2025 SpECIAL ISSUE IN CLIMATE REFUGIA

cONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE

*This 2025 special issue, organized by RRC’s Dr. Toni Lyn Morelli and Dr. Tina Mozelewski, will look at how far the field of climate change refugia has come in recent years and what research is still needed to effectively manage refugia in a changing climate. Notably, the articles in this special issue will cover a diversity of refugia-related research, provide real-world examples of refugia conservation strategies, and identify ongoing research needs.

PLANNED Publications

Using In-situ microrefugia to safeguard stringybarks in a hotter, drier future by Bentze, C., et al.

Climate-Smart Conservation for Tanzania: Mapping Climate Change Refugia for Priority Resources by Cavalieri, C.N., et al.

A Network of Refugia: Whooping Crane Drought Response Informs International Habitat Conservation Goals by Caven, A., Pearse, A.

Climate Refugia on the NWRS by Dreiss Rosa, L., et al.

Phenological refugia in high elevation subalpine lakes by Dykema, S., et al.

Indigenous refugia by Hausaum, S.

Identifying Climate-Change Refugia for Species Management and Conservation in the Pacific Northwest by John, A., et. al

Collaborative development of a climate-adapted refugia framework to guide management for forest resilience in southern California by Jennings. M., et al.

Fire refugia in forest ecosystems of the PNW, USA: Science and applications for conservation, adaptation, and stewardship by Krawchuk, M., et al.

Climate change refugia for Appalachian mammals of conservation concern by Lyon, L. and Papes, M.

Conserving Climate-Change Refugia: Insights from Research and Practice by Morelli, T., et al.

Integrating refugia modeling and decision science to support climate-adaptive conservation in the Sierra Nevada by Mozelewski, T., et al.

Climate Change Refugia Implementation: Testing, Active Management, and Regional Planning by Nadeau, C., et al.

Refugia or at risk? Alpine snowbank communities in the face of climate change by Phillips, K., et al.

Peatlands in Central Europe as climate change refugia – feedback mechanisms and directions of protection by Słowińska, S., et al.

A Practical Guide for Using Climate-change Refugia Maps to Inform Conservation, Land-use, and Resource Planning by Stralberg, D., et al.

Strategies for Identifying and Managing Climate Change Refugia in Grasslands: A Case Study on Declining Grassland Birds by Zuckerberg, B., et al.