation

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Development of the Climate Registry for the Assessment of Vulnerability (CRAVe): A Searchable, Public Online Tool for Understanding Species and Habitat Vulnerability

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Framework for Evaluating Multi-Species Climate Change Vulnerability

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Potential effects of climate change on Acipenser fulvescens (lake sturgeon)

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Rising tides: Assessing habitat vulnerability for an endangered salt marsh-dependent species with sea-level rise

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Effects of climate change on habitat and connectivity for populations of a vulnerable, endemic salamander in Iran

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High dispersal in a frog species suggests that it is vulnerable to habitat fragmentation

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CRAVe: Climate Registry for the Assessment of Vulnerability

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Development and assessment of indices to determine stream fish vulnerability to climate change and habitat alteration

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American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)

Vulnerability Assessment of Available Habitat for Wintering Black Ducks within the Refuge System in the Chesapeake Bay

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The Vulnerability of Sea Turtle Nesting Beaches to Climate Change in the Southeast

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Assessing the Vulnerability of Vegetation to Future Climate in the North Central U.S.

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Refining the coarse filter approach: Using habitat-based species models to identify rarity and vulnerabilities in the protection of U.S. biodiversity

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Dynamic hypoxic zones in Lake Erie compress fish habitat, altering vulnerability to fishing gears

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Mapping Land-Use, Hazard Vulnerability and Habitat Suitability Using Deep Neural Networks

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Predicting sea-level rise vulnerability of terrestrial habitat and wildlife of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

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FishVis, A regional decision support tool for identifying vulnerabilities of riverine habitat and fishes to climate change in the Great Lakes Region

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Habitat Connectivity: Assessing Threats and IDing Conservation Actions

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Developing an Indicator of Species Vulnerability to Climate Change to Support a Consistent Nationwide Approach to Assessing Vulnerability