Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Williams, Stephen E
• Shoo, Luke P
• Isaac, Joanne L
• Hoffmann, Ary A
• Langham, Gary
• Moritz, Craig

Titel

Towards an integrated framework for assessing the vulnerability of species to climate change

Ist Teil von

• PLoS biology, 2008-12, Vol.6 (12), p.2621-e325

Ort / Verlag

United States: Public Library of Science

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A General Framework To Assess the Vulnerability of Species to Global Climate Change Vulnerability is a function of the species' sensitivity and their exposure to climatic change, mediated by the adaptive potential of the species (both ecological and evolutionary), the resilience of the species, and the capacity for adaptive management to either reduce vulnerability, treat the impacts, mitigate regional exposure, or maximise the system resilience via resource management to increase buffering or reduce other threats. Importantly, physiological limits are often phylogenetically constrained [25,26], meaning tolerances may only need to be estimated for representatives of many taxa.\n Such management options could include, for example, maintenance of canopy cover and buffered microhabitats such as fallen debris through fire management, or the provision of thermally buffered shelters such as nest boxes for high-risk birds and mammals.