Previous Climate Assessments on 700 Species
Find here Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments from previous research. Each excel file contains a subset of data from a compilation of climate change vulnerability scores for 700 species in the Appalachian LCC.
The subregions include:
There are four worksheets within each excel file:
- Assessment worksheets – Includes species information (common name, scientific name, taxonomic information, and habitat categories) and climate change vulnerability scores as well as link to NatureServe Explorer for more information. (Due to file size, the Cumberland - Southern Appalachian subregion worksheet was divided into three separate worksheets. One worksheet contains the links to NatureServe Explorer for each species.)
- Map worksheets – Overview map of all subregions as well as maps specific to the subregion of interest.
- Instruction worksheets – Contains background information and explains data found in the Assessment worksheets.
- Reference worksheets – Includes citations for references used as well as links to selected publications.
The vulnerability ranks for each state as well as the subregion as a whole are recorded in the spreadsheet. The vulnerability ranks are as follows; extremely vulnerable (EV), highly vulnerable (HV), moderately vulnerable (MV), presumed stable (PS), and increase likely (IL). Each assessment is annotated with the source of the vulnerability assessment using numerical superscripts. More information about the vulnerability scores and sources is available on the Information tab on the excel spreadsheet available for each subregion.
