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This webinar is a part of the Climate Change Science and Management Webinar Series, co-hosted by the USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and the FWS National Conservation Training Center. In this presentation, Toni Lyn Morelli summarizes the physical processes that create climate refugia, discusses a new framework for locating and managing them, and uses examples to illustrate ways to identify and verify climate refugia. She highlights her research using historical comparisons, genetic data, and surveys of Belding’s ground squirrels in the Sierra Nevada to conduct a rare test to determine which montane meadows are acting as refugia to buffer wildlife populations from climate change. Focusing on climate refugia could be an important strategy to help managers prioritize habitats for conservation in a changing climate. 

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Dec 8, 2015
Toni Lyn Morelli

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Topic(s):
Fire & Climate

NRFSN number: 14332
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