New study provides guidance on assessing species’ vulnerability to climate change
http://www.iucnredlist.org/news/ ... y-to-climate-change

"There is a severe shortage of studies in the most biodiverse tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Birds have been the most frequently studied taxon, followed by mammals and plants, while non-insect invertebrates such as arthropods, molluscs and sponges, were only seldom assessed. Only 4% of the studies evaluated species’ vulnerability at a global scale, while more than 60% of the assessments were developed at a local scale."

The paper, Assessing species vulnerability to climate change, is published in the journal Nature Climate Change - http://www.nature.com/nclimate/j ... l/nclimate2448.html