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Ecology and Vulnerability
Grasslands and shrublands: Shrublands
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Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment: Early successional shrublands/forests (Connecticut)
Ranking
Slightly Vulnerable
Confidence
Not Specified
Climate scenario
SRES A1, A1B, A2 (Lower, Mid-range, and High emissions scenario)
Location
Connecticut
Time period
2080
References
Adaptation Subcommittee to the Governor’s Steering Committee on Climate Change (ASGSCCC). 2010. The impacts of climate change on Connecticut agriculture, infrastructure, natural resources and public health. Available at: http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/climatech…
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment: Early successional shrubland (Maine)
Ranking
Moderately Vulnerable
Confidence
Not Specified
Climate scenario
Not Specified
Location
Maine
Time period
Not Specified
References
Whitman, A., A. Cutko, P. De Maynadier, S. Walker, B. Vickery, S. Stockwell, and R. Houston. 2013. Climate change and biodiversity in Maine: vulnerability of habitats and priority species. Report SEI-2013-03. Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences (in collaboration with Maine Beginning with Habitat Climate Change Working Group), Brunswick, ME.
Profile: Shrublands ▾▸
Shrublands are naturally rare in Massachusetts, where they generally occur in coastal areas and on rocky mountain summits. Old fields may take on shrubland characteristics but these are generally only...
Shrublands are naturally rare in Massachusetts, where they generally occur in coastal areas and on rocky mountain summits. Old fields may take on shrubland characteristics but these are generally only transitional on the way to becoming forested habitats. As a result, shrubland birds such as rufous-sided towhees, whip-poor-wills, and brown thrashers are relatively uncommon and probably declining throughout the region. Powerlines are often the only places throughout much of the state that support shrubland habitat. The MA Division of Fisheries and Wildlife actively manages its Wildlife Management Areas to create shrubland and early stage forest habitat to help support shrubland wildlife.