Chapter 5 Threats
productivity and decomposition rates, as well as by causing shifts in species distribution. Warmer and drier conditions would result in more fuel being consumed (Liu et al. 2013) .
5.12.5 SGCN Priority Species The Taxa Team evaluation considered the scope and severity the threat of climate change represents to SGCN priority species. Lists of the SGCN and other priority species this threat is expected to have a very high or high impact on can be found in Table 5.12-1 Species at Risk of Impacts From Climate Change.
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