Vulnerability Tools
A non-spatial ranked index method for species
US EPA. 2009. A Framework for Categorizing the Relative Vulnerability of Threatened and Endangered Species to Climate Change (External Review Draft). EPA/600/R-09/011. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
NatureServe Climate Change Vulnerability Index
A non-spatial ranked index method for species
Young, B., E. Byers, K. Gravuer, K. Hall, G. Hammerson, and A. Redder. 2011. Guidelines for using the NatureServe climate change vulnerability index Release 2.1. NatureServe, Arlington, VA.
SAVS (A System forAssessing Vulnerability of Species)
A non-spatial ranked index method for species
Bagne, K. E., M. M. Friggens, and D. M. Finch. 2011. A System for Assessing Vulnerability of Species (SAVS) to Climate Change. Page 28. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-257. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO.
SPECIES: A SpatialEvaluation of Climate Impact on the Envelope of Species
Complementary tool to CCVA
Pearson, R. G., T. P. Dawson, P. M. Berry, and P. A. Harrison. 2002. SPECIES: A Spatial Evaluation of Climate Impact on the Envelope of Species. Ecological Modelling 154:289–300.
