A System for Assessing Vulnerability of Species (SAVS) to Climate Change

by Karen E. Bagne, Megan M. Friggens, Deborah M. Finch

Sustained conservation of species requires integration of future climate change effects, but few tools exist to assist managers. The System for Assessing Vulnerability of Species (SAVS) identifies the relative vulnerability or resilience of vertebrate species to climate change. Designed for managers, the SAVS is an easily applied tool that uses a questionnaire of 22 predictive criteria to create vulnerability scores. The user scores species' attributes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1480172006
• ISBN13: 9781480172005
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"