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Review and recommendations for climate change vulnerability assessment approaches with examples from the Southwest / Megan M. Friggens [and others].
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- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- General technical report RMRS ; 309.
- General technical report RMRS ; 309
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes--Southwest, New.
- Climatic changes.
- Climatic changes--Risk assessment--Southwest, New.
- Bioclimatology--Southwest, New.
- Bioclimatology.
- Natural resources--Southwest, New--Management.
- Natural resources.
- Climatic changes--Risk assessment.
- Natural resources--Management.
- New Southwest.
- Genre:
- technical reports.
- Technical reports
- Technical reports.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (106 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).
- Place of Publication:
- Fort Collins, CO : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, [2013]
- Summary:
- Climate change creates new challenges for resource managers and decision-makers with broad and often complex effects that make it difficult to accurately predict and design management actions to minimize undesirable impacts. We review pertinent information regarding methods and approaches used to conduct climate change vulnerability assessments to reveal assumptions and appropriate application of results. Secondly, we provide managers with an updated summary of knowledge regarding vulnerability of species and habitats to climate change in the American Southwest. Overall, vulnerability assessments provided valuable information on climate change effects and possible management actions but were far from a comprehensive picture for the future of the Southwest. Scales, targets, and assessment approaches varied widely and focused on only a subset of resources. We recommend land managers critically examine methods when using assessment results; select scale, methods, and targets carefully when planning new assessments; and communicate assessment needs to researchers of climate change response.
- Notes:
- Title from Web page (viewed on Feb. 11, 2014).
- "September, 2013."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-101).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Review and recommendations for climate change vulnerability assessment approaches with examples from the Southwest
- OCLC:
- 870340477
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