byers ccvi in wv nctc 2013
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Climate Change Vulnerability
Assessment of At-risk Species in West
Virginia
Elizabeth ByersNatural Heritage EcologistWV Division of Natural Resources
Results: Species & Risk Factors
Geography of Vulnerability: Elevation & Latitude
Rainfall & Hydrology
High Allegheny Wetlands
Ohio River Wetlands and Floodplain
Meadow River Wetlands
Marl Wetlands
Black Ponds
Alluvial Wetlands and Floodplains (statewide)
Landscape Integrity
NE species richness 2006
Original Extent
Modified Climate?
Current
Restoration Planting Community Prediction Tool: West Virginia
© 2013 West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) and the Carolina Vegetation Survey (CVS)
Part of research efforts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Programming by Michael T. Lee. Plot data from the WVDNR Natural Heritage Database. Adaptation of the software tool to West Virginia was made possible by support from The Nature Conservancy and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.
Enter site dataand find similar community targets
Questions? For more information, our results are on-line at
http://www.wvdnr.gov/publications/publications.shtm