Byers ccvi in wv nctc 2013

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