-Climate change vulnerability assessments (CCVAs) are tools increasingly adopted to rank species' vulnerability to the threat of climate change [@pacifici2015]. Common CCVA approaches include trait-based, correlative models (e.g. species distribution models), mechanistic models (e.g. mechanistic niche models), or a combination of these approaches [@foden2019; @pacifici2015]. CCVAs can be used to inform extinction risk assessments by identifying the mechanisms and magnitude of impacts [@foden2019]. One popular trait-based CCVA tool is the [NatureServe Climate Change Vulnerability Index](https://www.natureserve.org/conservation-tools/climate-change-vulnerability-index) (CCVI), which is a rapid assessment tool that ranks species' vulnerability to climate change and highlights factors contributing to increased vulnerability[@young2016; @young2015]. Outputs of the NatureServe CCVI can inform conservation decisions and identify actions to increase species' resilience to climate change.
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