Toni L Morelli

Vernal Pool Inundation Models

This website provides an application for exploring modeling results from a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) project titled Mapping Climate Change Resistant Vernal Pools in the Northeastern U.S. The purpose of this project was to improve understanding of the factors that control inundation patterns in vernal pools of the northeastern United States, so as to identify pools that might function as hydrologic refugia under climate change.

Final Report: Examining the mechanisms of species responses to climate change: Are there biological thresholds?

Climate change is affecting species and ecosystems across the Northeast and Midwest U.S. Natural resource managers looking to maintain ecological function and species persistence have requested information to improve resource management in the face of climate change. Leveraging the research that has already been supported by the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center and its partners, this project used the latest modeling techniques combined with robust field data to examine the impact of specific climate variables, land use change, and species interactions on the future distribution and abundance of species of conservation concern. An interdisciplinary team worked to understand the mechanisms that are driving...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Birds, Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather, Extreme Weather, Mammals, Northeast CASC, All tags... Other Wildlife, Wildlife and Plants, Fewer tags

A Regional Synthesis of Climate Data to Inform the 2025 State Wildlife Action Plans in the Northeast U.S.

This report provides an overview of the state of the science for climate impacts and adaptation options across the NEAFWA region and for Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need (RSGCN) and associated habitats.

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation

A Synthesis of Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Rankings for Species of Greatest Conservation Need in the Northeast US from 2010-2023

This dataset details individual species and natural habitat vulnerability rankings, including contextual study-specific information. This data was collected from original publications found through a literature search. Information is cumulative to include climate change vulnerability assessment (CCVA) results summarized in Staudinger et al. (2015) and published as of December 2023.

Categories: Data; Tags: CCVA, Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, Climatology, Connecticut, Delaware, All tags... Eastern United States, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Northeast United States, Pennsylvania, RSGCN, Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need, Rhode Island, SGCN, SWAP, Species of Greatest Conservation Need, State Wildlife Action Plans, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, biota, habitat vulnerability rankings, Fewer tags

Photo files for SiMPL Wildlife Magnet Project Data Release Volume 1 (4)

The compressed files shown below consist of approximately 63000 out of 281258 total raw media files (photos) associated with the data release entitled SiMPL Wildlife Magnet Project Data Release Volume 1; doi:10.5066/P1VUKJQK.