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Assessing species vulnerability to climate change

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  • Michela Pacifici

    (Global Mammal Assessment program, Sapienza Università di Roma
    Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN)

  • Wendy B. Foden

    (Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN
    School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand)

  • Piero Visconti

    (Global Mammal Assessment program, Sapienza Università di Roma
    Microsoft Research Computational Science Laboratory)

  • James E. M. Watson

    (Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN
    School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland
    Global Conservation Program, Wildlife Conservation Society)

  • Stuart H.M. Butchart

    (Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN
    BirdLife International, Wellbrook Court)

  • Kit M. Kovacs

    (Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN
    Norwegian Polar Institute)

  • Brett R. Scheffers

    (Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN
    Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University of North Queensland)

  • David G. Hole

    (Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN
    Conservation International)

  • Tara G. Martin

    (Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN
    ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, NERP Environmental Decisions Hub, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland
    CSIRO Land and Water, Ecosciences Precinct)

  • H. Resit Akçakaya

    (Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN
    Stony Brook University)

  • Richard T. Corlett

    (Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN
    Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Brian Huntley

    (Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN
    School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University)

  • David Bickford

    (Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN
    National University of Singapore)

  • Jamie A. Carr

    (Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN
    Climate Change Unit, IUCN Global Species Programme)

  • Ary A. Hoffmann

    (Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN
    Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne)

  • Guy F. Midgley

    (Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN
    University of Stellenbosch)

  • Paul Pearce-Kelly

    (Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN
    Zoological Society of London)

  • Richard G. Pearson

    (Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN
    Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research, Evolution & Environment, University College London)

  • Stephen E. Williams

    (Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN
    Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University of North Queensland)

  • Stephen G. Willis

    (School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University)

  • Bruce Young

    (Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN
    NatureServe)

  • Carlo Rondinini

    (Global Mammal Assessment program, Sapienza Università di Roma
    Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN)

Abstract

Several approaches are used to assess species’ vulnerability to climate change. Identifying the strengths and weaknesses of such methods should help conservationists minimize biodiversity losses.

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  • Michela Pacifici & Wendy B. Foden & Piero Visconti & James E. M. Watson & Stuart H.M. Butchart & Kit M. Kovacs & Brett R. Scheffers & David G. Hole & Tara G. Martin & H. Resit Akçakaya & Richard T. Co, 2015. "Assessing species vulnerability to climate change," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 5(3), pages 215-224, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:5:y:2015:i:3:d:10.1038_nclimate2448
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2448
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