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Ecological parameter: climate change vulnerability score (CCVS)

Parameter group: climate change related parameter

Explanation:
The "climate change vulnerability score" (CCVS) is an aggregation of six autecological traits that are known to be associated with vulnerability to climate change: endemism, micro-endemism, temperature preference, altitudinal preference, stream zonation preference and life history. The score ranges between 0 (invulnerable) and 6 (highly vulnerable).

Hershkovitz, Y., Dahm, V., Lorenz, A.W., Hering, D. (2015): A multi-trait approach for the identification and protection of European freshwater species that are potentially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Ecological Indicators 50: 150-160.


Classification system: metric value (0-6)
A description of the coding system can be found here  Abbreviations/Coding Systems

Abbreviations:
Category name:Abbreviations:Explanation:
climate change vulnerability scoreCCVSvalue indicating the vulnerability to climate change
00invulnerable
11
22
33
44
55
66highly vulnerable
Assigned taxa for each higher systematic unit:
TaxagroupNumber of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage
Ephemeroptera344 / 353 - 97.4%
Plecoptera461 / 576 - 80%
Trichoptera1135 / 1439 - 78.8%