Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment: Wood Turtle (North Atlantic Coast)

Assessment full text

Although this species was identified as not vulnerable to climate change, the following factors increase vulnerability:

  • Has already experienced slight variations in annual precipitation (over the last 50 years)
  • Slightly impacted by changes due to human response to climate change
Ranking
Presumed Stable
Confidence
Very High
Climate scenario
SRES A1B (Mid-range emissions scenario)
Location
North Atlantic Coast
Time period
2050
Assessment reference text

Sneddon, L. A., and G. Hammerson. 2014. Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments of Selected Species in the North Atlantic LCC Region. NatureServe, Arlington, VA. Available from: http://northatlanticlcc.org/projects/comp…

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