Checklist explained for assessing climate change, Biological impacts:

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Florida Climate Alliance

County:		Places:		Affected acreage:
Population:		Density:		# Record heat days:

Biological
1	species
2	vegetation changes
3	protected area design
4	ecosystem's affected

The section deals witht the affects on living creatures, their life cycles, breeding habits, nourishment and species to species relations (predator and prey for instance). Endangered species and threatned species are most important although vegetational and sea level or lake level changes clearly alter the viability of those species which are tied to threatened and endangered species by their connection in the food chain.

Local, county, state and federal protected areas are of concern and then the natural areas most impacted by the climate changes should be noted, such as the sand or oak-scrub areas, or coastal dune ecological habitats.

Cluster Impact Assessment sheet

		data, costs or lists	map	area
Biological
1	species (number affected)
2	vegetation changes
3	protected area design
4	ecosystem's affected
Rating	(number of boxes and total acreage)

 

 

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Return to: Joseph Siry, Campus Box 2789, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL. 32789

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