Ecological systems are already responding to modern changes in climate. Many species are moving in directions and at rates that correspond with recent climatic change. Understanding how species distributions and abundances are likely to be altered can inform management and planning activities resulting in more robust management. We projected climate-driven changes in the abundances and distributions of 31 focal bird species in Oregon and Washington using the latest downscaled CMIP5 climate projections and corresponding vegetation model outputs. We mapped these future projections and integrated them into an existing web-based tool (http://data.pointblue.org/apps/nwcsc/) to allow managers and planners to access and...
Categories: Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: 2014,
Birds,
Birds,
CASC,
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Data Visualization & Tools,
Data Visualization & Tools,
Northwest,
Northwest,
Northwest,
Northwest CASC,
Plants,
Plants,
Projects by Region,
Science Tools for Managers,
Science Tools for Managers,
Wildlife and Plants,
Wildlife and Plants,
avian vulnerability tool,
bird species distributions,
dynamic global vegetation models, Fewer tags
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